¹Tisto noč ni mogel kralj spati, in ukaže, naj prineso spominsko knjigo letopisov; in brali so jo pred kraljem.

¹On that night hath the sleep of the king fled away, and he saith to bring in the book of memorials of the Chronicles, and they are read before the king,

²In najdejo zapisano, da je Mardohej ovadil Bigtana in Teresa, dva kraljevih komornikov, iz tistih, ki so čuvali vrata, kako sta hotela položiti roke na kralja Ahasvera.

²and it is found written that Mordecai had declared concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs of the king, of the keepers of the threshold, who sought to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus.

³In kralj reče: Kaka čast in odlika se je podelila za to Mardoheju? Nato odgovore kraljevi hlapci, ki so mu stregli: Nič se mu ni podelilo.

³And the king saith, `What honour and greatness hath been done to Mordecai for this?` And the servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Nothing hath been done with him.`

⁴In kralj vpraša: Kdo je na dvoru? Haman pa je ravnokar prišel na zunanji dvor kraljeve palače, da ogovori kralja, naj obesijo Mardoheja na vislice, ki jih je pripravil zanj.

⁴And the king saith, `Who [is] in the court?` — and Haman hath come in to the outer court of the house of the king, to say to the king to hang Mordecai on the tree that he had prepared for him —

⁵In kraljevi hlapci mu reko: Glej, Haman stoji na dvoru! Kralj veli: Naj stopi sem!

⁵and the servants of the king say unto him, `Lo, Haman is standing in the court;` and the king saith, `Let him come in.`

⁶In ko Haman pristopi, mu kralj reče: Kaj naj se zgodi možu, ki ga kralj želi počastiti? Haman pa je mislil v srcu svojem: Koga bi sicer kralj želel počastiti nego mene?

⁶And Haman cometh in, and the king saith to him, `What — to do with the man in whose honour the king hath delighted?` And Haman saith in his heart, `To whom doth the king delight to do honour more than myself?`

⁷In reče Haman kralju: Možu, ki ga kralj želi počastiti,

⁷And Haman saith unto the king, `The man in whose honour the king hath delighted,

⁸naj prineso kraljevsko oblačilo, ki ga kralj nosi, in privedo konja, na katerem jezdi kralj, in na glavo naj se mu posadi kraljev venec;

⁸let them bring in royal clothing that the king hath put on himself, and a horse on which the king hath ridden, and that the royal crown be put on his head,

⁹in oblačilo in konj naj se dasta v roko enemu najodličnejših knezov kraljevih, da ž njim oblečejo moža, ki ga kralj želi počastiti, in ga posade na konja in vodijo po mestnih ulicah ter kličejo pred njim: Tako se godi možu, ki ga kralj želi počastiti!

⁹and to give the clothing and the horse into the hand of a man of the heads of the king, the chiefs, and they have clothed the man in whose honour the king hath delighted, and caused him to ride on the horse in a broad place of the city, and called before him: Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.`

¹⁰In kralj veli: Hiti, vzemi oblačilo in konja, kakor si rekel, in tako stori Mardoheju Judu, ki sedi ob kraljevih vratih. Ne opusti ničesar, kar si govoril!

¹⁰And the king saith to Haman, `Haste, take the clothing and the horse, as thou hast spoken, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting in the gate of the king; there doth not fall a thing of all that thou hast spoken.`

¹¹Tedaj vzame Haman oblačilo in konja ter obleče Mardoheja in ga spremlja, jezdečega po mestnih ulicah, in kliče pred njim: Tako se godi možu, ki ga kralj želi počastiti!

¹¹And Haman taketh the clothing, and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and causeth him to ride in a broad place of the city, and calleth before him, `Thus it is done to the man in whose honour the king hath delighted.`

¹²In Mardohej se zopet vrne k vratom kraljevim; Haman pa hiti domov žalosten in z zakrito glavo.

¹²And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,

¹³In Haman pripoveduje Zeresi, ženi svoji, in vsem prijateljem svojim vse, kar se mu je prigodilo. Tedaj mu reko modrci njegovi in Zeresa, žena njegova: Ako je Mardohej, pred katerim si začel padati, iz semena Judov, ničesar ne premoreš zoper njega, temuč gotovo boš padel pred njim.Ko so še ž njim govorili, pridejo kraljevi komorniki, in mudi se jim, da odvedo Hamana k obedu, ki ga je Estera pripravila.

¹³and Haman recounteth to Zeresh his wife, and to all his friends, all that hath met him, and his wise men say to him, and Zeresh his wife, `If Mordecai [is] of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou art not able for him, but dost certainly fall before him.`

¹⁴Ko so še ž njim govorili, pridejo kraljevi komorniki, in mudi se jim, da odvedo Hamana k obedu, ki ga je Estera pripravila.

¹⁴They are yet speaking with him, and eunuchs of the king have come, and haste to bring in Haman unto the banquet that Esther hath made.