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.
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 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 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 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, “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 Estera je odgovorila: »Če se to zdi kralju dobro, naj kralj in Hamán prideta danes na gostijo, ki sem jo pripravila zanj.«
Esther replied, “[Your majesty, ] if it pleases you, you and Haman come to the banquet that I have prepared for you!”
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.
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 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.«
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 Potem je Estera odgovorila in rekla: »Moja prošnja in moja zahteva je,
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 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.«
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.
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 Vendar se je Hamán zadržal. Ko pa je prišel domov, je poslal in dal poklicati po svoje prijatelje in svojo ženo Zêrešo.
However, he did not show that he was angry; he [just] went home. Then he gathered together his wife Zeresh and his friends,
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.
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 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.
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 Vendar mi vse to nič ne koristi, dokler vidim Juda Mordohaja sedeti pri kraljevih velikih vratih.«
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 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.
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.
