6 — Esther

1That 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,Il re passò quella notte senza prender riposo, e comandò, che se gli portasser le storie, e gli annali del tempo passato: e mentre questi leggevansi in sua presenza,THAT night the king passed without sleepe, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. Which when they were read in his presence,Noctem illam duxit rex insomnem, jussitque sibi afferri historias et annales priorum temporum. Quæ cum illo præsente legerentur, 2They 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.Si venne a quel luogo, dove stava scritto, come Mardocheo avea rivelata al re la congiura di Bagathan, e di Thares eunuchi, che volevano uccidere il re Assuero.they came to that place where it was written, how Mardocheus had vttered the treason of Bagathan, and Thares the eunuches, coueting to kil king Assuerus.ventum est ad illum locum ubi scriptum erat quomodo nuntiasset Mardochæus insidias Bagathan et Thares eunuchorum, regem Assuerum jugulare cupientium. 3And 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.Or sentito ciò, disse il re: Qual premio, od onore ha ottenuto Mardocheo per tanta fedeltà? E i servitori, e i cortigiani suoi gli dissero: Ei non ha avuto ricompensa veruna.Which when the king had heard, he sayd: What honour and reward hath Mardocheus receiued for this fidelitie? His seruantes and ministers said to him: He hath receiued no reward at al.Quod cum audisset rex, ait: Quid pro hac fide honoris ac præmii Mardochæus consecutus est ? Dixerunt ei servi illius ac ministri: Nihil omnino mercedis accepit. 4And 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.E il re immediatamente disse: Chi è nell'atrio? Or Aman era entrato nell'atrio interiore della casa reale per suggerire al re, che desse ordine di far appiccar Mardocheo al patibolo già preparato.And the king by and by, who is, quoth he, in the court? For Aman had entered the inner court of the kings house, that he might suggest to the king, and he might command Mardocheus to be hanged fast on the gibbet, which was prepared for him.Statimque rex: Quis est, inquit, in atrio ? Aman quippe interius atrium domus regiæ intraverat, ut suggereret regi, et juberet Mardochæum affigi patibulo, quod ei fuerat præparatum.

5The servants answered: Aman standeth in the court, and the king said: Let him come in.Risposero i servi: Aman è nell'anticamera. E il re disse: Venga.The seruantes answered: Aman standeth in the court. And the king said: Let him come in.Responderunt pueri: Aman stat in atrio. Dixitque rex: Ingrediatur. 6And 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,E quand'ei fu entrato, gli disse: Che dee farsi ad un uomo, cui il re vuole onorare? E Aman pensando dentro di se, e credendo, che non altri, che se, volesse il re onorare,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 hart, and supposing that the king would honour no other, but him self,Cumque esset ingressus, ait illi: Quid debet fieri viro, quem rex honorare desiderat ? Cogitans autem in corde suo Aman, et reputans quod nullum alium rex, nisi se, vellet honorare, 7Answered: The man whom the king desireth to honour,Rispose: Un uomo, che il re vuole onorare,answered: The man, whom the king desireth to honour,respondit: Homo, quem rex honorare cupit, 8Ought 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,Dee vestirsi di abito reale, e farsi, salire sopra un cavallo, il quale sia stato e cavalcato dal re, e dee avere in testa il diadema reale,ought to be clothed with the kings garmentes, and to be set vpon the horse, that is for the kings saddle, and to take the kings crowne vpon his head,debet indui vestibus regiis, et imponi super equum, qui de sella regis est, et accipere regium diadema super caput suum: 9And 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.E il primo de' principi reali, e dei signori grandi addestri il suo cavallo, e andando per la piazza della città gridi, e dica: Così sarà onorato colui, che il re vuole onorare.and let the chiefe of the kings princes and nobles hold his horse, and going throuh the streat of the citie, crie, and say: So shal he be honoured, whomsoeuer the king wil honour.et primus de regiis principibus ac tyrannis teneat equum ejus, et per plateam civitatis incedens clamet, et dicat: Sic honorabitur, quemcumque voluerit rex honorare.

10And 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.E il re gli disse: Va tosto, e prendi il manto reale, e il cavallo, e quello che hai detto, fallo al Giudeo Mardocheo, che siede dinanzi alle porte del palazzo: guarda di non omettere nulla di quello, che hai detto.And the king said to him: Make hast, and taking a robe and a horse, do that thou hast spoken, to Mardocheus the Iewe, which sitteth before the doores of the palace: Beware thou pretermitte nothing of those things, which thou hast spoken.Dixitque ei rex: Festina, et sumpta stola et equo, fac, ut locutus es, Mardochæo Judæo, qui sedet ante fores palatii. Cave ne quidquam de his, quæ locutus es, prætermittas. 11So 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.Aman adunque prese il manto, e il cavallo, e fatto rivestir Mardocheo sulla piazza della città, e fattolo salire a cavallo, gli andava innanzi, e gridava: Di tale onore è degno chiunque vorrà il re, che sia onorato.Aman therfore tooke a robe and a horse, and putting it on Mardocheus, and setting him on the horse, in the streat of the citie went before him, and cried: This honour is he worthie of, whom soeuer the king is willing to honour.Tulit itaque Aman stolam et equum, indutumque Mardochæum in platea civitatis, et impositum equo præcedebat, atque clamabat: Hoc honore condignus est, quemcumque rex voluerit honorare. 12But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered:Indi Mardocheo tornò alla porta del palazzo, e Aman si affrettò di andare a casa sua piangendo, e col capo coperto:And Mardocheus returned to the palace gate: and Aman made hast to goe into his house, mourning and his head couered:Reversusque est Mardochæus ad januam palatii: et Aman festinavit ire in domum suam, lugens et operto capite: 13And 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.E raccontò a Zares sua moglie, ed agli amici tutto quello, che gli era avvenuto. Ma i sapienti, da' quali prendeva consiglio, e la moglie gli risposero: Se Mardocheo, a cui hai principiato a star sotto, è di stirpe Giudea, non potrai contrastare con lui, ma andrai per terra sugli occhi di lui.and he told Zares his wife, and his frendes al things, that had chaunced him. To whom the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered: If Mardocheus be of the Iewes seede, before whom thou hast begune to fal, thou canst not resist him, but thou shalt fal in his sight.narravitque Zares uxori suæ, et amicis, omnia quæ evenissent sibi. Cui responderunt sapientes quos habebat in consilio, et uxor ejus: Si de semine Judæorum est Mardochæus, ante quem cadere cœpisti, non poteris ei resistere, sed cades in conspectu ejus.

14As they were yet speaking, the king’s eunuchs came, and compelled him to go quickly to the banquet which the queen had prepared.Mentr'ei parlava tuttora, vennero gli eunuchi del re, e lo obbligarono di andar subito al convito preparato dalla regina.As they were yet speaking, the kings eunuches came, and compelled him to goe quickly to the banket, which the queene had prepared.Adhuc illis loquentibus, venerunt eunuchi regis, et cito eum ad convivium, quod regina paraverat, pergere compulerunt.