1 On that night, the king couldn’t sleep. He commanded the book of records of the chronicles to be brought, and they were read to the king. 2 It was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs, who were doorkeepers, who had tried to lay hands on the King Ahasuerus. 3 The king said, "What honor and dignity has been given to Mordecai for this?"

Then the king’s servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been done for him."

4 The king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king’s house, to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

5 The king’s servants said to him, "Behold, Haman stands in the court."

The king said, "Let him come in." 6 So Haman came in. The king said to him, "What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?"

Now Haman said in his heart, "Who would the king delight to honor more than myself?" 7 Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor, 8 let royal clothing be brought which the king uses to wear, and the horse that the king rides on, and on the head of which a royal crown is set. 9 Let the clothing and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king’s most noble princes, that they may array the man whom the king delights to honor with them, and have him ride on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, ‘Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!’"

10 Then the king said to Haman, "Hurry and take the clothing and the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Let nothing fail of all that you have spoken."

11 Then Haman took the clothing and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and had him ride through the city square, and proclaimed before him, "Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor!"

12 Mordecai came back to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning and having his head covered. 13 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 Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him." 14 While they were yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs came, and hurried to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

1 那一夜， 王睡不着觉， 就吩咐人把史记， 就是年鉴拿来， 在王面前诵读。

2 有一处记着说： 王有两个守门的太监： 辟探和提列， 企图要谋害亚哈随鲁王； 这事给末底改告发了。

3 王问： "为了这事， 末底改得了什么尊荣和封赐没有？"侍候王的众臣仆回答： "他什么也没有得到。"

4 王问： "谁在院子里？"那时哈曼正进了王宫的外院， 要求王把末底改挂在哈曼为他预备的木架上。

5 王的臣仆对他说： "是哈曼站在院子里。"王说： "叫他进来。"

6 哈曼就进去， 王问他： "王喜欢赐尊荣给他的人， 要怎样待他呢？"哈曼心里想： "王喜欢赐尊荣的人， 除我以外， 还有谁呢？"

7 于是哈曼回答王： "王喜欢赐尊荣的人，

8 要把王常穿的朝服和王常骑的骏马， 就是头戴王冠的骏马带来，

9 把朝服和骏马交给王最尊贵的一个大臣手里， 把衣服给王喜欢赐尊荣的人穿上， 使他骑在马上， 走过城中的街上， 又要有人在他前面宣告： ‘王喜欢赐尊荣的人， 要这样待他。’"

10 王对哈曼说： "赶快拿朝服和骏马来， 照着你所说的， 去行在那坐在朝门那里的犹大人末底改身上； 你所说的， 一样也不可缺少。"

11 于是哈曼把朝服和骏马拿来， 先给末底改穿上朝服， 然后使他骑在马上， 走过城中的街上， 又在他前面宣告： "王喜欢赐尊荣的人， 要这样待他。"

12 末底改仍回到御门那里； 哈曼却急急忙忙回了家， 带着悲哀的心蒙着头。

13 哈曼把遭遇的一切事， 都述说给他的妻子细利斯和他所有的朋友听； 他的谋士和妻子细利斯对他说： "在末底改面前， 你开始失败了； 他若是犹大人， 你就不能胜过他： 你终必在他面前失败。"

14 他们还与哈曼说话的时候， 王的太监来了， 催哈曼快走， 赴以斯帖预备的筵席。