Esther 7
1 Et le roi et Haman vinrent pour boire avec la reine Esther.
So the king and Haman went to eat the second banquet/feast that Queen Esther had prepared.
2 Et le roi dit à Esther, le second jour aussi, pendant qu’on buvait le vin: Quelle est ta demande, reine Esther? et elle te sera accordée. Et quelle est ta requête? [Quand ce serait] jusqu’à la moitié du royaume, ce sera fait.
As they were drinking wine, the king asked again, “Esther, what do you want me to do [for you? Tell me, and] I will do it for you. Even if [you ask me for] half of my kingdom, I will give it to you.”
3 Et la reine Esther répondit et dit: Si j’ai trouvé faveur à tes yeux, ô roi, et si le roi le trouve bon, qu’à ma demande il m’accorde ma vie, et mon peuple à ma requête!
Esther replied, “O king, if you are pleased with me, and if you are willing to do [what I ask], save me, and save my people. That is what I want you to do for me.
4 Car nous sommes vendus, moi et mon peuple, pour être détruits [et] tués, et pour périr. Or si nous avions été vendus pour être serviteurs et servantes, j’aurais gardé le silence, bien que l’ennemi ne puisse compenser le dommage fait au roi.
[It is as though] I and my people [are cattle that] have been sold to be slaughtered. [It is as though] we have been sold to people who want to completely destroy us. If we had only been sold to people to become their male and female slaves, I would not say anything, because that would have been a matter too small to bother you, the king.”
5 Et le roi Assuérus parla et dit à la reine Esther: Qui est-il, et où est-il, celui que son cœur a rempli [de la pensée] de faire ainsi?
Then King Xerxes asked her, “Who would want to do such a [terrible] thing? Where is he?”
6 Et Esther dit: L’adversaire et l’ennemi, c’est ce méchant Haman. Et Haman fut terrifié devant le roi et la reine.
Esther replied, “[The man who is] our enemy is this evil man Haman!” Then Haman was terrified as he stood in front of the king and queen.
7 Et le roi, dans sa fureur, se leva du festin, [et s’en alla] dans le jardin du palais. Et Haman resta pour faire requête pour sa vie auprès de la reine Esther; car il voyait que son malheur était décidé de la part du roi.
The king became extremely angry. He immediately left his wine and got up and went outside into the palace garden [to decide what to do]. But Haman stayed, in order to plead with Queen Esther that she would spare his life.
8 Et le roi revint du jardin du palais dans la maison du festin. Et Haman était tombé sur le divan sur lequel était Esther. Et le roi dit: Veut-il encore faire violence à la reine, chez moi, dans la maison? La parole sortit de la bouche du roi, et on couvrit la face d’Haman.
He threw himself down on the couch where Esther was reclining. But at that moment the king returned from the garden to the room where they had been eating. [He saw Haman, and assumed he was preparing to rape Esther]. He exclaimed, “Are you going to rape the queen while she is here with me in my own palace?” As soon as the king said that, some officials covered Haman’s head, [as they did to people who were about to be hanged].
9 Et Harbona, l’un des eunuques, dit devant le roi: Voici, le bois, haut de 50 coudées, qu’Haman avait préparé pour Mardochée, qui a parlé pour le bien du roi, est dressé dans la maison d’Haman. Et le roi dit: Qu’on l’y pende!
Then Harbona, one of the king’s personal officials, said, “[Outside, ] near Haman’s house, there is a (gallows/set of poles for hanging someone). It is 75 feet high. Haman made it for Mordecai, the man who spared your life!” The king said, “Hang him on it!”
10 Et on pendit Haman au bois qu’il avait dressé pour Mardochée. Et la colère du roi s’apaisa.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for hanging Mordecai! And then (the king’s anger cooled off/the king was no longer so angry).
