1 Naquela noite, o rei não pôde dormir; então, mandou trazer o Livro dos Feitos Memoráveis, e nele se leu diante do rei. 2 Achou-se escrito que Mordecai é quem havia denunciado a Bigtã e a Teres, os dois eunucos do rei, guardas da porta, que tinham procurado matar o rei Assuero. 3 Então, disse o rei: Que honras e distinções se deram a Mordecai por isso? Nada lhe foi conferido, responderam os servos do rei que o serviam. 4 Perguntou o rei: Quem está no pátio? Ora, Hamã tinha entrado no pátio exterior da casa do rei, para dizer ao rei que se enforcasse a Mordecai na forca que ele, Hamã, lhe tinha preparado. 5 Os servos do rei lhe disseram: Hamã está no pátio. Disse o rei que entrasse. 6 Entrou Hamã. O rei lhe disse: Que se fará ao homem a quem o rei deseja honrar? Então, Hamã disse consigo mesmo: De quem se agradaria o rei mais do que de mim para honrá-lo? 7 E respondeu ao rei: Quanto ao homem a quem agrada ao rei honrá-lo, 8 tragam-se as vestes reais, que o rei costuma usar, e o cavalo em que o rei costuma andar montado, e tenha na cabeça a coroa real; 9 entreguem-se as vestes e o cavalo às mãos dos mais nobres príncipes do rei, e vistam delas aquele a quem o rei deseja honrar; levem-no a cavalo pela praça da cidade e diante dele apregoem: Assim se faz ao homem a quem o rei deseja honrar. 10 Então, disse o rei a Hamã: Apressa-te, toma as vestes e o cavalo, como disseste, e faze assim para com o judeu Mordecai, que está assentado à porta do rei; e não omitas coisa nenhuma de tudo quanto disseste. 11 Hamã tomou as vestes e o cavalo, vestiu a Mordecai, e o levou a cavalo pela praça da cidade, e apregoou diante dele: Assim se faz ao homem a quem o rei deseja honrar.

12 Depois disto, Mordecai voltou para a porta do rei; porém Hamã se retirou correndo para casa, angustiado e de cabeça coberta. 13 Contou Hamã a Zeres, sua mulher, e a todos os seus amigos tudo quanto lhe tinha sucedido. Então, os seus sábios e Zeres, sua mulher, lhe disseram: Se Mordecai, perante o qual já começaste a cair, é da descendência dos judeus, não prevalecerás contra ele; antes, certamente, cairás diante dele.

14 Falavam estes ainda com ele quando chegaram os eunucos do rei e apressadamente levaram Hamã ao banquete que Ester preparara.

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. 2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s chamberlains, of those that kept the threshold, who had sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus. 3 And the king said, What honor and dignity hath been bestowed on Mordecai for this? Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him. 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. 5 And the king’s servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in. 6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor? Now Haman said in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to myself? 7 And Haman said unto the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honor, 8 let royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and on the head of which a crown royal is set: 9 and let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man therewith whom the king delighteth to honor, and cause him to ride 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 honor.

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. 11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and caused him to ride through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honor. 12 And Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hasted to his house, mourning and having his head covered. 13 And Haman recounted unto Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai, before whom thou hast begun to fall, be of the seed of the Jews, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him. 14 While they were yet talking with him, came the king’s chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.

1 That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him.

2 It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

3 "What honor and recognition has Mordecai received for this?" the king asked. "Nothing has been done for him," his attendants answered.

4 The king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to speak to the king about impaling Mordecai on the pole he had set up for him.

5 His attendants answered, "Haman is standing in the court." "Bring him in," the king ordered.

6 When Haman entered, the king asked him, "What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?" Now Haman thought to himself, "Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?"

7 So he answered the king, "For the man the king delights to honor,

8 have them bring a royal robe the king has worn and a horse the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head.

9 Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king's most noble princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, 'This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!'"

10 "Go at once," the king commanded Haman. "Get the robe and the horse and do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Do not neglect anything you have recommended."

11 So Haman got the robe and the horse. He robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city streets, proclaiming before him, "This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!"

12 Afterward Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief,

13 and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, "Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him —you will surely come to ruin!"

14 While they were still talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the banquet Esther had prepared.