1 During that night the king’s sleep{shenat: restless slumber} fled from him, and he ordered the book{sefer: written register} of records—the chronicles—to be brought and read aloud in the king’s hearing.
2 And it was found written that Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s eunuchs {sarisei: court officials} among the guards {shomrei: threshold keepers} of the entrance, who had sought to lay hand on King Ahasuerus.
3 And the king said, “What honor and greatness has been done for Mordecai {Mordekhai: Jewish gate official} for this?” And the king’s servants {naarei: royal attendants}, his attendants, said, “Nothing has been done for him at all.”
4 And the king said, “Who is in the court?” Then Haman came into the outer court of the king’s house to tell the king to hang Mordekhai {Mordekhai: Jewish gate official} on the pole {etz: wooden structure} he had prepared for him.
5 The attendants {na'arei: royal young men} of the king said to him, “Behold, Haman is standing in the court {chatzer: royal enclosure}.” And the king said, “Let him enter.”
6 So Haman came in, and the king {hamelekh: the human king} said to him, “What should be done for the man whom the king delights to honor {yekar: public distinction}?” And Haman said in his heart, “To whom would the king choose to show honor more than to me?”
7 And Haman said to the king, “A man whom the king {ha-melekh: royal authority} desires to honor {chafets: takes pleasure in}.”
8 Let them bring a royal garment{levush: robe of honor} which the king has worn, and a horse on which the king has ridden, and on which a royal crown{keter: symbol of authority} has been set.
9 And let the garment {levush: royal outer clothing} and the horse be given into the hand of one of the king’s nobles, the distinguished officials; and let them clothe the man whom the king delights to honor {yakar: honored status}, and cause him to ride on the horse in the open square of the city, and let them proclaim before him, “Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.”
10 And the king said to Haman, “Quickly take the robe {levush: ceremonial garment} and the horse, just as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king’s gate {sha’ar: place of judgment}. Do not leave out a single thing from all that you have spoken.”
11 So Haman took the robe {levush: ceremonial garment} and the horse {sus: symbol of prestige}, and he clothed Mordecai and mounted him to ride through the street of the city. Then he proclaimed before him, “Thus it shall be done for the man whom the king delights to honor.”
12 Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman hurried {nidkhaf: pressed quickly} to his house, in mourning and with his head covered {vachafuy: public humiliation}.
13 And Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men{chachamav: counselors} and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordechai is from the seed{zera: literal offspring} of the Jews, before whom you have begun to fall, you will not be able to prevail against him; for you will surely fall before him.”
14 While they were still speaking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hastened to bring Haman to the banquet {mishteh: royal celebration} that Esther had prepared {asah: arranged beforehand}.