¹Sel ööl ei saanud kuningas und; siis käskis ta tuua meelespeetavate sündmuste kirja, ajaraamatu. Ja kui sellest kuningale ette loeti,

¹On that night sleep fled from the king. And he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

²siis leiti kirjutatud olevat, kuidas Mordokai oli andnud teateid Bigtani ja Teresi, kuninga kahe eunuhhi kohta lävehoidjate hulgast, et need olid tahtnud pista oma kätt kuningas Ahasverose külge.

²And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, keepers of the threshold, who had sought to lay hand on king Ahasuerus.

³Ja kuningas küsis: 'Missugune austus ja ülendus on Mordokaile selle eest osaks saanud?' Kuninga sulased, kes teda teenisid, vastasid: 'Ta pole midagi saanud.'

³And the king said, What honour and dignity has been done to Mordecai for this? And the king's servants that attended upon him said, Nothing has been done for him.

⁴Siis küsis kuningas: 'Kes on õues?' Haaman oli just tulnud kuningakoja välisõue kuningale ütlema, et Mordokai poodaks puusse, mille ta tema jaoks oli käskinud valmistada.

⁴And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

⁵Ja kuninga sulased vastasid temale: 'Vaata, Haaman seisab õues.' Ja kuningas ütles: 'Ta tulgu sisse!'

⁵And the king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

⁶Ja Haaman tuli ning kuningas küsis temalt: 'Mida tuleks teha selle mehega, keda kuningas tahab austada?' Siis mõtles Haaman oma südames: 'Kellele muule tahab kuningas rohkem austust avaldada kui minule?'

⁶So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done with the man whom the king delights to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to me?

⁷Ja Haaman vastas kuningale: 'Mehele, keda kuningas tahab austada,

⁷And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honour,

⁸toodagu kuninglik kuub, millesse kuningas ise on olnud riietatud, ja hobune, kelle seljas kuningas on ratsutanud ja kellele kuninglik peaehe on pähe pandud.

⁸let the royal apparel be brought with which the king arrays himself, and the horse that the king rides upon, and on the head of which the royal crown is set;

⁹Kuub ja hobune antagu kuninga ühe vürsti kätte ülikute hulgast; ja riietatagu mees, keda kuningas tahab austada, ning sõidutatagu teda hobuse seljas linna väljakule ja hüütagu tema ees: Nõnda tehakse mehega, keda kuningas tahab austada!'

⁹and let the apparel and horse be delivered into the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, and let them array the man whom the king delights to honour, and cause him to ride on the horse through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honour!

¹⁰Siis ütles kuningas Haamanile: 'Tõtta, võta kuub ja hobune, nagu sa oled öelnud, ja tee nõnda juut Mordokaiga, kes istub kuninga väravas! Ära jäta midagi tegemata kõigest sellest, mis sa oled öelnud!'

¹⁰And the king said to Haman, Make haste, take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast said.

¹¹Ja Haaman võttis kuue ja hobuse, riietas Mordokai ja sõidutas ta linna väljakule ning hüüdis tema ees: 'Nõnda tehakse mehega, keda kuningas tahab austada!'

¹¹And Haman took the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honour!

¹²Seejärel pöördus Mordokai tagasi kuninga väravasse, Haaman aga ruttas oma kotta leinates ja kinnikaetud peaga.

¹²And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

¹³Kui Haaman jutustas Seresele, oma naisele, ja kõigile oma sõpradele kõik, mis temale oli juhtunud, siis ütlesid talle tema targad ja ta naine Seres: 'Kui Mordokai, kelle ees sa oled hakanud langema, on juutide soost, siis sa ei suuda tema vastu midagi, vaid sa langed tõesti tema ees.'

¹³And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends all that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife to him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but wilt certainly fall before him.

¹⁴Kui nad alles temaga rääkisid, saabusid kuninga eunuhhid ja kiirustasid Haamanit minema sellele peole, mille Ester oli korraldanud.

¹⁴While they were yet talking with him, the king's chamberlains came, and hasted to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.