1 O n that night the king could not sleep; and he ordered that the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, be brought, and they were read before the king.

وَلَمْ يَستَطِعْ المَلِكُ أنْ يَنامَ فِي تِلكَ اللَّيلَةِ، فَطَلَبَ مِنْ خُدّامِهِ أنْ يُحضِرُوا لَهُ السِّجِلَّ الرَّسمِيَّ لِتارِيخِ المملَكَةِ. وَعِندَما قُرِئَ السِّجِلُّ أمامَ المَلِكِ،

2 A nd it was found written there how Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s attendants who guarded the door, who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

اكتَشَفَ أنَّ مُرْدَخايَ هُوَ الذِي كَشَفَ أمْرَ بَغْثانا وَتَرَشَ خادِمَي المَلِكِ وَحارِسَي بَوّابَةِ المَلِكِ اللَّذَينِ تَآمَرا عَلَى اغتِيالِ المَلِكِ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ.

3 A nd the king said, What honor or distinction has been given Mordecai for this? Then the king’s servants who ministered to him said, Nothing has been done for him.

فَقالَ المَلِكُ: «بِماذا أكرَمْنا مُرْدَخايَ وَكافأناهُ لِعَمَلِهِ هَذا؟» فَأجابَهُ الخُدّامُ: «لَمْ يُعمَلْ لَهُ أيُّ شَئٍ!»

4 T he king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman had just come into the outer court of the king’s palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

فَقالَ المَلِكُ: «مَنْ هَذا الذِي فِي ساحَةِ القَصْرِ؟» وَكانَ هامانُ قَدْ دَخَلَ لِتَوِّهِ لِيَطلُبَ مِنَ المَلِكِ أنْ يُعَلِّقَ مُرْدَخايَ عَلَى العَمُودِ الخَشَبِيِّ الذِي جَهَّزَهُ لَهُ.

5 A nd the king’s servants said to him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

فَقالَ الرِّجالُ الَّذينَ يَخدِمُونَ المَلِكَ: «هَذا هامانُ فِي ساحَةِ القَصرِ.» فَقالَ المَلِكُ: «أدخِلُوهُ.»

6 S o Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman said to himself, To whom would the king delight to do honor more than to me?

فَدَخَلَ هامانُ، فَقالَ لَهُ المَلِكُ: «ماذا يُصْنَعُ لِمَنْ يُريدُ المَلِكُ أنْ يَكْرِمَهُ؟» فَقالَ هامانُ فِي نَفسِهِ: «لا أحَدَ يَسْتَحِقُّ أنْ يُكْرِمَهُ المَلِكُ سِوايَ!»

7 A nd Haman said to the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,

وَقالَ هامانُ للمَلِكِ: «سَأُخْبِرُكَ ما يُصْنَعُ لِمَنْ يُريدُ المَلِكُ أنْ يَكْرِمَهُ.

8 L et royal apparel be brought which the king has worn and the horse which the king has ridden, and a royal crown be set on his head.

يُعْطَى ثِياباً مَلَكِيَّةً مِنَ الَّتِي كانَ يَرتَدِيها المَلِكُ، وَحِصاناً كانَ المَلِكُ قَدْ رَكِبَ عَلَيهِ، وَيوضَعُ تاجٌ عَلَى رَأسِهِ.

9 A nd let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes. Let him array the man whom the king delights to honor, and conduct him on horseback through the open square of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.

تُوضَعْ هَذِهِ الثِّيابُ وَالحِصانُ فِي عُهدَةِ واحِدٍ مِنْ أنبَلِ الرُؤَساءِ عِنْدَ المَلِكِ. ثُمَّ يُلْبِسُ الرُّؤَساءُ الرَّجُلَ الذِي يُرِيدُ المَلِكُ أنْ يُكرِمَهُ، وَيُركِبُونَهُ عَلَى الحِصانِ لِيَتَجَوَّلَ فِي ساحاتِ المَدِينَةِ، بَينَما هُمْ يَهتِفُونَ: ‹هَذا ما يَنالُهُ مَنْ يُرِيدُ المَلِكُ أنْ يُكرِمَهُ.›»

10 T hen the king said to Haman, Make haste and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Leave out nothing that you have spoken.

فَقالَ المَلِكُ لِهامانَ: «إذَنْ أسرِعْ وَخُذِ الثِّيابَ وَالحِصانَ كَما قُلْتَ، وَافعَلْ هَذا لِمُرْدَخايَ اليَهُودَيِّ، الذِي يَجلِسُ عِنْدَ بَوَّابَةِ المَلِكِ. وَلا تَنسَ شَيئاً مِنَ الأشياءِ التِي قُلْتَها.»

11 T hen Haman took the apparel and the horse and conducted Mordecai on horseback through the open square of the city, proclaiming before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.

فَأخَذَ هامان الثِّيابَ وَألبَسَها لِمُرْدَخايَ، وَأركَبَهُ عَلَى الحِصانِ وَتَجَوَّلَ بِهِ فِي كُلِّ المَدِينَةِ. وَأعلَنَ هامان: «هَذا ما يَنالُهُ مَنْ يُرِيدُ المَلِكُ أنْ يُكرِمَهُ.»

12 T hen Mordecai came again to the king’s gate. But Haman hastened to his house, mourning and having his head covered.

ثُمَّ عادَ مُرْدَخايُ إلَى بَوّابَةِ المَلِكِ. أمّا هامانُ فَقَدْ عادَ مُسرِعاً إلَى بَيتِهِ وَهُوَ يَشعُرُ بِاليَأسِ وَالخِزيِ.

13 A nd Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and 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 begun to fall, is of the offspring of the Jews, you cannot prevail against him, but shall surely fall before him.

وَأخْبَرَ زَوجَتَهُ زَرَشَ وَأصدِقاءَهُ بِكُلِّ ما حَدَثَ. فَقالَ لَهُ مُستَشارُوهُ وَزَوجَتُهُ: «إذا كانَ مُرْدَخايُ الذِي بَدَأتَ تَنهَزِمُ أمامَهُ يَهُودِيّاً بِالفِعلِ، فَإنَّكَ لَنْ تَنتَصِرَ عَلَيهِ، بَلْ سَتُهزَمُ أمامَهُ بِالتَأكِيدِ.»

14 W hile they were yet talking with him, the king’s attendants came and hastily brought Haman to the dinner that Esther had prepared.

وَبَينَما هُمْ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ وَصَلَ خُدّامُ المَلِكِ، وَاصطَحَبُوا هامان إلَى الوَلِيمَةِ التِي أعَدَّتها أسْتِيرُ.