Ester 5
1 Pada hari yang ketiga Ester mengenakan pakaian ratu, lalu berdirilah ia di pelataran dalam istana raja, tepat di depan istana raja. Raja bersemayam di atas takhta kerajaan di dalam istana, berhadapan dengan pintu istana itu.
Three days later Esther put on her royal robes and went and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, opposite the king's hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the king's hall, facing the entrance.
2 Ketika raja melihat Ester, sang ratu, berdiri di pelataran, berkenanlah raja kepadanya, sehingga raja mengulurkan tongkat emas yang di tangannya ke arah Ester, lalu mendekatlah Ester dan menyentuh ujung tongkat itu.
When the king saw Queen Esther standing in the inner court she won his approval so he acted favorably by holding out his scepter to her. So Esther went over and touched the end of the scepter.
3 Tanya raja kepadanya: "Apa maksudmu, hai ratu Ester, dan apa keinginanmu? Sampai setengah kerajaan sekalipun akan diberikan kepadamu."
The king asked her, “What is it, Queen Esther? What do you want? I'll give it to you, as much as half my empire!”
4 Jawab Ester: "Jikalau baik pada pemandangan raja, datanglah kiranya raja dengan Haman pada hari ini ke perjamuan yang diadakan oleh hamba bagi raja."
Esther replied, “If it please Your Majesty, may the king and Haman come today to a dinner I have prepared for him.”
5 Maka titah raja: "Suruhlah Haman datang dengan segera, supaya kami memenuhi permintaan Ester." Lalu raja datang dengan Haman ke perjamuan yang diadakan oleh Ester.
“Bring Haman here at once so we can do what Esther has requested,” the king ordered. The king and Haman went to the dinner that Esther had prepared.
6 Sementara minum anggur bertanyalah raja kepada Ester: "Apakah permintaanmu? Niscaya akan dikabulkan. Dan apakah keinginanmu? Sampai setengah kerajaan sekalipun akan dipenuhi."
As they drank their wine, the king asked Esther, “What are you really asking for? It will be given to you. What do you want? You shall have it, as much as half my empire!”
7 Maka jawab Ester: "Permintaan dan keinginan hamba ialah:
Esther answered, “This is what I'm asking for, and this is what I want.
8 Jikalau hamba mendapat kasih raja, dan jikalau baik pada pemandangan raja mengabulkan permintaan serta memenuhi keinginan hamba, datang pulalah kiranya raja dengan Haman ke perjamuan yang akan hamba adakan bagi raja dan Haman; maka besok akan hamba lakukan yang dikehendaki raja."
If the king looks on me favorably, and if it please Your Majesty to grant my request and do as I ask, may the king and Haman come to a dinner I will prepare for them. Tomorrow I will answer Your Majesty's question.”
9 Pada hari itu keluarlah Haman dengan hati riang dan gembira; tetapi ketika Haman melihat Mordekhai ada di pintu gerbang istana raja, tidak bangkit dan tidak bergerak menghormati dia, maka sangat panaslah hati Haman kepada Mordekhai.
When Haman left that day he was very happy and pleased with himself. But when he saw Mordecai at the palace gate and that he didn't stand up or tremble with fear before him, Haman was furious with Mordecai.
10 Tetapi Haman menahan hatinya, lalu pulanglah ia ke rumahnya dan menyuruh datang sahabat-sahabatnya dan Zeresh, isterinya.
However, Haman controlled himself and he went home. There he invited his friends over. Once they and his wife Zeresh had gathered,
11 Maka Haman menceriterakan kepada mereka itu besarnya kekayaannya, banyaknya anaknya laki-laki, dan segala kebesaran yang diberikan raja kepadanya serta kenaikan pangkatnya di atas para pembesar dan pegawai raja.
Haman went into great detail about how much money and possessions he had, and how many children, and how the king had made him so important by promoting him above all the other nobles and officials.
12 Lagi kata Haman: "Tambahan pula tiada seorangpun diminta oleh Ester, sang ratu, untuk datang bersama-sama dengan raja ke perjamuan yang diadakannya, kecuali aku; dan untuk besokpun aku diundangnya bersama-sama dengan raja.
“Added to all that,” Haman went on, “I was the only other person Queen Esther invited to come to a dinner she had prepared for the king. I'm also invited by her to eat together with the king tomorrow.”
13 Akan tetapi semuanya itu tidak berguna bagiku, selama aku masih melihat si Mordekhai, si Yahudi itu, duduk di pintu gerbang istana raja."
Then he said, “But all of this is worthless to me while I keep on seeing Mordecai the Jew sitting at the palace gate.”
14 Lalu kata Zeresh, isterinya, dan semua sahabatnya kepadanya: "Suruhlah orang membuat tiang yang tingginya lima puluh hasta, dan persembahkanlah besok pagi kepada raja, supaya Mordekhai disulakan orang pada tiang itu; kemudian dapatlah engkau dengan bersukacita pergi bersama-sama dengan raja ke perjamuan itu." Hal itu dipandang baik oleh Haman, lalu ia menyuruh membuat tiang itu.
His wife Zeresh and his friends told him, “Arrange for a pole to be set up, fifty cubits high. Then, in the morning, go and ask the king to have Mordecai impaled on it. Afterwards, you'll be happy as you go with the king to the dinner.” Haman thought this was good advice, so he had the pole set up.
