1 And Mardocheus took his rest in the court with Gabatha and Tharra, the two eunuchs of the king, and keepers of the palace.
2 And he heard their devices, and searched out their purposes, and learned that they were about to lay hands upon Artexerxes the king; and so he certified the king of them.
3 Then the king examined the two eunuchs, and after that they had confessed it, they were strangled.
4 And the king made a record of these things, and Mardocheus also wrote thereof.
5 So the king commanded Mardocheus to serve in the court, and for this he rewarded him.
6 Howbeit Aman the son of Amadathus the Agagite, who was in great honour with the king, sought to molest Mardocheus and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king.
1 ÷ morabatur autem eo tempore in aula regis
÷ cum Gabatha et Thara eunuchis regis
÷ qui ianitores erant palatii
2 ÷ cumque intellexisset cogitationes eorum
÷ et curas diligentius pervidisset
÷ didicit quod conarentur in regem Artarxersen manus mittere
÷ et nuntiavit super eo regi
3 ÷ qui de utroque habita quaestione
÷ confessos duci iussit ad mortem
4 ÷ rex autem quod gestum erat scripsit in commentariis
÷ sed et Mardocheus rei memoriam litteris tradidit
5 ÷ praecepitque ei rex ut in aula palatii moraretur
÷ datis ei pro delatione muneribus
6 ÷ Aman vero filius Amadathi Bugeus erat gloriosissimus coram rege
÷ et voluit nocere Mardocheo et populo eius pro duobus regis eunuchis qui fuerant interfecti