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

That night the king could not sleep. So one was commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

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

And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, the doorkeepers who had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

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

Then the king said, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?” And the king’s servants who attended him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”

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

So the king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s palace to suggest that the king hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

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

The king’s servants said to him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” And the king said, “Let him come in.”

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

So Haman came in, and the king asked him, “What shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor?” Now Haman thought in his heart, “Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?”

7 و َقالَ هامانُ للمَلِكِ: «سَأُخْبِرُكَ ما يُصْنَعُ لِمَنْ يُريدُ المَلِكُ أنْ يَكْرِمَهُ.

And Haman answered the king, “ For the man whom the king delights to honor,

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

let a royal robe be brought which the king has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, which has a royal crest placed on its head.

9 ت ُوضَعْ 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.›»

Then let this robe and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that he may array the man whom the king delights to honor. Then parade him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him: ‘Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’”

10 ف َقالَ 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.»

Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry, take the robe and the horse, as you have suggested, and do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits within the king’s gate! Leave nothing undone of all that you have spoken.”

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

So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!”

12 ث ُمَّ عادَ مُرْدَخايُ إلَى بَوّابَةِ المَلِكِ. أمّا هامانُ فَقَدْ عادَ مُسرِعاً إلَى بَيتِهِ وَهُوَ يَشعُرُ بِاليَأسِ وَالخِزيِ.

Afterward Mordecai went back to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.

13 و َأخْبَرَ 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.»

When Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened to him, his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him but will surely fall before him.”

14 و َبَينَما هُمْ يَتَكَلَّمُونَ وَصَلَ خُدّامُ المَلِكِ، وَاصطَحَبُوا هامان إلَى الوَلِيمَةِ التِي أعَدَّتها أسْتِيرُ.

While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hastened to bring Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.