Esther 7
1 And so the king and Haman entered to drink with the queen.
Så kom da kongen og Haman til gjestebudet hos dronning Ester.
2 And the king said to her again on the second day, after he was warmed with wine, “What is your request, Esther, so that it may be given to you? And what do you want done? Even if you ask for half of my kingdom, you will obtain it.”
Mens de satt og drakk vin, sa kongen også denne annen dag til Ester: Hvad er din bønn, dronning Ester? Den skal tilståes dig. Og hvad er ditt ønske? Var det enn halvdelen av riket, skal det opfylles.
3 She answered him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it pleases you, spare my soul, I ask you, and spare my people, I beg you.
Da svarte dronning Ester: Har jeg funnet nåde for dine øine, konge, og tykkes det kongen godt, så la mitt liv bli mig gitt på min bønn, og mitt folks liv efter mitt ønske!
4 For I and my people have been handed over to be crushed, to be slain, and to perish. And if we were only being sold as servants and slaves, the evil might be tolerable, and I would have mourned in silence. But now our enemy is one whose cruelty overflows upon the king.”
For vi er solgt, både jeg og mitt folk, til å ødelegges, drepes og utryddes; var det enda bare til å være træler og trælkvinner vi var solgt, da hadde jeg tidd, men nu er vår fiende ikke i stand til å oprette kongens tap.
5 And king Artaxerxes answered and said, “Who is this, and of what power, that he would dare to do these things?”
Da sa kong Ahasverus til dronning Ester: Hvem er han, og hvor er han som har dristet sig til å gjøre så?
6 And Esther said, “This is our most wicked enemy and foe: Haman!” Hearing this, Haman was suddenly dumbfounded, unable to bear the faces of the king and the queen.
Ester svarte: En motstander og fiende, denne onde Haman der! Da blev Haman forferdet for kongens og dronningens åsyn.
7 But the king, being angry, rose up and, from the place of the feast, entered into the arboretum of the garden. Haman likewise rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his soul, for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king.
Kongen reiste sig i harme, forlot gjestebudet og gikk ut i slottshaven; men Haman blev tilbake for å be dronning Ester om sitt liv; for han skjønte at kongen hadde fast besluttet hans ulykke.
8 When the king returned from the arboretum of the garden and entered into the place of the feast, he found Haman collapsed on the couch on which Esther lay, and he said, “And now he wishes to oppress the queen, in my presence, in my house!” The word had not yet gone out of the king’s mouth, and immediately they covered his face.
Da så kongen kom tilbake fra slottshaven til huset hvor gjestebudet var blitt holdt, lå Haman bøid over den benk som Ester satt på; da sa kongen: Tør han endog øve vold mot dronningen her i mitt eget hus? Ikke før var dette ord gått ut av kongens munn, før de tildekket Hamans ansikt.
9 And Harbona, one of the eunuchs who stood in ministry to the king, said, “Behold the wood, which he had prepared for Mordecai, who spoke up on behalf of the king, stands in Haman’s house, having a height of fifty cubits.” The king said to him, “Hang him from it.”
Harbona, en av hoffmennene hos kongen, sa: Se, ved Hamans hus står det allerede en galge, femti alen høi, som han selv har latt gjøre i stand for Mordekai, han hvis ord engang var til så stort gagn for kongen. Da sa kongen: Heng ham i den!
10 And so Haman was hanged on the gallows, which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger was quieted.
Så hengte de Haman i den galge han hadde gjort i stand for Mordekai, og kongens vrede la sig.
