Ester 7
1 Maka untuk kedua kalinya raja dan Haman makan minum bersama-sama dengan Ester.
So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
2 Sambil minum anggur, raja bertanya lagi kepada Ester, "Nah, Permaisuriku, apa yang kauinginkan? Katakanlah! Pasti akan kuberikan meskipun kauminta setengah dari kerajaanku."
The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”
3 Jawab Ratu Ester, "Kalau Baginda berkenan, hamba mohon supaya hamba dan bangsa hamba boleh hidup.
Then Esther the queen answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.
4 Sebab hamba dan bangsa hamba telah dijual untuk dibunuh. Andaikata kami hanya dijual untuk dijadikan budak, hamba akan berdiam diri dan tidak mengganggu Baginda. Tetapi kini kami akan dibinasakan dan dimusnahkan!"
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for male and female slaves, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.”
5 Lalu bertanyalah Raja Ahasyweros kepada Ratu Ester, "Siapa yang berani berbuat begitu? Di mana orangnya?"
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he, and where is he who dared presume in his heart to do so?”
6 Ester menjawab, "Haman yang jahat inilah musuh dan penganiaya kami!" Dengan sangat ketakutan Haman memandang raja dan ratu.
Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman!” Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7 Raja marah sekali, lalu bangkit meninggalkan meja dan langsung ke luar, ke taman istana. Haman tahu bahwa raja telah mengambil keputusan untuk menghukumnya, sebab itu ia tetap tinggal dengan Ratu Ester untuk memohon supaya diselamatkan.
The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. 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.
8 Dengan putus asa Haman menjatuhkan dirinya ke atas dipan Ester untuk mohon ampun, tetapi tepat pada saat itu juga raja kembali dari taman istana. Melihat Haman begitu, raja berseru, "Apa? Masih juga ia berani memperkosa ratu di sini, di hadapanku dan di istanaku sendiri?" Segera setelah kata-kata itu diucapkan raja, para pejabat datang dan menyelubungi kepala Haman.
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
9 Lalu kata Harbona, seorang dari pejabat-pejabat itu, "Baginda, di dekat rumah Haman ada tiang gantungan setinggi dua puluh dua meter. Haman telah mendirikannya untuk menggantung Mordekhai, orang yang telah menyelamatkan nyawa Baginda." Lalu perintah raja, "Gantunglah Haman pada tiang itu!"
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king, said, “Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman’s house.” The king said, “Hang him on it!”
10 Demikianlah Haman digantung pada tiang yang telah didirikannya untuk Mordekhai. Baru setelah itu redalah murka raja.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.
