Ester 7
1 Da Kongen tillige med Haman var kommet til Gæstebudet hos Dronning Ester,
So the king and Haman went to drink with Queen Esther.
2 spurgte Kongen atter den Dag Ester, medens de sad ved Vinen: »Hvad er din Bøn, Dronning Ester? Du skal faa den opfyldt. Og hvad er dit Ønske? Om det saa er Halvdelen af Riget, skal det tilstaas dig!«
As they were drinking wine on that second day, the king again said to Esther, “Whatever your petition is, Queen Esther, it will be granted to you. Whatever you request it will be done, even if it takes half of the kingdom.”
3 Dronning Ester svarede: »Hvis jeg har fundet Naade for dine Øjne, Konge, og hvis Kongen synes, giv mig saa mit Liv paa min Bøn og giv mig mit Folk paa mit Ønske;
Then Queen Esther answered, “Your Majesty, if I have won your favor, and if it seems best to Your Majesty, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request,
4 thi jeg og mit Folk er solgt til at udryddes, ihjelslaas og tilintetgøres. Var vi endda solgt som Trælle og Trælkvinder, vilde jeg have tiet, thi saa havde Ulykken ikke været stor nok til at ulejlige Kongen med!«
for I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and completely annihilated! If we had been merely sold into slavery I would not have disturbed your peace, because such a fate would not have affected the interests of the king.”
5 Da svarede Kong Ahasverus Dronning Ester: »Hvem er han, og hvor er han, som har faaet i Sinde at gøre dette?«
Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he and where is he whose heart has impelled him to do this?”
6 Ester svarede: »En fjendsk og ildesindet Mand, den onde Haman der!« Da blev Haman slaget af Rædsel for Kongen og Dronningen.
“A foe, an enemy: this wicked Haman.” Esther answered. Haman shrank in terror before the king and the queen.
7 Og Kongen rejste sig i Vrede fra Gæstebudet og gik ud i Paladsets Park, men Haman blev tilbage for al bønfalde Dronning Ester om sit Liv; thi han mærkede, at det var Kongens faste Vilje at styrte ham i Ulykke.
In his wrath the king rose from the place where he was drinking wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stayed to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he saw that the king was fully determined to bring calamity upon him.
8 Da Kongen kom tilbage fra Paladsets Park til Gæstebudssalen, havde Haman netop kastet sig ned over Divanen, som Ester laa paa. Saa sagde Kongen: »Vil han oven i Købet øve Vold imod Dronningen her i Huset i min Nærværelse!« Næppe var det Ord udgaaet af Kongens Mund, før man tilhyllede Hamans Ansigt;
As the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman had flung himself on Esther’s couch. The king cried, “Is he going to rape my queen while I am present in my own house?” As the king spoke these words, the attendants covered Haman’s face
9 og Harbona, en af Hofmændene, der stod i Kongens Tjeneste, sagde: »Ved Hamans Hus staar allerede den halvtredsindstyve Alen høje Galge, som Haman har ladet rejse til Mordokaj, hvis Ord dog var Kongen til Gavn!« Da sagde Kongen: »Hæng ham i den!«
and Harbonah, one of those who waited on the king, said, “There are the gallows, seventy-five feet high, which Hainan erected for Mordecai, who spoke a good word in behalf of the king, standing in the house of Haman!” The king said “Hang him on them.”
10 Og de hængte Haman i den Galge, han havde rejst til Mordokaj. Saa lagde Kongens Vrede sig.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king was pacified.
