5. The king's servants answered, “Your Majesty, it is Haman.”“Tell him to come in,” the king commanded.
6. When Haman entered the room, the king asked him, “What should I do for a man I want to honour?”Haman was sure that he was the one the king wanted to honour.
7. So he replied, “Your Majesty, if you wish to honour a man,
8. get someone to bring him one of your own robes and one of your own horses with a fancy head-dress.
9. Tell one of your highest officials to place your robe on this man and lead him through the streets on your horse, while someone shouts, ‘This is how the king honours a man!’ ”
10. The king replied, “Hurry and do just what you have said! Don't forget a thing. Get the robe and the horse for Mordecai the Jew, who is on duty at the palace gate!”
11. Haman got the king's robe and put it on Mordecai. He led him through the city on the horse and shouted as he went, “This is how the king honours a man!”
12. Afterwards, Mordecai returned to his duties at the palace gate, and Haman hurried home, hiding his face in shame.
13. Haman told his wife and friends what had happened. Then his wife and his advisers said, “If Mordecai is a Jew, this is just the beginning of your troubles! You will end up a ruined man.”
14. They were still talking, when the king's servants came and quickly took Haman to the dinner that Esther had prepared.