Esther 6
1 The king passed that night without sleep, and so he ordered the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought to him. And when they were reading them before him,
To noč kralj ni mogel spati in zapovedal je, da prinesejo knjigo kroniških zapisov in brani so bili pred kraljem.
2 they came to that place where it had been written, how Mordecai had reported the treachery of Bigthan and Teresh the eunuchs, who desired to cut the throat of king Artaxerxes.
Najdeno je bilo zapisano, da je Mordohaj povedal o Bigtánu in Terešu, o dveh izmed glavnih dvornih upraviteljev, čuvajema vrat, ki sta iskala, da položita roko na Kralja Ahasvérja.
3 When the king had heard this, he said, “What honor and reward has Mordecai been given for this fidelity?” His servants and ministers said to him, “He has received no compensation at all.”
Kralj je rekel: »Kakšna čast in dostojanstvo sta bila zaradi tega storjena Mordohaju?« Potem so kraljevi služabniki, ki so mu služili, rekli: »Nič ni bilo storjeno zanj.«
4 And immediately the king said, “Who is in the atrium?” For, you see, Haman was entering the inner atrium of the king’s house to suggest to the king that he should order Mordecai to be hanged on the gallows, which had been prepared for him.
Kralj je rekel: »Kdo je na dvoru?« Torej Hamán je prišel na zunanji dvor kraljeve hiše, da spregovori kralju, da Mordohaja obesi na vislice, ki jih je pripravil zanj.
5 The servants answered, “Haman is standing in the atrium.” And the king said, “Let him enter.”
Kraljevi služabniki pa so mu rekli: »Glej, Hamán stoji na dvoru.« Kralj je rekel: »Naj vstopi.«
6 And when he had entered, he said to him, “What ought to be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” But Haman, thinking in his heart and supposing that the king would honor no one else but himself,
Tako je Hamán vstopil. Kralj mu je rekel: »Kaj naj bo storjeno človeku, ki se ga kralj razveseljuje, da ga počasti?« Torej Hamán je v svojem srcu mislil: ›Koga bi se kralj veselil, da ga počasti, bolj kakor mene?‹
7 answered, “The man whom the king wishes to honor,
Hamán je odgovoril kralju: »Za človeka, ki se ga kralj razveseljuje, da ga počasti,
8 ought to be clothed with the king’s apparel, and be set upon the horse that the king rides, and receive the royal crown upon his head.
naj bo prinesena kraljevska obleka, ki jo kralj uporablja za nošnjo in konj, na katerem jaha kralj in kraljeva krona, ki je postavljena na njegovi glavi.
9 And let the first of the king’s rulers and sovereigns hold his horse, and, as they advance through the street of the city, proclaim before him and say, ‘Thus shall he be honored, whom the king decides to honor.’”
Ta obleka in konj naj bosta izročena roki enega izmed kraljevih najplemenitejših princev, da bodo lahko s tem oblekli človeka, ki se ga kralj razveseljuje počastiti in naj ga na konjskem hrbtu povedejo po mestni ulici in pred njim razglašajo: ›Tako bo to storjeno človeku, ki se ga kralj razveseljuje, da ga počasti.‹«
10 And the king said to him, “Hurry, take the robe and the horse, and do as you have said to Mordecai the Jew, who sits in front of the gate of the palace. Be careful not to omit any of those things which you have mentioned.”
Potem je kralj rekel Hamánu: »Podvizaj se in vzemi obleko in konja, kakor si rekel in celo tako stori Judu Mordohaju, ki sedi pri kraljevih velikih vratih. Naj ničesar ne manjka od vsega, kar si govoril.«
11 And so Haman took the robe and the horse, and arraying Mordecai in the street of the city, and setting him on the horse, he went before him and cried out, “He is worthy of this honor, whom the king has decided to honor.”
Potem je Hamán vzel obleko in konja ter oblekel Mordohaja in ga na konjskem hrbtu povedel po mestni ulici in pred njim razglašal: »Tako bo storjeno človeku, ki se ga kralj razveseljuje, da ga počasti.«
12 And Mordecai returned to the palace door. And Haman hurried to go to his house, mourning and hiding his head.
In Mordohaj je ponovno prišel h kraljevim velikim vratom. Hamán pa je žalujoč hitel k svoji hiši in svojo glavo je imel zakrito.
13 And he explained to Zeresh his wife and to his friends all that had happened to him. And the wise men, whom he held in counsel, and his wife, answered him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is from the offspring of the Jews, you will not be able to withstand him, but you will fall in his sight.”
Hamán je povedal svoji ženi Zêreši in vsem svojim prijateljem, vsako stvar, ki ga je doletela. Potem so mu njegovi modri možje in njegova žena Zêreša rekli: »Če je Mordohaj iz rodu Judov, pred katerim si začel padati, ne boš prevladal zoper njega, temveč boš zagotovo padel pred njim.«
14 As they were still speaking, the king’s eunuchs arrived and compelled him to go quickly to the feast, which the queen had prepared.
Medtem ko so še govorili z njim, so prišli kraljevi glavni dvorni upravitelji in hiteli, da Hamána privedejo na gostijo, ki jo je pripravila Estera.
