Esters 7
1 So kom då kongen og Haman til drikkelaget hjå dronning Ester.
So the king and Haman went to eat the second banquet/feast that Queen Esther had prepared.
2 Då dei sat og drakk vin, spurde kongen Ester sameleis andre dagen: «Kva er di bøn, dronning Ester? Du skal få det du bed um. Kva er ditt ynskje? Um det vore helvti av riket, so skal det løyvast deg.»
As they were drinking wine, the king asked again, “Esther, what do you want me to do [for you? Tell me, and] I will do it for you. Even if [you ask me for] half of my kingdom, I will give it to you.”
3 Då svara dronning Ester: «Hev eg funne nåde i kongens augo, og det tekkjest kongen soleis, så unn meg mitt liv på mi bøn og mitt folk på mitt ynskje!
Esther replied, “O king, if you are pleased with me, and if you are willing to do [what I ask], save me, and save my people. That is what I want you to do for me.
4 For me er selde, eg og folket mitt, til å verta utrudde, drepne og tynte. Hadde me vorte selde til trælar og trælkvinnor, då skulde eg tagt; for den ulukka vilde ikkje vore so stor at det var verdt å bry kongen.»
[It is as though] I and my people [are cattle that] have been sold to be slaughtered. [It is as though] we have been sold to people who want to completely destroy us. If we had only been sold to people to become their male and female slaves, I would not say anything, because that would have been a matter too small to bother you, the king.”
5 Då spurde kong Ahasveros dronning Ester: «Kven er han, og kvar er han, den som hev våga seg til å gjera sovore?»
Then King Xerxes asked her, “Who would want to do such a [terrible] thing? Where is he?”
6 Ester svara: «Det er ein illtenkt mann, ein fiendesmann, den vonde Haman, som sit der.» Då vart Haman forfærd for kongen og dronningi.
Esther replied, “[The man who is] our enemy is this evil man Haman!” Then Haman was terrified as he stood in front of the king and queen.
7 Kongen reis upp i harm frå drikkelaget og gjekk ut i slottshagen. Haman drygde, vilde tigga dronning Ester um livet; han skyna kongen var fast på å føra honom i ulukka.
The king became extremely angry. He immediately left his wine and got up and went outside into the palace garden [to decide what to do]. But Haman stayed, in order to plead with Queen Esther that she would spare his life.
8 Kongen kom attende til drikkelaget frå slottshagen og såg Haman liggja yver kvilebenken som Ester sat på. «Vil du, » ropa kongen, «jamvel her inne i mitt nærvære taka dronningi med vald?» Snaudt var ordi slopne utor munnen på kongen fyrr dei sveipte inn andlitet på Haman.
He threw himself down on the couch where Esther was reclining. But at that moment the king returned from the garden to the room where they had been eating. [He saw Haman, and assumed he was preparing to rape Esther]. He exclaimed, “Are you going to rape the queen while she is here with me in my own palace?” As soon as the king said that, some officials covered Haman’s head, [as they did to people who were about to be hanged].
9 Harbona, ein av hirdmennerne som gjorde tenesta hjå kongen, sagde: «Attmed huset åt Haman stend det alt ein galge, femti alner høg; den let Haman reisa åt Mordokai, som med sine ord gjorde kongen gagn.» «Heng honom der!» sagde kongen.
Then Harbona, one of the king’s personal officials, said, “[Outside, ] near Haman’s house, there is a (gallows/set of poles for hanging someone). It is 75 feet high. Haman made it for Mordecai, the man who spared your life!” The king said, “Hang him on it!”
10 So hengde dei Haman upp i den galgen han hadde reist åt Mordokai. Og kongens harm gav seg att.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for hanging Mordecai! And then (the king’s anger cooled off/the king was no longer so angry).
