Jestira 5
1 A treæi dan obuèe se Jestira u carsko odijelo, i stade u trijemu unutrašnjega dvora carskoga prema stanu carevu; a car sjeðaše na carskom prijestolu svom u dvoru carskom prema vratima od dvora.
Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on [her] royal [apparel], and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
2 I kad car ugleda caricu Jestiru gdje stoji u trijemu, ona naðe milost pred njim, te car pruži prema Jestiri zlatnu palicu koja mu bješe u ruci, i Jestira pristupi i dotaèe se kraja od palice.
And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, [that] she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that [was] in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
3 I reèe joj car: što ti je, carice Jestiro? i šta želiš? ako je i do polovine carstva, daæe ti se.
And the king said, What wilt thou, Esther? and what is thy request? [ask] even to the half of my kingdom, and it shall be thine.
4 A Jestira reèe: ako je ugodno caru, neka doðe car s Amanom danas na objed koji sam mu zgotovila.
And Esther said, To-day is my great day: if then it seem good to the king, let both him and Aman come to the feast which I will prepare this day.
5 A car reèe: zovite brže Amana da uèini što reèe Jestira. I doðe car s Amanom na objed koji zgotovi Jestira.
And the king said, Hasten Aman hither, that we may perform the word of Esther. So they both come to the feast of which Esther had spoken.
6 Potom car napiv se vina reèe Jestiri: šta želiš? daæe ti se; i šta moliš? ako je i do polovine carstva, biæe.
And at the banquet the king said to Esther, What is [thy request], queen Esther? [speak], and thou shalt have all that thou requirest.
7 A Jestira odgovarajuæi reèe: želim i molim:
And she said, My request and my petition [are]:
8 Ako sam našla milost pred carem, i ako je ugodno caru da mi da što želim i uèini što molim, neka opet doðe car s Amanom na objed koji æu im zgotoviti, i sjutra æu uèiniti po rijeèi carevoj.
if I have found favour in the sight of the king, let the king and Aman come again to-morrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and to-morrow I will do the same.
9 I tako otide Aman onaj dan veseo i dobre volje. Ali kad vidje Aman Mardoheja na vratima carevijem a on ne usta niti se maèe pred njim, napuni se Aman gnjeva na Mardoheja.
So Aman went out from the king very glad [and] merry: but when Aman saw Mardochæus the Jew in the court, he was greatly enraged.
10 Ali se uzdrža Aman dokle doðe kuæi svojoj; potom posla i sazva prijatelje svoje i Seresu ženu svoju.
And having gone into his own house, he called his friends, and his wife Zosara.
11 I pripovjedi im Aman o slavi bogatstva svojega i o mnoštvu sinova svojih i o svemu èim ga je podigao car i kako ga je uzvisio svrh knezova i sluga carskih.
And he shewed them his wealth, and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had caused him to take precedence and bear chief rule in the kingdom.
12 I doda Aman: pa i carica Jestira nikoga osim mene ne pozva s carem na objed, koji bješe zgotovila, pa i sjutra sam pozvan k njoj s carem.
And Aman said, The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited to-morrow.
13 Ali sve to nije mi ni na što dokle god gledam onoga Mardoheja Judejca gdje sjedi na vratima carevijem.
But these things please me not, while I see Mardochæus the Jew in the court.
14 Tada mu reèe Seresa žena njegova i svi prijatelji njegovi: neka naèine vješala visoka pedeset lakata, i ujutru reci caru da se na njima objesi Mardohej, pa idi s carem veseo na objed. I to bi po volji Amanu i pripravi vješala.
And Zosara his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a gallows made for thee of fifty cubits, and in the morning do thou speak to the king, and let Mardochæus be hanged on the gallows: but do thou go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Aman, and the gallows was prepared.
