Esther 7
1 So the king and Aman went in to drink with the queen.
| وَحَضَرَ الْمَلِكُ وَهَامَانُ مَأْدُبَةَ أَسْتِيرَ الْمَلِكَةِ. | ١ |
2 And the king said to Esther at the banquet on the second day, What is it, queen Esther? and what [is] your request, and what [is] your petition? and it shall be [done] for you, to the half of my kingdom.
| وَبَيْنَمَا كَانَا يَشْرَبَانِ الْخَمْرَ سَأَلَ الْمَلِكُ أَسْتِيرَ: «مَا هِيَ طِلْبَتُكِ يَا أَسْتِيرُ الْمَلِكَةُ فَتُوْهَبَ لَكِ؟ مَا هُوَ سُؤْلُكِ وَلَوْ إِلَى نِصْفِ الْمَمْلَكَةِ؟» | ٢ |
3 And she answered and said, If I have found favor in the sight of the king, let [my] life be granted to my petition, and my people to 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 both I and my people are sold for destruction, and pillage, and slavery; [both] we and our children for bondmen and bondwomen: and I consented not to it, for the [is] not worthy of the king's palace.
| 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 And the king said, Who [is] this that has dared to do this thing?
| فَقَالَ الْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ لِلْمَلِكَةِ أَسْتِيرَ: «مَنْ هُوَ هَذَا الَّذِي يَجْرُؤُ أَنْ يَرْتَكِبَ مِثْلَ هَذَا؟ أَيْنَ هُوَ؟» | ٥ |
6 And Esther said, the adversary [is] Aman, this wicked man. Then Aman was troubled before the king and the queen.
| فَأَجَابَتْ: «إِنَّ هَذَا الْخَصْمَ وَالْعَدُوَّ هُوَ هَامَانُ الشِّرِّيرُ». | ٦ |
7 And the king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden: and Aman began to entreat the queen; for he saw that he was in an evil case.
| 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 And the king returned from the garden; and Aman had fallen upon the bed, intreating the queen. And the king said, Will you even force [my] wife in my house? And when Aman heard it, he changed countenance.
| 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 And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, Behold, Aman has also prepared a gallows for Mardochaeus, who spoke concerning the king, and a gallows of fifty cubits high has been set up in the premises of Aman. And the king said, Let him be hanged 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 Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mardochaeus: and then the king's wrath was appeased.
| فَصَلَبُوا هَامَانَ عَلَى الْخَشَبَةِ الَّتِي أَعَدَّهَا لِمُرْدَخَايَ. ثُمَّ هَدَأَتْ حِدَّةُ غَضَبِ الْمَلِكِ. | ١٠ |
