Estera 7
1 Kralj i Haman dođoše na gozbu kraljici Esteri.
So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
2 I toga drugoga dana, dok se pilo vino, reče kralj Esteri: "Koja ti je molba, kraljice Estero? Bit će ti udovoljena! Koja je tvoja želja? Ako je i pola kraljevstva, bit će ti!"
The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”
3 Kraljica Estera odgovori: "Ako sam, kralju, našla milost u tvojim očima i ako ti je s voljom, neka mi se u ime molbe pokloni život, a u ime želje moj narod!
Then Esther the queen answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.
4 Jer smo ja i narod moj predani za zator, klanje, uništenje. Da smo predani u roblje, šutjela bih jer nevolja ne bi bila štetna po kralja."
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for male and female slaves, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.”
5 Ali kralj Ahasver upade kraljici Esteri u riječ pa je upita: "Tko je taj? Gdje je taj koji je namislio takvo što učiniti?" Estera tada odgovori: "Progonitelj i neprijatelj jest Haman, ovaj zlikovac!"
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?”
6 Haman se zaprepasti pred kraljem i kraljicom.
Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!” Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7 Kralj, gnjevan, ostavi vino te ode u vrt palače. Haman osta uz kraljicu da je moli za svoj život, jer je uvidio da je njegova nesreća pred kraljem gotova.
The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen, for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
8 Kralj se vrati iz vrta u dvoranu gdje se pilo vino. Dotle Haman bijaše pao na počivaljku na kojoj se nalazila Estera. "Pokušavaš još i nasilje nad kraljicom, i to u mome vlastitom domu?" - povika kralj. Tek što su te riječi izletjele iz kraljevih usta, pokriše lice Hamanu.
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
9 Tada kaza Harbona, jedan od dvorana koji su stajali u službi kraljevoj: "Eno i vješala što ih je Haman pripravio za Mordokaja koji je govorio u korist kraljevu. Nalaze se kraj Hamanove kuće i visoka su pedeset lakata." Kralj zapovjedi: "Objesite ga na njih!"
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king, said, “Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman’s house.” The king said, “Hang him on it!”
10 Hamana objesiše na vješala koja bijaše pripravio Mordokaju, i kraljeva se srdžba utiša.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.
