| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1That night the king could not sleep; so he ordered the book of the chronicles, the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him. | 1During that night the king could not sleep so he gave an order to bring the book of records, the chronicles, and they were read before the king. |
| 2It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes. | 2It was found written what Mordecai had reported concerning Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs who were doorkeepers, that they had sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus. |
| 3"What honor and recognition has Mordecai received for this?" the king asked. "Nothing has been done for him," his attendants answered. | 3The king said, "What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this?" Then the king's servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been done for him." |
| 4The king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to speak to the king about impaling Mordecai on the pole he had set up for him. | 4So the king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king's palace in order to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows which he had prepared for him. |
| 5His attendants answered, "Haman is standing in the court." "Bring him in," the king ordered. | 5The king's servants said to him, "Behold, Haman is standing in the court." And the king said, "Let him come in." |
| 6When Haman entered, the king asked him, "What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?" Now Haman thought to himself, "Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?" | 6So Haman came in and the king said to him, "What is to be done for the man whom the king desires to honor?" And Haman said to himself, "Whom would the king desire to honor more than me?" |
| 7So he answered the king, "For the man the king delights to honor, | 7Then Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king desires to honor, |
| 8have them bring a royal robe the king has worn and a horse the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head. | 8let them bring a royal robe which the king has worn, and the horse on which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown has been placed; |
| 9Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king's most noble princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, 'This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!'" | 9and let the robe and the horse be handed over to one of the king's most noble princes and let them array the man whom the king desires to honor and lead him on horseback through the city square, and proclaim before him, 'Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires to honor.'" |
| 10"Go at once," the king commanded Haman. "Get the robe and the horse and do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Do not neglect anything you have recommended." | 10Then the king said to Haman, "Take quickly the robes and the horse as you have said, and do so for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king's gate; do not fall short in anything of all that you have said." |
| 11So Haman got the robe and the horse. He robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city streets, proclaiming before him, "This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!" | 11So Haman took the robe and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city square, and proclaimed before him, "Thus it shall be done to the man whom the king desires to honor." |
| 12Afterward Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief, | 12Then Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried home, mourning, with his head covered. |
| 13and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, "Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him--you will surely come to ruin!" | 13Haman 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 origin, you will not overcome him, but will surely fall before him." |
| 14While they were still talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the banquet Esther had prepared. | 14While they were still talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and hastily brought Haman to the banquet which Esther had prepared. |
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