Estera 5

1 Pripetilo se je torej na tretji dan, da si je Estera nadela svojo kraljevsko obleko in stopila na notranji dvor kraljeve hiše, nasproti kraljevi hiši in kralj je sedel na svojem kraljevem prestolu, v kraljevi hiši, nasproti velikim vratom hiše.

Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, next to the king's house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house.

2 In bilo je tako, da ko je kralj zagledal kraljico Estero stati na dvoru, je ta dosegla naklonjenost v njegovem pogledu. Kralj je proti Esteri iztegnil zlato žezlo, ki je bilo v njegovi roki. Tako se je Estera približala in se dotaknila vrha žezla.

When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near, and touched the top of the scepter.

3 Potem ji je kralj rekel: »Kaj hočeš, kraljica Estera? Kakšna je tvoja prošnja? Dano ti bo celo do polovice kraljestva.«

Then the king asked her, "What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom."

4 Estera je odgovorila: »Če se to zdi kralju dobro, naj kralj in Hamán prideta danes na gostijo, ki sem jo pripravila zanj.«

Esther said, "If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him."

5 Potem je kralj rekel: »Pripravite Hamána, da se podviza, da bo lahko storil, kakor je rekla Estera.« Tako sta kralj in Hamán prišla na gostijo, ki jo je pripravila Estera.

Then the king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has said." So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

6 Kralj je pri vinski gostiji Esteri rekel: »Kaj je tvoja prošnja? Ta ti bo zagotovljena. Kaj je tvoja zahteva? Celo do polovice kraljestva ti bo izpolnjena.«

The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, "What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed."

7 Potem je Estera odgovorila in rekla: »Moja prošnja in moja zahteva je,

Then Esther answered and said, "My petition and my request is this.

8 če sem našla naklonjenost v kraljevih očeh in če to ugaja kralju, da zagotovi mojo prošnjo in da izvede mojo zahtevo, naj kralj in Hamán prideta na gostijo, ki jo bom pripravila zanju, jutri pa bom storila, kakor je rekel kralj.«

If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said."

9 Potem je Hamán tega dne odšel radosten in z veselim srcem. Toda, ko je Hamán pri kraljevih velikih vratih zagledal Mordohaja, ki ni vstal niti se zaradi njega ni premaknil, je bil poln ogorčenja zoper Mordohaja.

Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the King's Gate, that he did not stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.

10 Vendar se je Hamán zadržal. Ko pa je prišel domov, je poslal in dal poklicati po svoje prijatelje in svojo ženo Zêrešo.

Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.

11 Hamán jim je govoril o slavi svojih bogastev in množici svojih otrok in vseh stvareh, s katerimi ga je kralj povišal in kako ga je napredoval nad prince in kraljeve služabnike.

Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the officials and servants of the king.

12 Poleg tega je Hamán rekel: »Da, kraljica Estera nobenemu drugemu ni dovolila vstopiti s kraljem na gostijo, ki jo je pripravila, razen meni in tudi jutri sem s kraljem povabljen k njej.

Haman also said, "Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow I am also invited by her together with the king.

13 Vendar mi vse to nič ne koristi, dokler vidim Juda Mordohaja sedeti pri kraljevih velikih vratih.«

Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the King's Gate."

14 Potem so mu njegova žena Zêreša in vsi njegovi prijatelji rekli: »Naj bodo narejene petdeset komolcev visoke vislice in jutri spregovori kralju, da bo Mordohaj lahko obešen nanje. Potem pojdi vesel s kraljem na gostijo.« Stvar je ugajala Hamánu in velel je, da se naredijo vislice.

Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows be made seventy-three feet eight inches high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet." This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.