Est 6:1Noctem illam dūxit rēx īnsomnem, jussitque sibi afferrī historiās et annālēs priōrum temporum.That night the king passed sleepless, and ordered the histories and annals of former times to be brought to him. Est 6:1Quae cum illō praesente legerentur, ventum est ad illum locum ubi scrīptum erat quōmodo nūntiāsset Mardochaeus īnsidiās Bagathan et Thares eunūchōrum, rēgem Assuērum jugulāre cupientium.And when these were being read in his presence, they came to that place where it was written how Mordecai had reported the plot of Bigthan and Teresh, the eunuchs, who desired to cut the throat of King Ahasuerus. Est 6:3Quod cum audīsset rēx, ait: Quid prō hāc fidē honōris ac praemiī Mardochaeus cōnsecūtus est?When the king had heard this, he said: "What of honour and reward has Mordecai obtained for this faithfulness?" Est 6:3Dīxērunt eī servī illīus ac ministrī: Nihil omnīnō mercēdis accēpit.His servants and ministers said to him: "He has received no reward at all." Est 6:4Statimque rēx: Quis est, inquit, in ātriō?And at once the king: "Who is in the court?" he said. Est 6:4Aman quippe interius ātrium domus rēgiae intrāverat, ut suggereret rēgī, et jubēret Mardochaeum affīgī patibulō, quod eī fuerat praeparātum.For Haman had entered the inner court of the royal house, to suggest to the king, and to urge that Mordecai be fixed to the gibbet which had been prepared for him.
Est 6:5Respondērunt puerī: Aman stat in ātriō.The servants answered: "Haman is standing in the court." Est 6:5Dīxitque rēx: Ingrediātur.And the king said: "Let him come in." Est 6:6Cumque esset ingressus, ait illī: Quid dēbet fierī virō, quem rēx honōrāre dēsīderat?And when he had come in, he said to him: "What ought to be done for the man whom the king desires to honour?" Est 6:6Cōgitāns autem in corde suō Aman, et reputāns quod nūllum alium rēx, nisi sē, vellet honōrāre, respondit: Homō, quem rēx honōrāre cupit, dēbet induī vestibus rēgiīs, et impōnī super equum, quī dē sellā rēgis est, et accipere rēgium diadēma super caput suum: et prīmus dē rēgiīs prīncipibus ac tyrannīs teneat equum ejus, et per platēam cīvitātis incēdēns clāmet, et dīcat: Sīc honōrābitur, Quemcumque voluerit rēx honōrāre.But Haman, thinking in his heart, and reckoning that the king wished to honour no one else but himself, answered: "The man whom the king desires to honour ought to be clothed in royal garments, and placed on a horse which is of the king's saddle, and to receive the royal diadem upon his head: and let the first of the royal princes and nobles hold his horse, and, going through the street of the city, let him cry out, and say: 'So shall he be honoured, whomever the king wishes to honour.'"
Est 6:10Dīxitque eī rēx: Festīnā, et sūmptā stolā et equō, fac, ut locūtus es, Mardochaeō Jūdaeō, quī sedet ante forēs palātiī.And the king said to him: "Hurry, and, the robe and the horse having been taken, do as you have spoken to Mordecai the Jew, who sits before the doors of the palace. Est 6:10Cavē nē quidquam dē hīs, quae locūtus es, praetermittās.Beware that you leave out nothing of these things which you have spoken." Est 6:11Tulit itaque Aman stolam et equum, indūtumque Mardochaeum in platēā cīvitātis, et impositum equō praecēdēbat, atque clāmābat: Hōc honōre condignus est, Quemcumque rēx voluerit honōrāre.So Haman took the robe and the horse, and, Mordecai having been clothed in the street of the city and placed on the horse, he went before him, and cried out: "Of this honour he is worthy, whomever the king wishes to honour." Est 6:12Reversusque est Mardochaeus ad jānuam palātiī: et Aman festīnāvit īre in domum suam, lūgēns et opertō capite: narrāvitque Zares uxōrī suae, et amīcīs, omnia quae ēvēnissent sibi.And Mordecai returned to the gate of the palace: and Haman hurried to go to his house, mourning and with his head covered: and he told Zeresh his wife, and his friends, all the things that had happened to him.
Est 6:13Cui respondērunt sapientēs quōs habēbat in cōnsiliō, et uxor ejus: Sī dē sēmine Jūdaeōrum est Mardochaeus, ante quem cadere coepistī, nōn poteris eī resistere, sed cadēs in cōnspectū ejus.The wise men whom he had in council, and his wife, answered him: "If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the seed of the Jews, you will not be able to resist him, but you will fall in his sight." Est 6:14Adhūc illīs loquentibus, vēnērunt eunūchī rēgis, et citō eum ad convīvium, quod rēgīna parāverat, pergere compulērunt.While they were still speaking, the king's eunuchs came, and compelled him to go quickly to the banquet which the queen had prepared.