Ester 6
1 Pada malam itu juga raja tidak dapat tidur. Sebab itu ia minta diambilkan buku catatan sejarah kerajaan dan menyuruh orang membacakannya.
On that night the king was unable to sleep, so he gave orders to bring the books that recorded memorable deeds, and they were read before the king.
2 Di dalamnya didapatinya catatan bahwa Mordekhai telah melaporkan usaha pembunuhan terhadap raja yang direncanakan oleh Bigtan dan Teres, kedua pejabat khusus yang menjaga kamar raja.
It was found recorded how Mordecai had furnished information regarding Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s attendants who guarded the entrance of the palace, who had attempted to kill King Ahasuerus.
3 Raja bertanya, "Penghormatan dan balas jasa apa yang telah diberikan kepada Mordekhai itu?" Pelayan-pelayan menjawab, "Dia tidak menerima apa-apa."
‘What honour and dignity have been conferred on Mordecai for this?’ the king asked. When the king’s pages who waited on him replied ‘Nothing has been done for him,’
4 Lalu berkatalah raja, "Siapa dari pegawaiku yang ada di istana sekarang?" Kebetulan Haman baru saja masuk ke halaman istana; ia hendak minta izin kepada raja untuk menggantung Mordekhai pada tiang yang telah didirikan itu.
the king said, ‘Who is in the court?’ Now Haman had just entered 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.
5 Pelayan-pelayan itu menjawab kepada raja, "Haman ada di istana dan ia ingin menghadap Baginda." "Suruh dia masuk," kata raja.
So the king’s pages said to him, ‘Haman is standing there, in the court.’ The king said, ‘Let him enter.’
6 Setelah Haman masuk, raja berkata kepadanya, "Ada orang yang hendak kuberi penghormatan besar. Apakah yang akan kuperbuat untuknya?" Pikir Haman, "Siapa lagi yang akan diberi penghormatan begitu besar oleh raja? Pasti aku!"
So Haman entered, and the king said to him, ‘What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honour?’ Haman said to himself, ‘Whom besides me could the king wish to honour?’
7 Sebab itu ia menjawab, "Hendaknya orang itu diambilkan pakaian kebesaran yang biasanya dipakai oleh Baginda sendiri. Lalu kuda Baginda dihias dengan lambang-lambang kerajaan.
So he said to the king, ‘For the man whom the king wishes to honour
let a royal garment be brought, which the king has worn, and the horse on which the king has ridden and on whose head a royal diadem has been placed.
9 Seorang pembesar negara dari golongan bangsawan harus mengenakan pakaian itu kepada orang yang hendak Baginda hormati itu, lalu mengarak orang itu dengan mengendarai kuda Baginda melalui lapangan kota. Pembesar itu akan berjalan di depannya sambil berseru-seru, 'Beginilah raja memberikan penghargaan kepada orang yang dihormatinya!'"
Then let the garment and the horse be placed in charge of one of the king’s noble officials. Let him clothe the man whom the king wishes to honour and let him lead that man on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king wishes to honour.”’
10 Lalu berkatalah raja kepada Haman, "Cepat, ambillah pakaian dan kuda itu dan berikanlah segala penghormatan itu kepada Mordekhai, orang Yahudi itu. Perbuatlah seperti yang kaukatakan tadi, tanpa mengurangi satu pun. Dia dapat kaujumpai sedang duduk di depan pintu gerbang istana."
Then the king said to Haman, ‘Make haste and take the garment and the horse, as you have said, and do this to Mordecai the Jew, who sits in the king’s gate. Omit nothing of all you have said.’
11 Lalu Haman mengambil pakaian dan kuda itu dan mengenakan pakaian itu kepada Mordekhai. Setelah Mordekhai menaiki kuda itu, Haman mengaraknya melalui lapangan kota, sambil berseru-seru, "Lihat, beginilah raja memberi penghargaan kepada orang yang dihormatinya!"
So Haman took the garment and the horse and clothed Mordecai, and made him ride through the city square and proclaimed before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king wishes to honour.’
12 Setelah itu Mordekhai kembali ke pintu gerbang istana. Tetapi Haman buru-buru pulang. Ia tak mau dilihat orang karena ia malu sekali, maka diselubunginya mukanya.
Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning, with his head covered.
13 Kepada istri dan semua temannya ia menceritakan apa yang telah dialaminya. Kemudian istrinya dan teman-temannya yang bijaksana itu berkata kepadanya, "Engkau mulai kalah kuat dengan Mordekhai. Dia orang Yahudi dan engkau tidak akan dapat melawannya. Dia pasti akan mengalahkan engkau."
Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to 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 already been humiliated is of the Jewish people, you can do nothing against him but will surely fall before him.’
14 Sementara mereka masih berbicara dengan Haman, para pejabat istana datang dengan tergesa-gesa hendak mengantarkan Haman ke perjamuan yang diadakan Ester.
While they were still talking with him, the king’s attendants came and quickly took Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
