Ehetere 5
1 Na i te toru o nga ra ka kakahuria e Ehetere ona kakahu kuini, a tu ana ia i te marae o roto o te whare o te kingi, i te ritenga atu o te whare o te kingi; ko te kingi hoki e noho ana i runga i te torona o tona kingitanga i te whare kingi, i te r itenga mai o te tatau o te whare.
Three days later, Esther [prepared a big banquet/feast. Then she] put on the robes that showed that she was queen, and she went to the inner courtyard of the palace, across from the room where the king was. He was sitting on the throne, facing the entrance [of the room].
2 A, i te kitenga atu o te kingi i a Ehetere, i te kuini, e tu ana i te marae ka manakohia ia e ia, a ka torona mai e te kingi te hepeta koura i tona ringa ki a Ehetere. Heoi ka whakatata atu a Ehetere, a ka pa ki te pito o te hepeta.
When the king saw Esther standing there in the courtyard, he extended the gold scepter/staff toward her [to signal that he would be glad to talk to her]. So Esther came close and touched the tip of the scepter/staff.
3 Katahi ka mea te kingi ki a ia, He aha tau mea, e te kuini, e Ehetere? he aha hoki te mea e tonoa nei e koe? ahakoa ko te hawhe o te kingitanga, ka hoatu ki a koe.
Then the king asked her, “Esther, what do you want? Tell me, and I will give you what you want, even if you ask me to give you half of my kingdom!”
4 Ano ra ko Ehetere, Ki te mea he pai ki ta te kingi, kia haere mai te kingi raua ko Hamana aianei ki te hakari kua oti i ahau te taka mana.
Esther replied, “[Your majesty, ] if it pleases you, you and Haman come to the banquet that I have prepared for you!”
5 Ano ra ko te kingi, Whakahohorotia a Hamana hei mea i ta Ehetere i ki ai. Na haere ana te kingi raua ko Hamana ki te hakari kua oti nei te taka e Ehetere.
The king said [to his servants], “Go and tell Haman to come quickly to a banquet that Esther has prepared for the two of us!” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared for them.
6 A ka mea te kingi ki a Ehetere i te mea e inu waina ana, He aha tau e mea nei mau? ka hoatu ano ki a koe: he aha hoki tau e tono nei? ahakoa ko te hawhe o te kingitanga, ka meatia.
While they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “Tell me what you [really] want. I will give it to you, even if [you ask for] half of my kingdom.”
7 Katahi ka whakautu a Ehetere, ka mea, Ko taku i mea ai maku, ko taku i tono ai,
Esther replied, “[I will tell you] what I want [most of all. Your majesty], if you are pleased with me, and if you are willing to give me what I am requesting, please come [again] tomorrow to another banquet that I will prepare for the two of you. Then I will tell you [what I really want”].
8 Ki te mea kua manakohia ahau e te kingi, ki te pai te kingi kia homai taku i mea ai maku, kia meatia taku i tono ai, me haere mai te kingi raua ko Hamana ki te hakari e taka e ahau ma raua; a, apopo ka whakaritea e ahau te kupu a te kingi.
9 Na ka puta atu a Hamana ki waho i taua ra me te koa, me te pai o te ngakau. Kei te kitenga ia o Hamana i a Mororekai i te kuwaha o te kingi, a kihai tera i whakatika, i oraora ki a ia, ki tonu a Hamana i te riri ki a Mororekai.
Haman was feeling very happy as he left the banquet. But then he saw Mordecai sitting at the gate of the palace. Mordecai did not stand up and tremble fearfully in front of Haman, so Haman became extremely angry.
10 Otiia i whakamanawanui a Hamana, a hoki ana ki tona whare; a ka tonoa e ia he tangata ki te tiki i ona hoa, i tana wahine hoki, i a Herehe.
However, he did not show that he was angry; he [just] went home. Then he gathered together his wife Zeresh and his friends,
11 A korerotia ana e Hamana ki a ratou te kororia o ona taonga, te tokomaha o ana tamariki, me a te kingi whakanuinga katoa i a ia, me tana whakanekehanga i a ia ki runga ake i nga rangatira, i nga tangata a te kingi.
and he boasted to them about being very rich, and about having many children. He also boasted that the king had greatly honored him, and that the king had (promoted him/given him the second-most important job in the empire), so that [all] the other officials had to respect him.
12 I mea ano a Hamana, He pono kihai tetahi i tukua mai e te kuini, e Ehetere hei hoa mo te kingi ki te hakari i taka e ia, ko ahau anake; kua kiia mai ano ahau hei hoa atu mo te kingi ki a ia apopo.
Then Haman added, “And that is not all! Queen Esther invited just two of us, the king and me, to a banquet she prepared for us today. And she is inviting [only] the two of us to another banquet that she will prepare tomorrow!”
13 Heoi kahore he pai o tenei katoa ki ahau i ahau e kite tonu ana i te Hurai, i a Mororekai, e noho ana i te kuwaha o te kingi.
Then Haman said, “But those things (mean nothing to me/do not make me happy) while I keep seeing that Jew, Mordecai, [just] sitting there at the gate of the palace [and ignoring me]!”
14 Katahi ka ki atu tana wahine, a Herehe, ratou ko ona hoa katoa ki a ia, Me hanga he tarawa, kia rima tekau whatianga te tiketike, a i te ata mau e ki atu ki te kingi kia taronatia a Mororekai ki runga; katahi koe ka haere koa ai, korua ko te kin gi ki te hakari. Na pai tonu taua kupu ki a Hamana, a ka meinga e ia kia hanga taua tarawa.
So Haman’s wife Zeresh and all his friends [who were there] suggested, “[Why don’t you quickly] set up (a gallows/posts on which to hang someone). Make it 75 feet tall. Then tomorrow morning ask the king to hang Mordecai on it. After that, you can go to the banquet with the king and be cheerful.” That idea pleased Haman [very much], so he gave [men] orders to set up the gallows/posts.
