Esther 7
1 The king and Haman went to Queen Esther's dinner.
Kralj i Haman dođoše na gozbu kraljici Esteri.
2 At this second dinner, as they were drinking wine, the king asked Esther again, “What are you really asking for, Queen Esther? It will be given to you. What do you want? You shall have it, as much as half my empire!”
I toga drugoga dana, dok se pilo vino, reče kralj Esteri: "Koja ti je molba, kraljice Estero? Bit će ti udovoljena! Koja je tvoja želja? Ako je i pola kraljevstva, bit će ti!"
3 Queen Esther answered, “If the king looks on me favorably, and if it please Your Majesty to grant me my life, that is my request; and the lives of my people, that is what I ask.
Kraljica Estera odgovori: "Ako sam, kralju, našla milost u tvojim očima i ako ti je s voljom, neka mi se u ime molbe pokloni život, a u ime želje moj narod!
4 For my people and I have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and annihilated. If we had only been sold as slaves, I would have kept quiet, because our suffering would not have justified disturbing the king.”
Jer smo ja i narod moj predani za zator, klanje, uništenje. Da smo predani u roblje, šutjela bih jer nevolja ne bi bila štetna po kralja."
5 The king asked Queen Esther, demanding to know, “Who is this? Where is the man who has dared to do this?”
Ali kralj Ahasver upade kraljici Esteri u riječ pa je upita: "Tko je taj? Gdje je taj koji je namislio takvo što učiniti?" Estera tada odgovori: "Progonitelj i neprijatelj jest Haman, ovaj zlikovac!"
6 “The man, the opponent, the enemy, is this evil Haman!” Esther replied. Haman shook with terror in front of the king and the queen.
Haman se zaprepasti pred kraljem i kraljicom.
7 The king was furious. He got up, leaving his wine, and went out into the palace garden. Haman stayed behind to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he realized the king planned an evil end for him.
Kralj, gnjevan, ostavi vino te ode u vrt palače. Haman osta uz kraljicu da je moli za svoj život, jer je uvidio da je njegova nesreća pred kraljem gotova.
8 When the king came back in from the palace garden to the dining room, Haman had thrown himself on the couch where Queen Esther was. The king shouted out, “Is he even going to rape the queen here in the palace, right in front of me?” As soon as the king said this, the servants covered Haman's face.
Kralj se vrati iz vrta u dvoranu gdje se pilo vino. Dotle Haman bijaše pao na počivaljku na kojoj se nalazila Estera. "Pokušavaš još i nasilje nad kraljicom, i to u mome vlastitom domu?" - povika kralj. Tek što su te riječi izletjele iz kraljevih usta, pokriše lice Hamanu.
9 Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “Haman set up a pole beside his house for Mordecai, the one whose report saved the king's life. The pole is fifty cubits high.” “Impale him on it!” the king ordered.
Tada kaza Harbona, jedan od dvorana koji su stajali u službi kraljevoj: "Eno i vješala što ih je Haman pripravio za Mordokaja koji je govorio u korist kraljevu. Nalaze se kraj Hamanove kuće i visoka su pedeset lakata." Kralj zapovjedi: "Objesite ga na njih!"
10 So they impaled Haman on the pole that he had set up for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king died down.
Hamana objesiše na vješala koja bijaše pripravio Mordokaju, i kraljeva se srdžba utiša.
