Esther 6

1 That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.

1 那夜王睡不着觉，就吩咐人拿史书念给他听。

2 And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

2 刚好念到末底改揭发两位守门太监辟探和提列谋害亚哈随鲁王的事，

3 The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.

3 王便问：“末底改既行此事，可曾赐他什么尊荣和爵位吗？”服侍王的臣仆回答说：“没有赐他什么。”

4 “Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.

4 王问：“谁在院子里？”那时哈曼刚进到王宫外院，想请求王将末底改吊在他预备的木架上。

5 So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.

5 服侍王的臣仆回答说：“是哈曼站在院子里。”王说：“让他进来。”

6 Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”

6 哈曼进来后，王问他：“王想赏识一个人，该怎么做呢？”哈曼心想：“王想赏识的人不是我是谁呢？”

7 And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,

7 于是，他就对王说：“王若想赏识一个人，

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

8 可以拿来王穿过的袍子，牵来王骑过的戴冠御马，

9 Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”

9 交给王最尊贵的一位大臣，给王想赏识的人穿上，让他骑着马在城中的广场上游行，并派人在他前面宣告，‘王想赏识谁，就会这样待他。’”

10 “Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”

10 王对哈曼说：“快去照你说的，把王袍和御马赐给坐在宫门供职的犹太人末底改。你所说的一样也不可少。”

11 So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”

11 于是，哈曼将袍子给末底改穿上，让他骑着马在城中的广场上游行，并在他前面宣告：“王想赏识谁，就会这样待他。”

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

12 之后，末底改回到宫门那里，哈曼却悲伤地蒙着头匆匆回家去了。

13 Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”

13 他将自己的遭遇详细告诉妻子细利斯和所有的朋友。他的谋士和他妻子细利斯对他说：“你开始在末底改面前败落。如果他是犹太人，你必胜不过他，终必在他面前败落。”

14 While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

14 他们正在谈论的时候，王的太监来催哈曼赶快去赴以斯帖预备的宴席。