Esteres 7
1 Kad nu ķēniņš un Amans nāca pie ķēniņienes Esteres uz dzīrēm,
So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,
2 Tad ķēniņš sacīja uz Esteri atkal otrā dienā vīnu dzerot: ko tu lūdzi, ķēniņiene Estere, tas tev taps dots, un ko tu prasi, arī līdz pusvalstij, tam būs notikt.
and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
3 Tad ķēniņiene Estere atbildēja: ja es, ķēniņ, žēlastību esmu atradusi tavās acīs, un ja ķēniņam patīk, tad dod man manu dzīvību uz manu lūgšanu un manus ļaudis uz manu prasīšanu.
Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.
4 Jo mēs esam pārdoti, es un mani ļaudis, ka topam izdeldēti, nokauti un nomaitāti. Ja mēs būtu pārdoti par kalpiem un kalponēm, tad es būtu klusu cietusi; jo nelaime neatsver ķēniņa traucējumu.
For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
5 Tad ķēniņš Ahasverus atbildēja un sacīja uz ķēniņieni Esteri: kas tas tāds un kur ir tas, kas to savā prātā ir apņēmies, tā darīt?
Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
6 Tad Estere atbildēja: tas pretinieks un ienaidnieks ir šis niknais Amans. Tad Amans iztrūcinājās ķēniņa un ķēniņienes priekšā.
Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
7 Un ķēniņš cēlās savā bardzībā no dzīrēm un gāja uz tā nama dārzu. Un Amans stāvēja un meklēja savu dzīvību no ķēniņienes Esteres, jo viņš redzēja, ka ķēniņš par viņu bija nodomājis nelaimi.
In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.
8 Un ķēniņš griezās atpakaļ no nama dārza uz dzīru namu, un Amans bija nokritis pie tā sēdekļa, uz kā Estere sēdēja. Tad ķēniņš sacīja: vai viņš arī pie ķēniņienes varas darbu grib darīt pie manis namā? Kad šis vārds no ķēniņa mutes izgāja, tad Amanam aizsedza galvu.
Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
9 Un Arbonus, viens no ķēniņa kambarjunkuriem, sacīja: redzi, Amana namā stāv koks piecdesmit olektis augstumā, ko Amans cēlis priekš Mardakaju, kas runājis labu priekš ķēniņa. Tad ķēniņš sacīja: pakariet viņu pie tā.
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.
10 Tad tie pakāra Amanu pie tā koka, ko tas Mardakajam bija licis uzcelt. Tad ķēniņa bardzība nostājās.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
