أَسْتِير 5

١ 1 وَفِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّالِثِ لَبِسَتْ أَسْتِيرُ ثِيَابًا مَلَكِيَّةً وَوَقَفَتْ فِي دَارِ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ ٱلدَّاخِلِيَّةِ مُقَابِلَ بَيْتِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَٱلْمَلِكُ جَالِسٌ عَلَى كُرْسِيِّ مُلْكِهِ فِي بَيْتِ ٱلْمُلْكِ مُقَابِلَ مَدْخَلِ ٱلْبَيْتِ.

And it comes to pass on the third day, that Esther puts on royalty, and stands in the inner-court of the house of the king in front of the house of the king, and the king is sitting on his royal throne, in the royal-house, opposite the opening of the house,

٢ 2 فَلَمَّا رَأَى ٱلْمَلِكُ أَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةَ وَاقِفَةً فِي ٱلدَّارِ نَالَتْ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْهِ، فَمَدَّ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِأَسْتِيرَ قَضِيبَ ٱلذَّهَبِ ٱلَّذِي بِيَدِهِ، فَدَنَتْ أَسْتِيرُ وَلَمَسَتْ رَأْسَ ٱلْقَضِيبِ.

and it comes to pass, at the king’s seeing Esther the queen standing in the court, she has received grace in his eyes, and the king holds out to Esther the golden scepter that [is] in his hand, and Esther draws near, and touches the top of the scepter.

٣ 3 فَقَالَ لَهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ: «مَا لَكِ يَا أَسْتِيرُ ٱلْمَلِكَةُ؟ وَمَا هِيَ طِلْبَتُكِ؟ إِلَى نِصْفِ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ تُعْطَى لَكِ».

And the king says to her, “What do you [want], Esther, O queen? And what [is] your request? To the half of the kingdom—and it is given to you.”

٤ 4 فَقَالَتْ أَسْتِيرُ: «إِنْ حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ فَلْيَأْتِ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَهَامَانُ ٱلْيَوْمَ إِلَى ٱلْوَلِيمَةِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلْتُهَا لَهُ».

And Esther says, “If to the king [it be] good, the king comes in, and Haman, today, to the banquet that I have made for him”;

٥ 5 فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «أَسْرِعُوا بِهَامَانَ لِيُفْعَلَ كَلَامُ أَسْتِيرَ». فَأَتَى ٱلْمَلِكُ وَهَامَانُ إِلَى ٱلْوَلِيمَةِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَتْهَا أَسْتِيرُ.

and the king says, “Hurry Haman—to do the word of Esther”; and the king comes in, and Haman, to the banquet that Esther has made.

٦ 6 فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِأَسْتِيرَ عِنْدَ شُرْبِ ٱلْخَمْرِ: «مَا هُوَ سُؤْلُكِ فَيُعْطَى لَكِ؟ وَمَا هِيَ طِلْبَتُكِ؟ إِلَى نِصْفِ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ تُقْضَى».

And the king says to Esther, during the banquet of wine, “What [is] your petition? And it is given to you; and what [is] your request? To the half of the kingdom—and it is done.”

٧ 7 فَأَجَابَتْ أَسْتِيرُ وَقَالتْ: «إِنَّ سُؤْلِي وَطِلْبَتِي،

And Esther answers and says, “My petition and my request [is]:

٨ 8 إِنْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيِ ٱلْمَلِكِ، وَإِذَا حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَنْ يُعْطَى سُؤْلِي وَتُقْضَى طِلْبَتِي، أَنْ يَأْتِيَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَهَامَانُ إِلَى ٱلْوَلِيمَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَعْمَلُهَا لَهُمَا، وَغَدًا أَفْعَلُ حَسَبَ أَمْرِ ٱلْمَلِكِ».

if I have found grace in the eyes of the king, and if to the king [it be] good, to give my petition, and to perform my request, the king comes, and Haman, to the banquet that I make for them, and tomorrow I do according to the word of the king.”

٩ 9 فَخَرَجَ هَامَانُ فِي ذَلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمِ فَرِحًا وَطَيِّبَ ٱلْقَلْبِ. وَلَكِنْ لَمَّا رَأَى هَامَانُ مُرْدَخَايَ فِي بَابِ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَلَمْ يَقُمْ وَلَا تَحَرَّكَ لَهُ، ٱمْتَلَأَ هَامَانُ غَيْظًا عَلَى مُرْدَخَايَ.

And Haman goes forth on that day rejoicing and glad in heart, and at Haman’s seeing Mordecai in the gate of the king, and he has not risen nor moved for him, then is Haman full of fury against Mordecai.

١٠ 10 وَتَجَلَّدَ هَامَانُ وَدَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ وَأَرْسَلَ فَٱسْتَحْضَرَ أَحِبَّاءَهُ وَزَرَشَ زَوْجَتَهُ،

And Haman forces himself, and comes into his house, and sends, and brings in his friends, and his wife Zeresh,

١١ 11 وَعَدَّدَ لَهُمْ هَامَانُ عَظَمَةَ غِنَاهُ وَكَثْرَةَ بَنِيهِ، وَكُلَّ مَا عَظَّمَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِهِ وَرَقَّاهُ عَلَى ٱلرُّؤَسَاءِ وَعَبِيدِ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

and Haman recounts to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.

١٢ 12 وَقَالَ هَامَانُ: «حَتَّى إِنَّ أَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةَ لَمْ تُدْخِلْ مَعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ إِلَى ٱلْوَلِيمَةِ ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَتْهَا إِلَّا إِيَّايَ. وَأَنَا غَدًا أَيْضًا مَدْعُوٌّ إِلَيْهَا مَعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ.

And Haman says, “Indeed, Esther the queen brought none in with the king, to the feast that she made, except myself, and also for tomorrow I am called to her, with the king,

١٣ 13 وَكُلُّ هَذَا لَا يُسَاوِي عِنْدِي شَيْئًا كُلَّمَا أَرَى مُرْدَخَايَ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّ جَالِسًا فِي بَابِ ٱلْمَلِكِ».

and all this is not profitable to me, during all the time that I am seeing Mordecai the Jew sitting in the gate of the king.”

١٤ 14 فَقَالَتْ لَهُ زَرَشُ زَوْجَتُهُ وَكُلُّ أَحِبَّائِهِ: «فَلْيَعْمَلُوا خَشَبَةً ٱرْتِفَاعُهَا خَمْسُونَ ذِرَاعًا، وَفِي ٱلصَّبَاحِ قُلْ لِلْمَلِكِ أَنْ يَصْلِبُوا مُرْدَخَايَ عَلَيْهَا، ثُمَّ ٱدْخُلْ مَعَ ٱلْمَلِكِ إِلَى ٱلْوَلِيمَةِ فَرِحًا». فَحَسُنَ ٱلْكَلَامُ عِنْدَ هَامَانَ وَعَمِلَ ٱلْخَشَبَةَ.

And his wife Zeresh says to him, and all his friends, “Let them prepare a tree, in height fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, and they hang Mordecai on it, and go in with the king to the banquet rejoicing”; and the thing is good before Haman, and he prepares the tree.