Ester 6
1 Samme Nat veg Søvnen fra Kongen. Da bød han, at man skulde hente Krøniken, i hvilken mindeværdige Tildragelser var optegnet, og man læste op for Kongen af den.
On that night the sleep of the king has fled away, and he commands to bring in the scroll of memorials of the chronicles, and they are read before the king,
2 Man fandt da optegnet, hvorledes Mordokaj havde meldt, at Bigtana og Teresj, to kongelige Hofmænd, der hørte til Dørvogterne, havde søgt Lejlighed til at lægge Hånd på Kong Ahasverus.
and 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.
3 Kongen spurgte da: "Hvilken Ære og Udmærkelse er der vist Mordokaj til Gengæld?" Kongens Folk, som gik ham til Hånde, svarede: "Der er ingen Ære vist ham."
And the king says, “What honor and greatness has been done to Mordecai for this?” And the servants of the king, his ministers, say, “Nothing has been done with him.”
4 Så spurgte Kongen: Hvem er ude i Gården? Haman var netop kommet ind i den ydre Gård til Kongens Palads for at bede Kongen om, at Mordokaj måtte blive hængt i den Galge, han havde rejst til ham.
And the king says, “Who [is] in the court?” And Haman has come into 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.
5 Kongens Folk svarede ham: "Det er Haman, der står ude i Gården." Da sagde Kongen: "Lad ham komme ind!"
And the servants of the king say to him, “Behold, Haman is standing in the court”; and the king says, “Let him come in.”
6 Da Haman var kommet ind; sagde Kongen til ham: "Hvad gør man ved den Mand, Kongen ønsker at hædre?" Haman tænkte ved sig selv: "Hvem andre end mig skulde Kongen ønske at hædre?"
And Haman comes in, and the king says to him, “What should [I] do with the man in whose honor the king has delighted?” And Haman says in his heart, “To whom does the king delight to do honor more than myself?”
7 Derfor svarede Haman Kongen: "Hvis Kongen ønsker at hædre en Mand,
And Haman says to the king, “The man in whose honor the king has delighted,
8 skal man lade hente en kongelig Klædning, som Kongen selv har båret, og en Hest, som Kongen selv har redet, og på hvis Hoved der er sat en kongelig Krone,
let them bring in royal clothing that the king has put on himself, and a horse on which the king has ridden, and that the royal crown be put on his head,
9 og man skal overgive Klædningen og Hesten til en af Kongens ypperste Fyrster og give den Mand, Kongen ønsker at hædre, Klædningen på og føre ham på Hesten over Byens Torv og råbe foran ham: Således gør man ved den Mand, Kongen ønsker at hædre!
and 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 honor the king has 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 honor the king has delighted.”
10 Da sagde Kongen til Haman: "Skynd dig at hente Klædningen og Hesten, som du sagde, og gør således ved Jøden Mordokaj, som sidder i den kongelige Port! Undlad intet af, hvad du sagde!
And the king says to Haman, “Hurry, take the clothing and the horse, as you have spoken, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting in the gate of the king; there does not fall a thing of all that you have spoken.”
11 Så hentede Haman Klædningen og Hesten, gav Mordokaj Klædningen på'og førte ham på Hesten over Byens Torv og råbte foran ham: Således gør man ved den Mand, Kongen ønsker at hædre!
And Haman takes the clothing, and the horse, and clothed Mordecai, and causes him to ride in a broad place of the city, and calls before him, “Thus it is done to the man in whose glory the king has delighted.”
12 Derefter gik Morkodaj tilbage til Kongens Port. Men Haman skyndte sig hjem, nedslået og med tilhyllet Hoved.
And Mordecai turns back to the gate of the king, and Haman has been hurried to his house mourning, and with covered head,
13 Og Haman fortalte sin Hustru Zeresj og alle sine Venner alt, hvad der var hændet ham. Da sagde hans Venner og hans Hustru Zeresj til ham: Hvis Mordokaj, over for hvem du nu for første Gang er kommet til kort, er af jødisk Æt, så kan du intet udrette imod ham, men det bliver dit Fald til sidst!
and Haman recounts to his wife Zeresh, and to all his friends, all that has met him, and his wise men and his wife Zeresh say to him, “If Mordecai [is] of the seed of the Jews, before whom you have begun to fall, you are not able for him, but certainly fall before him.”
14 Medens de endnu talte med ham, indtraf de kongelige Hofmænd for hurtigt at hente Haman til det Gæstebud, Ester havde gjort rede.
They are yet speaking with him, and eunuchs of the king have come, and hurry to bring in Haman to the banquet that Esther has made.
