Ester 7
1 Der Kongen og Haman vare komne at drikke hos Dronning Esther,
And the king comes in, and Haman, to drink with Esther 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 says to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, “What [is] your petition, Esther, O queen? And it is given to you; and what [is] your request? To the half of the kingdom—and it is done.”
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!
And Esther the queen answers and says, “If I have found grace in your eyes, O king, and if to the king [it be] good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my 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 have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for menservants and for maidservants we had been sold I had kept silent—but the adversity is not equal to the loss of 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 Ahasuerus says, indeed, he says to Esther the queen, “Who [is] he—this one? And where [is] this one whose heart has filled him to do so?”
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 says, “The man—adversary and enemy—[is] this wicked Haman”; and Haman has been afraid at the presence 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.
And the king has risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, to the garden of the house, and Haman has remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he has seen that evil has been determined against 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 the king has turned back out of the garden of the house to the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther [is], and the king says, “Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?” The word has gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.
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 Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, says before the king, “Also behold, the tree that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing in the house of Haman, in height fifty cubits”; and the king says, “Hang him on it.”
10 Saa hængte de Haman paa Træet, som han havde ladet lave til for Mardokaj; og Kongens Harme stilledes.
And they hang Haman on the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king has lain down.
