< Esther 7 >
1 And he went the king and Haman to drink with Esther the queen.
Le roi et Aman entrèrent pour boire avec la reine.
2 And he said the king to Esther also on the day second at [the] feast of wine what? [is] petition your O Esther the queen so it may be given to you and what? [is] request your up to half of the kingdom and it may be done.
Et, à ce second festin, le roi dit à Esther: Qu'y a-t-il, reine Esther? Quelle est ta requête, quelle est ta demande? Qu'il te soit accordé jusqu'à la moitié de mon royaume.
3 And she answered Esther the queen and she said if I have found favor in view your O king and if [is] on the king good let it be given to me life my for petition my and people my for request my.
Et elle répondit: Si j'ai trouvé grâce devant le roi, qu'il accorde à ma requête, ma vie, et à ma demande, mon peuple.
4 For we have been sold I and people my to annihilate to kill and to destroy and if to male slaves and to female slaves we had been sold I kept quiet for not the distress [is] equal for [the] injury of the king.
Car moi et mon peuple nous sommes voués à la destruction, au pillage, à l'esclavage, nous et nos enfants, nos serviteurs et nos servantes. Mais je n'y ai point cru, parce que l'accusateur n'est pas digne du palais du roi.
5 And he said the king Ahasuerus and he said to Esther the queen who? [is] he this and where? this [is] he whom it has filled him heart his to do thus.
Et le roi: Qui donc est celui qui a osé faire cette clause?
6 And she said Esther a man an opponent and an enemy Haman evil this and Haman he was terrified from to before the king and the queen.
Et Esther dit: Notre ennemi c'est Aman, ce méchant homme. Or, Aman était plein de trouble à cause du roi et de la reine.
7 And the king he rose up in rage his from [the] feast of wine into [the] garden of the palace and Haman he remained to seek on life his from Esther the queen for he saw that it was determined against him harm from with the king.
Et le roi se leva de table pour aller dans le jardin, et Aman implora la reine; car il se voyait dans le malheur.
8 And the king he returned from [the] garden of the palace to [the] house of - [the] feast of wine and Haman [was] falling on the couch which Esther [was] on it and he said the king ¿ also to violate the queen with me in the house the word it came out from [the] mouth of the king and [the] face of Haman people covered.
Et le roi rentra du jardin, et Aman était tombé sur le lit en suppliant la reine, et le roi s'écria: Va-t-il jusqu'à faire violence à ma femme dans mon palais? À ces mots, Aman eut le visage bouleversé.
9 And he said Harbona one of the eunuchs before the king also there! the gallows which he has made Haman for Mordecai who he spoke good on the king [is] standing at [the] house of Haman high fifty cubit[s] and he said the king hang him on it.
Et Bugathan, l'un des eunuques, dit au roi: Aman a préparé pour Mardochée, qui a jadis averti le roi, une potence de cinquante coudées; elle est dressée dans sa maison. Et le roi dit: Qu'on l'y attache.
10 And they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai and [the] rage of the king it subsided.
Et Aman fut pendu à la potence qu'il tenait prête pour Mardochée, et la colère du roi s'apaisa.