Esther 7
1 Le roi et Aman entrèrent pour boire avec la reine.
So the king and Haman came to take wine with Esther the queen.
2 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.
And the king said to Esther again on the second day, while they were drinking, What is your prayer, Queen Esther? for it will be given to you; and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.
3 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.
Then Esther the queen, answering, said, If I have your approval, O king, and if it is the king's pleasure, let my life be given to me in answer to my prayer, and my people at my request:
4 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.
For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.
5 Et le roi: Qui donc est celui qui a osé faire cette clause?
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?
6 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.
And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.
7 Et le roi se leva de table pour aller dans le jardin, et Aman implora la reine; car il se voyait dans le malheur.
And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.
8 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.
Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.
9 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.
Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it.
10 Et Aman fut pendu à la potence qu'il tenait prête pour Mardochée, et la colère du roi s'apaisa.
So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
