Esther 7
1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
Ko ia naʻe haʻu ai ʻae tuʻi mo Hamani ki he kātoanga mo Eseta ko e tuʻi fefine.
2 And the king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What [is] thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what [is] thy request? and it shall be performed, [even] to the half of the kingdom.
Pea naʻe toe lea ʻae tuʻi kia Eseta ʻi hono ua ʻoe ʻaho ʻi he kātoanga inu uaine, “Ko e hā hoʻo kole ʻe tuʻi fefine ko Eseta? Pea ʻe tuku ia kiate koe: pea ko e hā ia ʻa hoʻo kole? Pea ʻe fai ia ʻo aʻu ki hono vahe ua ʻoe puleʻanga.”
3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favor in thy sight, O king, and if it shall please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
Pea lea ai ʻa Eseta ko e tuʻi fefine, ʻo ne pehē, “Kapau kuo u maʻu ʻae ʻofa ʻi ho ʻao, ʻE tuʻi, pea kapau ʻoku lelei ki he tuʻi, ke foaki ʻeku moʻui kiate au ʻi heʻeku kole, mo hoku kakai ʻi heʻeku tala:
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 bond-men and bond-women, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
He kuo fakatau ʻakimautolu, Ko au mo hoku kakai, ke maumauʻi, mo tāmateʻi, pea ke fakaʻauha. Pea ka ne fakatau ʻakimautolu ke hoko ko e kau tangata pōpula, mo e kau fefine pōpula, pehē, te u longo pe au, ka ko e moʻoni ʻe ʻikai mafai ʻe he fili ke totongi hono kovi ki he tuʻi.”
5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
Pea naʻe lea ai ʻae tuʻi ko ʻAhasivelo kia Eseta ko e tuʻi fefine ʻo pehē, “Ko hai ia, pea kofaʻā ia, ʻaia naʻe fielahi ʻi hono loto ke fai pehē?”
6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy [is] this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
Pea naʻe pehē ʻe Eseta, “Ko e tangata angatuʻu mo e fili, ko Hamani angakovi ni.” Pea naʻe toki manavahē ʻa Hamani ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi mo e tuʻi fefine.
7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath [went] into the palace-garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
Pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻae tuʻi ʻi heʻene tuputāmaki lahi mei he kātoanga uaine, pea ʻalu kituʻa ia ki he ngoue ʻoe fale; pea naʻe tuʻu hake ʻa Hamani ke fai ʻae kole koeʻuhi ko ʻene moʻui kia Eseta ko e tuʻi fefine; he naʻe mamata ia kuo tuʻutuʻuni ʻae kovi ke hoko kiate ia mei he tuʻi.
8 Then the king returned out of the palace-garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen upon the bed on which Esther [was]. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
Pea naʻe liu mai ʻae tuʻi mei he ngoue ʻoe fale, ki he potu ʻoe kātoanga uaine: pea kuo tō ʻa Hamani ki he tokotoʻanga ʻaia naʻe ʻi ai ʻa Eseta. Pea pehē ʻe he tuʻi, “Pea ʻe tohotoho ʻe ia ʻae tuʻi fefine foki ʻi he fale ʻi hoku ʻao?” Pea ʻi he ʻalu ʻae lea mei he fofonga ʻoe tuʻi, naʻa nau ʻufiʻufi ʻae mata ʻo Hamani.
9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him upon it.
Pea pehē ʻe Hapona ko e tauhi fale ʻe tokotaha ʻi he ʻao ʻoe tuʻi, “Vakai foki, ko e tautauʻanga, ko e hanga ʻe teau hono māʻolunga, ʻaia naʻe ngaohi ʻe Hamani moʻo Motekiai, ʻaia naʻe lea lelei maʻae tuʻi, ʻoku tuʻu ʻi he fale ʻo Hamani.” Pea pehē ai ʻe he tuʻi, “Tautau ia ki ai.”
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
Ko ia naʻa nau tautau ʻa Hamani ʻi he tautauʻanga naʻa ne teuteu moʻo Motekiai. Pea naʻe toki lolou ʻae houhau ʻita ʻae tuʻi.
