Esther 7
1 And the king and Haman came to drink with Esther the queen.
Tako sta kralj in Hamán prišla na gostijo s kraljico Estero.
2 And the king said again to Esther on the second day, at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be done.
Kralj je drugi dan na vinski gostiji Esteri ponovno rekel: »Kaj je tvoja prošnja, kraljica Estera? Ta ti bo zagotovljena. Kaj je tvoja zahteva? Ta bo izpolnjena, celó do polovice kraljestva.«
3 And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request;
Takrat je kraljica Estera odgovorila in rekla: »Če sem našla naklonjenost v tvojem pogledu, oh kralj in če to ugaja kralju, naj mi bo na mojo prošnjo dano moje življenje in moje ljudstvo na mojo zahtevo.
4 for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the adversary could not compensate the king's damage.
Kajti prodani smo, jaz in moje ljudstvo, da bi bili uničeni, da bi bili umorjeni in da umremo. Če pa bi bili prodani za sužnje in sužnjice, bi zadržala svoj jezik, čeprav sovražnik ne bi mogel izravnati kraljeve škode.«
5 And king Ahasuerus spoke and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he that has filled his heart to do so?
Potem je Kralj Ahasvér odgovoril in kraljici Esteri rekel: »Kdo je tisti in kje je, da si v svojem srcu drzne dovoliti, da tako stori?«
6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
Estera pa je rekla: »Nasprotnik in sovražnik je ta zlobni Hamán.« Potem je bil Hamán prestrašen pred kraljem in kraljico.
7 And the king in his wrath rose up from the banquet of wine, [and went] into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to make request for his life to Esther the queen, for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
Kralj je vstal od vinske gostije in v svojem besu odšel v vrt palače. Hamán pa je vstal, da bi pri kraljici Esteri zaprosil za svoje življenje, kajti videl je, da je bilo pri kralju zoper njega določeno zlo.
8 And the king returned out of the palace garden into the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman was fallen upon the couch on which Esther was. And the king said, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? The word went forth out of the king's mouth, and they covered Haman's face.
Potem se je kralj z vrta palače vrnil v prostor vinske gostije, Hamán pa je bil zrušen na postelji, na kateri je bila Estera. Potem je kralj rekel: »Ali bo tudi v hiši, pred menoj, posilil kraljico?« Brž ko je beseda odšla iz kraljevih ust, so pokrili Hamánov obraz.
9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold, also, the gallows fifty cubits high, that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him on it!
Harbonáj, eden izmed glavnih dvornih upraviteljev je pred kraljem rekel: »Glej, tudi vislice, petdeset komolcev visoke, ki jih je Hamán pripravil za Mordohaja, ki je dobro govoril za kralja, stojijo v Hamánovi hiši.« Potem je kralj rekel: »Obesite ga nanje.«
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. And the king's wrath was appeased.
Tako so Hamána obesili na vislice, ki jih je pripravil za Mordohaja. Potem je bil kraljev bes pomirjen.
