Ester 7
1 Da Kongen tillige med Haman var kommet til Gæstebudet hos Dronning Ester
So the king and Haman came in, to banquet with Esther the queen.
2 spurgte Kongen atter den Dag Ester, medens de sad ved Vinen: "Hvad er din Bøn, Dronning Ester? Du skal få den opfyldt. Og hvad er dit Ønske? Om det så er Halvdelen af Riget, skal det tilstås dig!"
Then said the king unto Esther, on the second day also, during the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, Queen Esther, that it may be granted thee? and what is thy request—unto the half of the kingdom—that it may be performed?
3 Dronning Ester svarede: "Hvis jeg har fundet Nåde for dine Øjne, Konge, og hvis Kongen synes, giv mig så mit Liv på min Bøn og giv mig mit Folk på mit Ønske;
Then answered Esther the queen, and said, If I have found favour in thine eyes, O king, and if, unto the king, it seem good, let my life be granted me, as my petition, and my people, as my request;
4 thi jeg og mit Folk er solgt til at udryddes, ihjelslås og tilintetgøres. Var vi endda solgt som Trælle og Trælkvinder, vilde jeg have tiet, thi så havde Ulykken ikke været stor nok til at ulejlige Kongen med!"
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain and to be caused to perish. If indeed, for bondmen and for bondwomen, we had been sold, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have made good the damage to the king.
5 Da svarede Kong Ahasverus Dronning Ester: "Hvem er han, og hvor er han, som har fået i Sinde at gøre dette?"
Then spake King Ahasuerus, and said unto Esther the queen, —Who is he now, and where is he, whose heart is set to act thus?
6 Ester svarede: En fjendsk og ildesindet Mand, den onde Haman der!" Da blev Haman slaget af Rædsel for Kongen og Dronningen.
And Esther said, A man who is an adversary and enemy, this wicked Haman. And, Haman, was terrified, 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.
Now, the king, arising in his wrath from the banquet of wine, and going into the palace garden, Haman, stood to make request for his life from Esther the queen, for he saw that ruin, was determined against him, by the king.
8 Da Kongen kom tilbage fra Paladsets Park til Gæstebudsalen, havde Haman netop kastet sig ned over Divanen, som Ester lå på. Så sagde Kongen: "Vil han oven i Købet øve Vold imod Dronningen her i Huset i min Nærværelse!" Næppe var det Ord udgået af Kongens Mund, før man tilhyllede Hamans Ansigt;
When, the king, returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, Haman, was lying prostrate upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he, even dare to force the queen, while I am in the house? No sooner had the word gone forth out of the mouth of the king, than, the face of Haman, they had covered.
9 og Harbona, en af Hofmændene, der stod i Kongens Tjeneste, sagde: "Ved Hamans Hus står 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!"
Then said Harbonah—one of the eunuchs before the king—Yea lo! the gallows that Haman made ready for Mordecai, who had spoken well for the king, is standing in Haman’s house, of a height of fifty cubits. Then said the king, Hang him thereon.
10 Og de hængte Haman i den Galge, han havde rejst til Mordokaj. Så lagde Kongens Vrede sig.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, —and, the wrath of the king, was appeased.
