During that night 1the king
acould
not sleep
so he gave
an order
to bring
bthe book
of records
, the chronicles
, and they were read
before
the king
.
It was found written
what
aMordecai
had reported
concerning
Bigthana
and Teresh
, two
of the king's
eunuchs
who were doorkeepers
, that they had sought
to lay
hands
on King
Ahasuerus
.
The king said
, "What
honor
or dignity
has been bestowed
on Mordecai
for this
?" Then the king's
servants
who attended
him said
, "Nothing
has been done
for him."
So the king said
, "Who
is in the court
?" Now Haman
had just aentered
the outer
court
of the king's
palace
in order to speak
to the king
about bhanging
Mordecai
on the gallows
which
he had prepared
for him.
The king's servants
said
to him, "Behold
, Haman
is standing
in the court
." And the king
said
, "Let him come
in."
So Haman came
in and the king
said
to him, "What
is to be done
for the man
awhom
the king
desires
to honor
?" And Haman
said
1to himself
, "Whom
would the king
desire
to honor
more
than
me?"
Then Haman said
to the king
, "For the man
whom
the king
desires
to honor
,
let them bring a royal
robe
which
the king
has worn
, and athe horse
on which
the king
has ridden
, and on whose
head
ba royal
crown
has been placed
;
and let the robe and the horse
be handed
over
to one
of the king's
most noble
princes
and let them array
the man
whom
the king
desires
to honor
and lead
him on horseback
through the city
square
, aand proclaim
before
him, `Thus
it shall be done
to the man
whom
the king
desires
to honor
.' "
Then the king said
to Haman
, "Take
quickly
the robes
and the horse
as you have said
, and do
so
for Mordecai
the Jew
, who is sitting
at the king's
gate
; do not fall
short in anything
of all
that you have said
."
So Haman took
the robe
and the horse
, and arrayed
Mordecai
, and led
him on horseback through the city
square
, and proclaimed
before
him, "Thus
it shall be done
to the man
whom
the king
desires
to honor
."
Then Mordecai returned
to the king's
gate
. But Haman
hurried
home
, mourning
, awith his head
covered
.
Haman recounted
ato 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 1of Jewish
origin
, you will not overcome
him, but will surely
fall
before
him."
While they were still talking
with him, the king's
eunuchs
arrived
and hastily
abrought
Haman
to the banquet
which
Esther
had prepared
.