Esther 5
1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on [her] royal [apparel], and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
Pripetilo se je torej na tretji dan, da si je Estera nadela svojo kraljevsko obleko in stopila na notranji dvor kraljeve hiše, nasproti kraljevi hiši in kralj je sedel na svojem kraljevem prestolu, v kraljevi hiši, nasproti velikim vratom hiše.
2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, [that] she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that [was] in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
In bilo je tako, da ko je kralj zagledal kraljico Estero stati na dvoru, je ta dosegla naklonjenost v njegovem pogledu. Kralj je proti Esteri iztegnil zlato žezlo, ki je bilo v njegovi roki. Tako se je Estera približala in se dotaknila vrha žezla.
3 And the king said, What will you, Esther? and what is your request? [ask] even to the half of my kingdom, and it shall be yours.
Potem ji je kralj rekel: »Kaj hočeš, kraljica Estera? Kakšna je tvoja prošnja? Dano ti bo celo do polovice kraljestva.«
4 And Esther said, To-day is my great day: if then it seem good to the king, let both him and Aman come to the feast which I will prepare this day.
Estera je odgovorila: »Če se to zdi kralju dobro, naj kralj in Hamán prideta danes na gostijo, ki sem jo pripravila zanj.«
5 And the king said, Hasten Aman hither, that we may perform the word of Esther. So they both come to the feast of which Esther had spoken.
Potem je kralj rekel: »Pripravite Hamána, da se podviza, da bo lahko storil, kakor je rekla Estera.« Tako sta kralj in Hamán prišla na gostijo, ki jo je pripravila Estera.
6 And at the banquet the king said to Esther, What is [your request], queen Esther? [speak], and you shall have all that you require.
Kralj je pri vinski gostiji Esteri rekel: »Kaj je tvoja prošnja? Ta ti bo zagotovljena. Kaj je tvoja zahteva? Celo do polovice kraljestva ti bo izpolnjena.«
7 And she said, My request and my petition [are]:
Potem je Estera odgovorila in rekla: »Moja prošnja in moja zahteva je,
8 if I have found favor in the sight of the king, let the king and Aman come again to-morrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and to-morrow I will do the same.
če sem našla naklonjenost v kraljevih očeh in če to ugaja kralju, da zagotovi mojo prošnjo in da izvede mojo zahtevo, naj kralj in Hamán prideta na gostijo, ki jo bom pripravila zanju, jutri pa bom storila, kakor je rekel kralj.«
9 So Aman went out from the king very glad [and] merry: but when Aman saw Mardochaeus the Jew in the court, he was greatly enraged.
Potem je Hamán tega dne odšel radosten in z veselim srcem. Toda, ko je Hamán pri kraljevih velikih vratih zagledal Mordohaja, ki ni vstal niti se zaradi njega ni premaknil, je bil poln ogorčenja zoper Mordohaja.
10 And having gone into his own house, he called his friends, and his wife Zosara.
Vendar se je Hamán zadržal. Ko pa je prišel domov, je poslal in dal poklicati po svoje prijatelje in svojo ženo Zêrešo.
11 And he showed them his wealth, and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had caused him to take precedence and bear chief rule in the kingdom.
Hamán jim je govoril o slavi svojih bogastev in množici svojih otrok in vseh stvareh, s katerimi ga je kralj povišal in kako ga je napredoval nad prince in kraljeve služabnike.
12 And Aman said, The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited to-morrow.
Poleg tega je Hamán rekel: »Da, kraljica Estera nobenemu drugemu ni dovolila vstopiti s kraljem na gostijo, ki jo je pripravila, razen meni in tudi jutri sem s kraljem povabljen k njej.
13 But these things please me not, while I see Mardochaeus the Jew in the court.
Vendar mi vse to nič ne koristi, dokler vidim Juda Mordohaja sedeti pri kraljevih velikih vratih.«
14 And Zosara his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a gallows made for you of fifty cubits, and in the morning do you speak to the king, and let Mardochaeus be hanged on the gallows: but do you go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Aman, and the gallows was prepared.
Potem so mu njegova žena Zêreša in vsi njegovi prijatelji rekli: »Naj bodo narejene petdeset komolcev visoke vislice in jutri spregovori kralju, da bo Mordohaj lahko obešen nanje. Potem pojdi vesel s kraljem na gostijo.« Stvar je ugajala Hamánu in velel je, da se naredijo vislice.
