1 That night the king was unable to get any sleep; and he sent for the books of the records; and while some one was reading them to the king,2 It came out that it was recorded in the book how Mordecai had given word of the designs of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's servants, keepers of the door, by whom an attack on the king had been designed.3 And the king said, What honour and reward have been given to Mordecai for this? Then the servants who were waiting on the king said, Nothing has been done for him.4 Then the king said, Who is in the outer room? Now Haman had come into the outer room to get the king's authority for the hanging of Mordecai on the pillar which he had made ready for him.5 And the king's servants said to him, See, Haman is waiting in the outer room. And the king said, Let him come in.6 So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What is to be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring? Then the thought came into Haman's mind, Whom, more than myself, would the king have pleasure in honouring?7 And Haman, answering the king, said, For the man whom the king has delight in honouring,8 Let them take the robes which the king generally puts on, and the horse on which the king goes, and the crown which is on his head:9 And let the robes and the horse be given to one of the king's most noble captains, so that they may put them on the man whom the king has delight in honouring, and let him go on horseback through the streets of the town, with men crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.10 Then the king said to Haman, Go quickly, and take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who is seated at the king's doorway: see that you do everything as you have said.11 Then Haman took the robes and the horse, and dressing Mordecai in the robes, he made him go on horseback through the streets of the town, crying out before him, So let it be done to the man whom the king has delight in honouring.12 And Mordecai came back to the king's doorway. But Haman went quickly back to his house, sad and with his head covered.13 And Haman gave his wife Zeresh and all his friends an account of what had taken place. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, If Mordecai, who is starting to get the better of you, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not be able to do anything against him, but you will certainly go down before him.14 While they were still talking, the king's servants came to take Haman to the feast which Esther had made ready.

1 Noctem illam duxit rex insomnem, jussitque sibi afferri historias et annales priorum temporum. Qu cum illo prsente legerentur, 2 ventum est ad illum locum ubi scriptum erat quomodo nuntiasset Mardochus insidias Bagathan et Thares eunuchorum, regem Assuerum jugulare cupientium. 3 Quod cum audisset rex, ait : Quid pro hac fide honoris ac prmii Mardochus consecutus est ? Dixerunt ei servi illius ac ministri : Nihil omnino mercedis accepit. 4 Statimque rex : Quis est, inquit, in atrio ? Aman quippe interius atrium domus regi intraverat, ut suggereret regi, et juberet Mardochum affigi patibulo, quod ei fuerat prparatum. 5 Responderunt pueri : Aman stat in atrio. Dixitque rex : Ingrediatur. 6 Cumque esset ingressus, ait illi : Quid debet fieri viro, quem rex honorare desiderat ? Cogitans autem in corde suo Aman, et reputans quod nullum alium rex, nisi se, vellet honorare, 7 respondit : Homo, quem rex honorare cupit, 8 debet indui vestibus regiis, et imponi super equum, qui de sella regis est, et accipere regium diadema super caput suum : 9 et primus de regiis principibus ac tyrannis teneat equum ejus, et per plateam civitatis incedens clamet, et dicat : Sic honorabitur, quemcumque voluerit rex honorare. 10 Dixitque ei rex : Festina, et sumpta stola et equo, fac, ut locutus es, Mardocho Judo, qui sedet ante fores palatii. Cave ne quidquam de his, qu locutus es, prtermittas. 11 Tulit itaque Aman stolam et equum, indutumque Mardochum in platea civitatis, et impositum equo prcedebat, atque clamabat : Hoc honore condignus est, quemcumque rex voluerit honorare. 12 Reversusque est Mardochus ad januam palatii : et Aman festinavit ire in domum suam, lugens et operto capite : 13 narravitque Zares uxori su, et amicis, omnia qu evenissent sibi. Cui responderunt sapientes quos habebat in consilio, et uxor ejus : Si de semine Judorum est Mardochus, ante quem cadere cpisti, non poteris ei resistere, sed cades in conspectu ejus. 14 Adhuc illis loquentibus, venerunt eunuchi regis, et cito eum ad convivium, quod regina paraverat, pergere compulerunt.