¹Noctem illam duxit rex insomnem,The king passed that night without sleep,jussitque sibi afferri historias et annales priorum temporum.and so he ordered the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought to him.Quæ cum illo præsente legerentur,And when they were reading them before him,

¹Noctem illam duxit rex insomnem,The king passed that night without sleep,jussitque sibi afferri historias et annales priorum temporum.and so he ordered the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought to him.Quæ cum illo præsente legerentur,And when they were reading them before him,

²ventum est ad illum locum ubi scriptum erat quomodo nuntiasset Mardochæus insidias Bagathanthey came to that place where it had been written,et Thares eunuchorum,how Mordecai had reported the treachery of Bigthan and Teresh the eunuchs,regem Assuerum jugulare cupientium.who desired to cut the throat of king Artaxerxes.

²ventum est ad illum locum ubi scriptum erat quomodo nuntiasset Mardochæus insidias Bagathanthey came to that place where it had been written,et Thares eunuchorum,how Mordecai had reported the treachery of Bigthan and Teresh the eunuchs,regem Assuerum jugulare cupientium.who desired to cut the throat of king Artaxerxes.

³Quod cum audisset rex,When the king had heard this,ait:he said,Quid pro hac fide honoris ac præmii Mardochæus consecutus est?“What honor and reward has Mordecai been given for this fidelity?”Dixerunt ei servi illius ac ministri:His servants and ministers said to him,Nihil omnino mercedis accepit.“He has received no compensation at all.”

³Quod cum audisset rex,When the king had heard this,ait:he said,Quid pro hac fide honoris ac præmii Mardochæus consecutus est?“What honor and reward has Mordecai been given for this fidelity?”Dixerunt ei servi illius ac ministri:His servants and ministers said to him,Nihil omnino mercedis accepit.“He has received no compensation at all.”

⁴Statimque rex:And immediately the king said,Quis est, inquit,“Who is in the atrium?”in atrio?For, you see,Aman quippe interius atrium domus regiæ intraverat, ut suggereret regi, et juberet Mardochæum affigi patibulo,Haman was entering the inner atrium of the king’s house to suggest to the king that he should order Mordecai to be hanged on the gallows,quod ei fuerat præparatum.which had been prepared for him.

⁴Statimque rex:And immediately the king said,Quis est, inquit,“Who is in the atrium?”in atrio?For, you see,Aman quippe interius atrium domus regiæ intraverat, ut suggereret regi, et juberet Mardochæum affigi patibulo,Haman was entering the inner atrium of the king’s house to suggest to the king that he should order Mordecai to be hanged on the gallows,quod ei fuerat præparatum.which had been prepared for him.

⁵Responderunt pueri:The servants answered,Aman stat in atrio.“Haman is standing in the atrium.”Dixitque rex:And the king said,Ingrediatur.“Let him enter.”

⁵Responderunt pueri:The servants answered,Aman stat in atrio.“Haman is standing in the atrium.”Dixitque rex:And the king said,Ingrediatur.“Let him enter.”

⁶Cumque esset ingressus,And when he had entered,ait illi: Quid debet fieri viro,he said to him,quem rex honorare desiderat? Cogitans autem in corde suo Aman,“What ought to be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” But Haman,et reputans quod nullum alium rex, nisi se, vellet honorare,thinking in his heart and supposing that the king would honor no one else but himself,

⁶Cumque esset ingressus,And when he had entered,ait illi: Quid debet fieri viro,he said to him,quem rex honorare desiderat? Cogitans autem in corde suo Aman,“What ought to be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” But Haman,et reputans quod nullum alium rex, nisi se, vellet honorare,thinking in his heart and supposing that the king would honor no one else but himself,

⁷respondit:answered,Homo, quem rex honorare cupit,“The man whom the king wishes to honor,

⁷respondit:answered,Homo, quem rex honorare cupit,“The man whom the king wishes to honor,

⁸debet indui vestibus regiis,ought to be clothed with the king’s apparel,et imponi super equum, qui de sella regis est,and be set upon the horse that the king rides,et accipere regium diadema super caput suum:and receive the royal crown upon his head.

⁸debet indui vestibus regiis,ought to be clothed with the king’s apparel,et imponi super equum, qui de sella regis est,and be set upon the horse that the king rides,et accipere regium diadema super caput suum:and receive the royal crown upon his head.

⁹et primus de regiis principibusAnd let the first of the king’s rulers and sovereigns hold his horse,ac tyrannis teneat equum ejus,and,et per plateam civitatis incedens clamet,as they advance through the street of the city,et dicat:proclaim before him and say,Sic honorabitur,‘Thus shall he be honored,quemcumque voluerit rex honorare.whom the king decides to honor.’”

⁹et primus de regiis principibusAnd let the first of the king’s rulers and sovereigns hold his horse,ac tyrannis teneat equum ejus,and,et per plateam civitatis incedens clamet,as they advance through the street of the city,et dicat:proclaim before him and say,Sic honorabitur,‘Thus shall he be honored,quemcumque voluerit rex honorare.whom the king decides to honor.’”

¹⁰Dixitque ei rex: Festina,And the king said to him, “Hurry,et sumpta stola et equo,take the robe and the horse,fac, ut locutus es, Mardochæo Judæo,and do as you have said to Mordecai the Jew,qui sedet ante fores palatii.who sits in front of the gate of the palace.Cave ne quidquam de his, quæ locutus es, prætermittas.Be careful not to omit any of those things which you have mentioned.”

¹⁰Dixitque ei rex: Festina,And the king said to him, “Hurry,et sumpta stola et equo,take the robe and the horse,fac, ut locutus es, Mardochæo Judæo,and do as you have said to Mordecai the Jew,qui sedet ante fores palatii.who sits in front of the gate of the palace.Cave ne quidquam de his, quæ locutus es, prætermittas.Be careful not to omit any of those things which you have mentioned.”

¹¹Tulit itaque Aman stolam et equum,And so Haman took the robe and the horse,indutumque Mardochæum in platea civitatis,and arraying Mordecai in the street of the city,et impositum equo præcedebat,and setting him on the horse,atque clamabat:he went before him and cried out,Hoc honore condignus est,“He is worthy of this honor,quemcumque rex voluerit honorare.whom the king has decided to honor.”

¹¹Tulit itaque Aman stolam et equum,And so Haman took the robe and the horse,indutumque Mardochæum in platea civitatis,and arraying Mordecai in the street of the city,et impositum equo præcedebat,and setting him on the horse,atque clamabat:he went before him and cried out,Hoc honore condignus est,“He is worthy of this honor,quemcumque rex voluerit honorare.whom the king has decided to honor.”

¹²Reversusque est Mardochæus ad januam palatii:And Mordecai returned to the palace door.et Aman festinavit ire in domum suam,And Haman hurried to go to his house,lugens et operto capite:mourning and hiding his head.

¹²Reversusque est Mardochæus ad januam palatii:And Mordecai returned to the palace door.et Aman festinavit ire in domum suam,And Haman hurried to go to his house,lugens et operto capite:mourning and hiding his head.

¹³narravitque Zares uxori suæ, et amicis, omnia quæ evenissent sibi.And he explained to Zeresh his wife and to his friends all that had happened to him.Cui responderunt sapientes quos habebat in consilio,And the wise men, whom he held in counsel, and his wife,et uxor ejus:answered him,Si de semine Judæorum est Mardochæus,“If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall,ante quem cadere cœpisti,is from the offspring of the Jews,non poteris ei resistere,you will not be able to withstand him,sed cades in conspectu ejus.but you will fall in his sight.”

¹³narravitque Zares uxori suæ, et amicis, omnia quæ evenissent sibi.And he explained to Zeresh his wife and to his friends all that had happened to him.Cui responderunt sapientes quos habebat in consilio,And the wise men, whom he held in counsel, and his wife,et uxor ejus:answered him,Si de semine Judæorum est Mardochæus,“If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall,ante quem cadere cœpisti,is from the offspring of the Jews,non poteris ei resistere,you will not be able to withstand him,sed cades in conspectu ejus.but you will fall in his sight.”

¹⁴Adhuc illis loquentibus,As they were still speaking,venerunt eunuchi regis, et cito eum ad convivium, quod regina paraverat,the king’s eunuchs arrived and compelled him to go quickly to the feast,pergere compulerunt.which the queen had prepared.

¹⁴Adhuc illis loquentibus,As they were still speaking,venerunt eunuchi regis, et cito eum ad convivium, quod regina paraverat,the king’s eunuchs arrived and compelled him to go quickly to the feast,pergere compulerunt.which the queen had prepared.