Ester 7
1 Der Kongen og Haman vare komne at drikke hos Dronning Esther,
So the king and Aman went in, to drink with the queen.
2 da sagde Kongen til Esther ogsaa anden Dag under Gæstebudet ved Vinen: Hvad er din Bøn, Dronning Esther? og det skal gives dig; og hvad er din Begæring? var det indtil Halvdelen af Riget, da skal det ske.
And the king said to her again the second day, after he was warm with wine: What is thy petition, Esther, that it may be granted thee? and what wilt thou have done: although thou ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it.
3 Og Dronning Esther svarede og sagde: Dersom jeg har fundet Naade for dine Øjne, o Konge! og dersom det synes Kongen godt, da lad der gives mig mit Liv for min Bøns Skyld og mit Folk for min Begærings Skyld!
Then she answered: If I have found Favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please thee, give me my life for which I ask, and my people for which I request.
4 Thi vi ere solgte, jeg og mit Folk, til at ødelægges, at ihjelslaaes og at udryddes; og vare vi endda solgte til Tjenere og til Tjenestepiger, saa vilde jeg have tiet; thi Fjenden kan ikke oprette Kongen den Skade.
For we are given up, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen: the evil might be borne with, and I would have mourned in silence: but now we have an enemy, whose cruelty redoundeth upon the king.
5 Da svarede Kong Ahasverus og sagde til Dronning Esther: Hvo er den, eller hvor er han, som har taget sig for i sit Hjerte at gøre saaledes?
And king Assuerus answered and said: Who is this, and of what power, that he should do these things?
6 Og Esther sagde: Den Mand, den Modstander og Fjende, er denne onde Haman; og Haman blev forfærdet for Kongens og Dronningens Ansigt.
And Esther said: It is this Aman that is our adversary and most wicked enemy. Aman hearing this was forthwith astonished, not being able to bear the countenance of the king and of the queen.
7 Og Kongen stod op i sin Harme fra Gæstebudet og Vinen og gik ned i Haven ved Paladset; og Haman blev staaende for at bede Dronning Esther om sit Liv; thi han saa, at der var besluttet en Ulykke over ham af Kongen.
But the king being angry rose up, and went from the place of the banquet into the garden set with trees. Aman also rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his life, for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king.
8 Og Kongen kom tilbage fra Haven ved Paladset til Huset, hvor der havde været Gæstebud med Vin; men Haman var segnet ned over Bænken, som Esther sad paa; da sagde Kongen: Vil han og øve Vold imod Dronningen hos mig i Huset? Ordet var udgaaet af Kongens Mund, og de tilhyllede Hamans Ansigt.
And when the king came back out of the garden set with trees, and entered into the place of the banquet, he found Aman was fallen upon the bed on which Esther lay, and he said: He will force the queen also in my presence, in my own house. The word was not yet gone out of the king’s mouth, and immediately they covered his face.
9 Og Harbona, en af Kammertjenerne, som stode for Kongens Ansigt, sagde: Se, der staar ogsaa Træet, som Haman har lavet til for Mardokaj, der talte, hvad der var godt for Kongen, ved Hamans Hus, halvtredsindstyve Alen højt; da sagde Kongen: Hænger ham derpaa!
And Harbona, one of the eunuchs that stood waiting on the king, said: Behold the gibbet which he hath prepared for Mardochai, who spoke for the king, standeth in Aman’s house, being fifty cubits high. And the king said to him: Hang him upon it.
10 Saa hængte de Haman paa Træet, som han havde ladet lave til for Mardokaj; og Kongens Harme stilledes.
So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king’s wrath ceased.
