Ester 6

NOVA VULGATA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Noctem illam duxit rex insomnem iussitque afferri sibi librummemorialium, annales priorum temporum. Quae cum illo praesente legerentur,	1 That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him,
2 ventum est ad eum locum, ubi scriptum erat quomodo nuntiasset Mardochaeusinsidias Bagathan et Thares duorum eunuchorum ianitorum, qui voluerant manusmittere in regem Asuerum.	2 They came to that place where it was written, how Mardochai had discovered the treason of Bagathan and Thares the eunuchs, who sought to kill king Assuerus.
3 Quod cum audisset rex, ait: “ Quid pro hac fide honoris ac praemiiMardochaeus consecutus est? ”. Dixeruntque ei servi illius ac ministri: “Nihil omnino mercedis accepit ”.	3 And when the king heard this, he said: What honour and reward hath Mardochai received for this fidelity? His servants and ministers said to him: He hath received no reward at all.
4 Statimque rex: “ Quis est, inquit, inatrio? ”. Aman quippe exterius atrium domus regiae intraverat, ut suggereretregi, ut iuberet Mardochaeum suspendi in patibulo, quod ei fuerat praeparatum.	4 And the king said immediately: Who is in the court? for Aman was coming in to the inner court of the king's house, to speak to the king, that he might order Mardochai to be hanged upon the gibbet which was prepared for him.
5 Responderunt pueri: “ Ecce Aman stat in atrio ”. Dixitque rex: “Ingrediatur ”.	5 The servants answered: Aman standeth in the court, and the king said: Let him come in.
6 Cumque esset ingressus, ait illi: “ Quid debet fieri viro, quem rex honoraredesiderat? ”. Cogitans autem in corde suo Aman et reputans quod nullum aliumrex nisi se vellet honorare	6 And when he was come in, he said to him: What ought to be done to the man whom the king is desirous to honour? But Aman thinking in his heart, and supposing that the king would honour no other but himself,
7 respondit: “ Homo, quem rex honorare cupit,	7 Answered: The man whom the king desireth to honour,
8 debet indui vestibus regiis, quibus rex indutus erat, et imponi super equum, quide sella regis est, et acceperit regium diadema super caput suum;	8 Ought to be clothed with the king's apparel, and to be set upon the horse that the king rideth upon, and to have the royal crown upon his head,
9 et primus deregiis principibus nobilissimis induat eum et teneat equum eius et per plateamcivitatis incedens clamet et dicat: “Sic honorabitur quemcumque voluerit rexhonorare” ”.	9 And let the first of the king's princes and nobles hold his horse, and going through the street of the city, proclaim before him and say: Thus shall he be honoured, whom the king hath a mind to honour.
10 Dixitque ei rex: “ Festina et, sumpta stola et equo, fac, ut locutus es,Mardochaeo Iudaeo, qui sedet in foribus palatii; cave, ne quidquam de his, quaelocutus es, praetermittas ”.	10 And the king said to him: Make haste and take the robe and the horse, and do as thou hast spoken to Mardochai the Jew, who sitteth before the gates of the palace. Beware thou pass over any of those things which thou hast spoken.
11 Tulit itaque Aman stolam et equum; indutumqueMardochaeum et impositum equo praecedebat in platea civitatis atque clamabat:“ Hoc honore condignus est quemcumque rex voluerit honorare ”.	11 So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arraying Mardochai in the street of the city, and setting him on the horse, went before him, and proclaimed: This honour is he worthy of, whom the king hath a mind to honour.
12 Reversusque est Mardochaeus ad ianuam palatii; et Aman festinavit ire indomum suam lugens et operto capite.	12 But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered:
13 Narravitque Zares uxori suae et amicisomnia, quae evenissent sibi; cui responderunt sapientes, quos habebat inconsilio, et uxor eius: “ Si de semine Iudaeorum est Mardochaeus, ante quemcadere coepisti, non poteris praevalere contra eum, sed cades in conspectu eius”.	13 And he told Zares his wife, and his friends, all that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered him: If Mardochai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou canst not resist him, but thou shalt fall in his sight.
14 Adhuc illis loquentibus, venerunt eunuchi regis et cito eum adconvivium, quod regina paraverat, pergere compulerunt.	14 As they were yet speaking, the king's eunuchs came, and compelled him to go quickly to the banquet which the queen had prepared.