أَسْتِير 7
| فَجَاءَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَهَامَانُ لِيَشْرَبَا عِنْدَ أَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ. | ١ 1 |
And so the king and Haman entered to drink with the queen.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِأَسْتِيرَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّانِي أَيْضًا عِنْدَ شُرْبِ ٱلْخَمْرِ: «مَا هُوَ سُؤْلُكِ يَا أَسْتِيرُ ٱلْمَلِكَةُ فَيُعْطَى لَكِ؟ وَمَا هِيَ طِلْبَتُكِ؟ وَلَوْ إِلَى نِصْفِ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ تُقْضَى». | ٢ 2 |
And the king said to her again on the second day, after he was warmed with wine, “What is your request, Esther, so that it may be given to you? And what do you want done? Even if you ask for half of my kingdom, you will obtain it.”
| فَأَجَابَتْ أَسْتِيرُ ٱلْمَلِكَةُ وَقَالَتْ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَإِذَا حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَلْتُعْطَ لِي نَفْسِي بِسُؤْلِي، وَشَعْبِي بِطِلْبَتِي. | ٣ 3 |
She answered him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it pleases you, spare my soul, I ask you, and spare my people, I beg you.
| لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ بِعْنَا أَنَا وَشَعْبِي لِلْهَلَاكِ وَٱلْقَتْلِ وَٱلْإِبَادَةِ. وَلَوْ بِعْنَا عَبِيدًا وَإِمَاءً لَكُنْتُ سَكَتُّ، مَعَ أَنَّ ٱلْعَدُوَّ لَا يُعَوِّضُ عَنْ خَسَارَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ». | ٤ 4 |
For I and my people have been handed over to be crushed, to be slain, and to perish. And if we were only being sold as servants and slaves, the evil might be tolerable, and I would have mourned in silence. But now our enemy is one whose cruelty overflows upon the king.”
| فَتَكَلَّمَ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ وَقَالَ لِأَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ: «مَنْ هُوَ؟ وَأَيْنَ هُوَ هَذَا ٱلَّذِي يَتَجَاسَرُ بِقَلْبِهِ عَلَى أَنْ يَعْمَلَ هَكَذَا؟» | ٥ 5 |
And king Artaxerxes answered and said, “Who is this, and of what power, that he would dare to do these things?”
| فَقَالَتْ أَسْتِيرُ: «هُوَ رَجُلٌ خَصْمٌ وَعَدُوٌّ، هَذَا هَامَانُ ٱلرَّدِيءُ». فَٱرْتَاعَ هَامَانُ أَمَامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَٱلْمَلِكَةِ. | ٦ 6 |
And Esther said, “This is our most wicked enemy and foe: Haman!” Hearing this, Haman was suddenly dumbfounded, unable to bear the faces of the king and the queen.
| فَقَامَ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِغَيْظِهِ عَنْ شُرْبِ ٱلْخَمْرِ إِلَى جَنَّةِ ٱلْقَصْرِ. وَوَقَفَ هَامَانُ لِيَتَوَسَّلَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ إِلَى أَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ، لِأَنَّهُ رَأَى أَنَّ ٱلشَّرَّ قَدْ أُعِدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ٧ 7 |
But the king, being angry, rose up and, from the place of the feast, entered into the arboretum of the garden. Haman likewise rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his soul, for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king.
| وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ مِنْ جَنَّةِ ٱلْقَصْرِ إِلَى بَيْتِ شُرْبِ ٱلْخَمْرِ، وَهَامَانُ مُتَوَاقِعٌ عَلَى ٱلسَّرِيرِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَتْ أَسْتِيرُ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «هَلْ أَيْضًا يَكْبِسُ ٱلْمَلِكَةَ مَعي فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ؟» وَلَمَّا خَرَجَتِ ٱلْكَلِمَةُ مِنْ فَمِ ٱلْمَلِكِ غَطَّوْا وَجْهَ هَامَانَ. | ٨ 8 |
When the king returned from the arboretum of the garden and entered into the place of the feast, he found Haman collapsed on the couch on which Esther lay, and he said, “And now he wishes to oppress the queen, in my presence, in my house!” The word had not yet gone out of the king’s mouth, and immediately they covered his face.
| فَقَالَ حَرْبُونَا، وَاحِدٌ مِنَ ٱلْخِصْيَانِ ٱلَّذِينَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ ٱلْمَلِكِ: «هُوَذَا ٱلْخَشَبَةُ أَيْضًا ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَهَا هَامَانُ لِمُرْدَخَايَ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِٱلْخَيْرِ نَحْوَ ٱلْمَلِكِ قَائِمَةٌ فِي بَيْتِ هَامَانَ، ٱرْتِفَاعُهَا خَمْسُونَ ذِرَاعًا». فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «ٱصْلِبُوهُ عَلَيْهَا». | ٩ 9 |
And Harbona, one of the eunuchs who stood in ministry to the king, said, “Behold the wood, which he had prepared for Mordecai, who spoke up on behalf of the king, stands in Haman’s house, having a height of fifty cubits.” The king said to him, “Hang him from it.”
| فَصَلَبُوا هَامَانَ عَلَى ٱلْخَشَبَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَعَدَّهَا لِمُرْدَخَايَ. ثُمَّ سَكَنَ غَضَبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ١٠ 10 |
And so Haman was hanged on the gallows, which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger was quieted.
