Esther 7
1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
| وَحَضَرَ الْمَلِكُ وَهَامَانُ مَأْدُبَةَ أَسْتِيرَ الْمَلِكَةِ. | ١ |
2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine: 'Whatever thy petition, queen Esther, it shall be granted thee; and whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed.'
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَا يَشْرَبَانِ الْخَمْرَ سَأَلَ الْمَلِكُ أَسْتِيرَ: «مَا هِيَ طِلْبَتُكِ يَا أَسْتِيرُ الْمَلِكَةُ فَتُوْهَبَ لَكِ؟ مَا هُوَ سُؤْلُكِ وَلَوْ إِلَى نِصْفِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ؟» | ٢ |
3 Then Esther the queen answered and said: 'If I have found favour 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;
| فَأَجَابَتِ الْمَلِكَةُ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ حَظِيتُ بِرِضَاكَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ وَإِنْ طَابَ لِلْمَلِكِ فَإِنَّ طِلْبَتِي أَنْ تَحْفَظَ حَيَاتِي، وَسُؤْلِي أَنْ تُنْقِذَ شَعْبِي، | ٣ |
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 peace, for the adversary is not worthy that the king be endamaged.'
| لأَنَّهُ قَدْ تَمَّ بَيْعِي أَنَا وَشَعْبِي لِلْهَلاكِ وَالْقَتْلِ وَالإِبَادَةِ. وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ بَاعُونَا عَبِيداً وَإِمَاءً لَكُنْتُ سَكَتُّ، لأَنَّ هَذَا الأَمْرَ لَا يُبَرِّرُ إِزْعَاجَ الْمَلِكِ». | ٤ |
5 Then spoke the king Ahasuerus and said unto Esther the queen: 'Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?'
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ لِلْمَلِكَةِ أَسْتِيرَ: «مَنْ هُوَ هَذَا الَّذِي يَجْرُؤُ أَنْ يَرْتَكِبَ مِثْلَ هَذَا؟ أَيْنَ هُوَ؟» | ٥ |
6 And Esther said: 'An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman.' Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
| فَأَجَابَتْ: «إِنَّ هَذَا الْخَصْمَ وَالْعَدُوَّ هُوَ هَامَانُ الشِّرِّيرُ». | ٦ |
7 And the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman remained to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
| فَارْتَاعَ هَامَانُ أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ وَالْمَلِكَةِ. وَانْصَرَفَ الْمَلِكُ عَنِ الشُّرْبِ مُغْتَاظاً، وَمَضَى إِلَى حَدِيقَةِ الْقَصْرِ. وَوَقَفَ هَامَانُ يَتَوَسَّلُ إِلَى أَسْتِيرَ الْمَلِكَةِ حِفَاظاً عَلَى حَيَاتِهِ، لأَنَّهُ أَدْرَكَ أَنَّ الْمَلِكَ قَدْ قَرَّرَ مَصِيرَهُ الرَّهِيبَ. | ٧ |
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king: 'Will he even force the queen before me in the house?' As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
| وَعِنْدَمَا رَجَعَ الْمَلِكُ مِنْ حَدِيقَةِ الْقَصْرِ إِلَى قَاعَةِ الْمَأْدُبَةِ، وَجَدَ هَامَانَ مُنْطَرِحاً عَلَى الأَرِيكَةِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ أَسْتِيرُ تَجْلِسُ عَلَيْهَا. فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «أَيَتَحَرَّشُ أَيْضاً بِالْمَلِكَةِ وَهِيَ مَعِي، وَفِي الْقَصْرِ؟» وَمَا إِنْ نَطَقَ الْمَلِكُ بِهَذِهِ الْعِبَارَةِ حَتَّى غَطَّوْا وَجْهَ هَامَانَ. | ٨ |
9 Then said Harbonah, one of the chamberlains that were before the king: 'Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman hath made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman.' And the king said: 'Hang him thereon.'
| فَقَالَ حَرْبُونَا أَحَدُ الْخِصْيَانِ الْمَاثِلِينَ فِي حَضْرَةِ الْمَلِكِ: «هَا هِيَ الْخَشَبَةُ الَّتِي أَعَدَّهَا هَامَانُ لِصَلْبِ مُرْدَخَايَ، الَّذِي أَسْدَى لِلْمَلِكِ خَيْراً، مَنْصُوبَةٌ فِي بَيْتِ هَامَانَ، وَارْتِفَاعُهَا خَمْسُونَ ذِرَاعاً». فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ: «اصْلِبُوهُ عَلَيْهَا». | ٩ |
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath assuaged.
| فَصَلَبُوا هَامَانَ عَلَى الْخَشَبَةِ الَّتِي أَعَدَّهَا لِمُرْدَخَايَ. ثُمَّ هَدَأَتْ حِدَّةُ غَضَبِ الْمَلِكِ. | ١٠ |
