Esther 7
1 So the king and Aman went in, to drink with the queen.
| فَجَاءَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَهَامَانُ لِيَشْرَبَا عِنْدَ أَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ. | ١ |
2 And the king said to her again the second day, after he was warm with wine: What is thy petition, Esther, that it may be granted thee? and what wilt thou have done: although thou ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِأَسْتِيرَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّانِي أَيْضًا عِنْدَ شُرْبِ ٱلْخَمْرِ: «مَا هُوَ سُؤْلُكِ يَا أَسْتِيرُ ٱلْمَلِكَةُ فَيُعْطَى لَكِ؟ وَمَا هِيَ طِلْبَتُكِ؟ وَلَوْ إِلَى نِصْفِ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ تُقْضَى». | ٢ |
3 Then she answered: If I have found Favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please thee, give me my life for which I ask, and my people for which I request.
| فَأَجَابَتْ أَسْتِيرُ ٱلْمَلِكَةُ وَقَالَتْ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَإِذَا حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَلْتُعْطَ لِي نَفْسِي بِسُؤْلِي، وَشَعْبِي بِطِلْبَتِي. | ٣ |
4 For we are given up, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen: the evil might be borne with, and I would have mourned in silence: but now we have an enemy, whose cruelty redoundeth upon the king.
| لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ بِعْنَا أَنَا وَشَعْبِي لِلْهَلَاكِ وَٱلْقَتْلِ وَٱلْإِبَادَةِ. وَلَوْ بِعْنَا عَبِيدًا وَإِمَاءً لَكُنْتُ سَكَتُّ، مَعَ أَنَّ ٱلْعَدُوَّ لَا يُعَوِّضُ عَنْ خَسَارَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ». | ٤ |
5 And king Assuerus answered and said: Who is this, and of what power, that he should do these things?
| فَتَكَلَّمَ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ وَقَالَ لِأَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ: «مَنْ هُوَ؟ وَأَيْنَ هُوَ هَذَا ٱلَّذِي يَتَجَاسَرُ بِقَلْبِهِ عَلَى أَنْ يَعْمَلَ هَكَذَا؟» | ٥ |
6 And Esther said: It is this Aman that is our adversary and most wicked enemy. Aman hearing this was forthwith astonished, not being able to bear the countenance of the king and of the queen.
| فَقَالَتْ أَسْتِيرُ: «هُوَ رَجُلٌ خَصْمٌ وَعَدُوٌّ، هَذَا هَامَانُ ٱلرَّدِيءُ». فَٱرْتَاعَ هَامَانُ أَمَامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَٱلْمَلِكَةِ. | ٦ |
7 But the king being angry rose up, and went from the place of the banquet into the garden set with trees. Aman also rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his life, for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king.
| فَقَامَ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِغَيْظِهِ عَنْ شُرْبِ ٱلْخَمْرِ إِلَى جَنَّةِ ٱلْقَصْرِ. وَوَقَفَ هَامَانُ لِيَتَوَسَّلَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ إِلَى أَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ، لِأَنَّهُ رَأَى أَنَّ ٱلشَّرَّ قَدْ أُعِدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ٧ |
8 And when the king came back out of the garden set with trees, and entered into the place of the banquet, he found Aman was fallen upon the bed on which Esther lay, and he said: He will force the queen also in my presence, in my own house. The word was not yet gone out of the king’s mouth, and immediately they covered his face.
| وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ مِنْ جَنَّةِ ٱلْقَصْرِ إِلَى بَيْتِ شُرْبِ ٱلْخَمْرِ، وَهَامَانُ مُتَوَاقِعٌ عَلَى ٱلسَّرِيرِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَتْ أَسْتِيرُ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «هَلْ أَيْضًا يَكْبِسُ ٱلْمَلِكَةَ مَعي فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ؟» وَلَمَّا خَرَجَتِ ٱلْكَلِمَةُ مِنْ فَمِ ٱلْمَلِكِ غَطَّوْا وَجْهَ هَامَانَ. | ٨ |
9 And Harbona, one of the eunuchs that stood waiting on the king, said: Behold the gibbet which he hath prepared for Mardochai, who spoke for the king, standeth in Aman’s house, being fifty cubits high. And the king said to him: Hang him upon it.
| فَقَالَ حَرْبُونَا، وَاحِدٌ مِنَ ٱلْخِصْيَانِ ٱلَّذِينَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ ٱلْمَلِكِ: «هُوَذَا ٱلْخَشَبَةُ أَيْضًا ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَهَا هَامَانُ لِمُرْدَخَايَ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِٱلْخَيْرِ نَحْوَ ٱلْمَلِكِ قَائِمَةٌ فِي بَيْتِ هَامَانَ، ٱرْتِفَاعُهَا خَمْسُونَ ذِرَاعًا». فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «ٱصْلِبُوهُ عَلَيْهَا». | ٩ |
10 So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king’s wrath ceased.
| فَصَلَبُوا هَامَانَ عَلَى ٱلْخَشَبَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَعَدَّهَا لِمُرْدَخَايَ. ثُمَّ سَكَنَ غَضَبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ١٠ |
