< Esther 7 >

1 The king and Haman went to Queen Esther's dinner.
Вниде же царь и Аман пировати со царицею.
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!”
И рече царь Есфири во вторый день на пиру: что есть, Есфире царице? И что прошение твое? И что моление твое? И будет тебе до полуцарствия моего.
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.
И отвещавши (Есфирь царица) рече: аще обретох благодать пред очима твоима, царю, да дастся душа моя прошению моему и людие мои молению моему:
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.”
продани бо есмы, аз же и людие мои, на погибель и расхищение и в работу, мы же и чада наша в рабы и рабыни, и небрегох: несть бо достоин клеветник двора царева.
5 The king asked Queen Esther, demanding to know, “Who is this? Where is the man who has dared to do this?”
И рече царь: кто есть сей, иже дерзну сотворити вещь сию?
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.
И рече Есфирь: человек враг, Аман лукавый сей. Аман же смятеся от царя и царицы.
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.
Царь же воста со гневом от пира (и иде) в вертоград: Аман же моляше царицу, видяше бо себе в бедах суща.
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.
Возвратися же царь из вертограда, и Аман припаде к ложу, на немже бе Есфирь, моля царицу. И рече царь: егда и жену насилует в дому моем? Аман же слышав изменися лицем.
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.
Рече же Вугафан един от скопцев, сей же ведяше о том древе, видев е в дому Аманове, егда призываше его на обед царский, и о сем испытав единаго от отрок, уразумев замышляемое, и рече ко царю: се, и древо уготова Аман Мардохею глаголавшему благая о цари, и стоит в дому Аманове возвышено на лакот пятьдесят. И рече царь: да повесится (Аман) на нем.
10 So they impaled Haman on the pole that he had set up for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king died down.
И повешен бысть Аман на древе, еже уготова Мардохею. И тогда царь утолися от ярости.

< Esther 7 >