Ester 7
1 Vindo pois o rei com Haman, para beber com a rainha Esther,
So the king and Haman went to eat the second banquet/feast that Queen Esther had prepared.
2 Disse também o rei a Esther no segundo dia, no banquete do vinho: Qual é a tua petição, rainha Esther? e se te dará: e qual é o teu requerimento? até metade do reino, se fará.
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 Então respondeu a rainha Esther, e disse: Se, ó rei, achei graça aos teus olhos, e se bem parecer ao rei, dê-se-me a minha vida como minha petição, e o meu povo como meu requerimento.
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 Porque estamos vendidos, eu e o meu povo, para nos destruírem, matarem, e lançarem a perder: se ainda por servos e por servas nos vendessem, calar-me-ia; ainda que o opressor não recompensaria a perda do rei.
[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 Então falou o rei Assuero, e disse à rainha Esther: Quem é esse? e onde está esse, cujo coração o instigou a assim fazer
Then King Xerxes asked her, “Who would want to do such a [terrible] thing? Where is he?”
6 E disse Esther: O homem, o opressor, e o inimigo, é este mau Haman. Então Haman se perturbou perante o rei e a rainha.
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 E o rei no seu furor se levantou do banquete do vinho para o jardim do palácio; e Haman se pôs em pé, para rogar à rainha Esther pela sua vida; porque viu que já o mal lhe era determinado pelo rei.
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 Tornando pois o rei do jardim do palácio à casa do banquete do vinho, Haman tinha caído prostrado sobre o leito em que estava Esther. Então disse o rei: Porventura quereria ele também forçar a rainha perante mim nesta casa? Saindo esta palavra da boca do rei, cobriram a Haman o rosto.
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 Então disse Harbona, um dos eunucos que serviam diante do rei: Eis aqui também a forca de cincoênta côvados de altura que Haman fizera para mardoqueu, que falara para bem do rei, está junto à casa de Haman. Então disse o rei: enforcai-o nela.
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 Enforcaram pois a Haman na forca, que ele tinha preparado para mardoqueu. Então o furor do rei se aplacou.
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).
