¹Morabatur autem eo tempore in aula regis cum Bagatha et Thara eunuchis regis,Now he was staying at that time in the king’s court with Bagatha and Thara the king’s eunuchs,qui janitores erant palatii.who were porters of the palace.

¹Morabatur autem eo tempore in aula regis cum Bagatha et Thara eunuchis regis,Now he was staying at that time in the king’s court with Bagatha and Thara the king’s eunuchs,qui janitores erant palatii.who were porters of the palace.

²Cumque intellexisset cogitationes eorum,And when he realized their thoughts,et curas diligentius pervidisset,and had diligently paid close attention,didicit quod conarentur in regem Artaxerxem manus mittere,he learned that they were attempting to cast their hand against king Artaxerxes,et nuntiavit super eo regi.and he reported this to the king.

²Cumque intellexisset cogitationes eorum,And when he realized their thoughts,et curas diligentius pervidisset,and had diligently paid close attention,didicit quod conarentur in regem Artaxerxem manus mittere,he learned that they were attempting to cast their hand against king Artaxerxes,et nuntiavit super eo regi.and he reported this to the king.

³Qui de utroque,Then the king had both of them questioned,habita quæstione,and when they confessed,confessos jussit duci ad mortem.he ordered a sentence of death.

³Qui de utroque,Then the king had both of them questioned,habita quæstione,and when they confessed,confessos jussit duci ad mortem.he ordered a sentence of death.

⁴Rex autem quod gestum erat, scripsit in commentariis:But the king had what had happened written in the commentaries.sed et Mardochæus rei memoriam litteris tradidit.And even Mordecai handed over the memory of these things into writing.

⁴Rex autem quod gestum erat, scripsit in commentariis:But the king had what had happened written in the commentaries.sed et Mardochæus rei memoriam litteris tradidit.And even Mordecai handed over the memory of these things into writing.

⁵Præcepitque ei rex, ut in aula palatii moraretur,And the king instructed him to remain in the court of the palace,datis ei pro delatione muneribus.having given him this position for the information.

⁵Præcepitque ei rex, ut in aula palatii moraretur,And the king instructed him to remain in the court of the palace,datis ei pro delatione muneribus.having given him this position for the information.

⁶Aman vero filius Amadathi Bugæus erat gloriosissimus coram rege, et voluit nocere Mardochæo et populo ejus pro duobus eunuchis regis qui fuerant interfecti. Et diripuerunt bona, vel substantias eorum. Epistolæ autem hoc exemplar fuit.In truth, Haman the son of Hammedatha the Bougaean had great honor in the eyes of the king, and he wanted to harm Mordecai and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king who had been executed.

⁶Aman vero filius Amadathi Bugæus erat gloriosissimus coram rege, et voluit nocere Mardochæo et populo ejus pro duobus eunuchis regis qui fuerant interfecti. Et diripuerunt bona, vel substantias eorum. Epistolæ autem hoc exemplar fuit.In truth, Haman the son of Hammedatha the Bougaean had great honor in the eyes of the king, and he wanted to harm Mordecai and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king who had been executed.