Ester 7
1 Da Kongen tillige med Haman var kommet til Gæstebudet hos Dronning Ester
So the king and Haman went to feast with Queen Esther.
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!"
On this second day, while they were serving wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It will be granted to you. What is your request? Up to half of the kingdom, and it will be granted.”
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 Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, king, and if it pleases you, let my life be given to me—this is my petition, and I request this also for my people.
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 have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, killed, and annihilated. If we had only been sold into slavery, as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, for no such distress as this would justify disturbing 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 King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he? Where is this person to be found who has filled his heart to do such a thing?”
6 Ester svarede: En fjendsk og ildesindet Mand, den onde Haman der!" Da blev Haman slaget af Rædsel for Kongen og Dronningen.
Esther said, “The hostile man, that enemy, is this evil Haman!” Then 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.
The king got up in a rage from the wine-drinking at the feast and went into the palace garden, but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther. He saw that disaster was being decided 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;
Then the king returned from the palace garden into the room where the wine had been served. Haman had just fallen on the couch where Esther was. The king said, “Will he assault the queen in my presence in my own house?” As soon as this sentence came out of the king's mouth, the servants covered Haman's face.
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 Harbona, one of the officials who served the king, said, “A gallows fifty cubits tall stands beside Haman's house. He set it up for Mordecai, the one who spoke up to protect the king.” The king said, “Hang him on it.”
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 that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's rage died down.
