6:1 But the Lord removed sleep from the king
that night: and he told his servant to bring in the books, the registers of
daily events, to read to him.
6:2 And he found the records written concerning Mardochaeus, how he had told
the king concerning the two chamberlains of the king, when they were keeping
guard, and sought to lay hands on Artaxerxes.
6:3 And the king said, What honour or favour have we done to Mardochaeus?
And the king's servants said, Thou hast not done anything to him.
6:4 And while the king was enquiring about the kindness of Mardochaeus,
behold, Aman [was] in the court. And the king said, Who [is] in the court?
Now Aman was come in to speak to the king, that he should hang Mardochaeus
on the gallows, which he had prepared.
6:5 And the king's servants said, Behold, Aman stands in the court. And the
king said, Call him.
6:6 And the king said to Aman, What shall I do to the man whom I wish to
honour? And Aman said within himself, Whom would the king honour but myself?
67 and he said to the king, As for the man whom the king wishes to honour,
6:8 let the king's servants bring the robe of fine linen which the king puts
on, and the horse on which the king rides,
6:9 and let him give [it] to one of the king's noble friends, and let him
array the man whom the king loves; and let him mount him on the horse, and
proclaim through the street of the city, saying, Thus shall it be [done] to
every man whom the king honours.
6:10 Then the king said to Aman, Thou hast well said: so do to Mardochaeus
the Jew, who waits in the palace, and let not a word of what thou hast
spoken be neglected.
6:11 So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mardochaeus, and
mounted him on the horse, and went through the street of the city, and
proclaimed, saying, Thus shall it be to every man whom the king wishes to
honour.
6:12 And Mardochaeus returned to the palace: but Aman went home mourning,
and having his head covered.
6:13 And Aman related the events that had befallen him to Zosara his wife,
and to [his] friends: and his friends and his wife said to him, If
Mardochaeus [be] of the race of the Jews, [and] thou hast begun to be
humbled before him, thou wilt assuredly fall, and thou wilt not be able to
withstand him, for the living God [is] with him.
6:14 While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Aman
to the banquet which Esther had prepared. |
6:1 On that night could not the king sleep,
and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they
were read before the king.
6:2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh,
two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay
hand on the king Ahasuerus.
6:3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai
for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is
nothing done for him.
6:4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the
outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai
on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
6:5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the
court. And the king said, Let him come in.
6:6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto
the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart,
To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?
6:7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to
honour,
6:8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the
horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his
head:
6:9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the
king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king
delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the
city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the
king delighteth to honour.
6:10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the
horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth
at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.
6:11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and
brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed
before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to
honour.
6:12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his
house mourning, and having his head covered.
6:13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had
befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If
Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall,
thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.
6:14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains,
and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared. |