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

¹On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to 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.

²It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the 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.'

³The king said, “What honor and dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” Then the king’s servants who attended 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.

⁴The king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king’s house, to speak to the king about hanging 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!'

⁵The king’s servants said to him, “Behold, Haman stands in the court.” 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. The king said to him, “What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman said in his heart, “Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?”

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

⁷Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king delights to honor,

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

⁸let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a crown royal 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!'

⁹Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’”

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!'

¹⁰Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.”

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

¹¹Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!”

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

¹²Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried 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.'

¹³Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely 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 eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.