Ester 5
1 Makalipas ng tatlong araw, isinuot ni Esther ang kanyang damit pangreyna at nagtungo upang tumayo sa panloob na patyo ng palasyo ng hari, sa tapat ng bahay ng hari. Nakaupo ang hari sa kanyang trono sa loob ng palasyo, paharap sa pasukan ng maharlikang tahanan.
On the third day, Esther put on her regalia and stood in the inner court of the royal palace opposite the king’s house. The king was sitting on his throne in the palace, opposite the entrance.
2 Nang makita ng hari si Reyna Esther na nakatayo sa patyo, nakasumpong ito ng pabor sa kanyang paningin. Itinuro niya sa kanya ang kanyang gintong setro na nasa kanyang kamay. Kaya lumapit at hinawakan ni Esther ang dulo ng kanyang setro.
When he saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she won his favour, and he held out to her the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther approached and touched the top of the sceptre.
3 Pagkatapos sinabi ng hari sa kanya, “Ano ang nais mo, Reyna Esther? Ano ang iyong kahilingan?” Ibibigay sa iyo hanggang sa kalahati ng aking kaharian.”
Then the king said to her, ‘What is it, Queen Esther? Whatever your request is, it will be granted, even if it is the half of the kingdom.’
4 Sinabi ni Esther, “Kung mamarapatin ng hari, hayaang dumalo ang hari at si Haman sa handaang inihanda ko ngayon para sa kanya.”
‘If it seems best to the king,’ Esther said, ‘let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.’
5 Pagkatapos sinabi ng hari “Dalhin agad si Haman, upang gawin kung ano ang sinabi ni Esther.” Kaya pumunta ang hari at si Haman sa handaang inihanda ni Esther.
Then the king ordered, ‘Bring Haman quickly, so that Esther’s wish may be gratified.’ So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
6 Nang inihahain na ang alak sa handaan, sinabi ng hari kay Esther, “Ano ang iyong kahilingan? Ipagkakaloob sa iyo. Ano ang iyong pakiusap? Hanggang kalahati ng aking kaharian, ito ay ipagkakaloob.”
While they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, ‘Whatever your petition is, it will be granted. Your request, it will be done – even if it takes half of my kingdom.’
7 Sumagot si Esther, “Ito ang aking kahilingan at pakiusap,
Esther answered,
8 kung nakasumpong ako ng pabor sa paningin ng hari at mamarapatin ng hari na ipagkaloob ang aking kahilingan, at igalang ang aking pakiusap. Hayaan na ang hari at si Haman ay dumalo sa ihahanda kong handaan para sa inyo bukas, at sasagutin ko ang katanungan ng hari.”
‘If I have won the king’s favour and if it seems best to the king to grant my petition and to accede to my request, my petition and my request are that the king and Haman come to the banquet which I will prepare for them. Tomorrow I will answer the king’s question as he wishes.’
9 Masayang lumabas si Haman nang araw na iyon at may galak sa puso. Ngunit nang makita ni Haman si Mordecai sa tarangkahan ng hari na hindi tumayo ni hindi nanginig sa takot sa kanyang harapan, napuno siya ng matinding galit laban kay Mordecai.
Haman went out that day joyful and elated, but when he saw Mordecai in the king’s gate and noticed that he neither stood up nor moved for him, he was furiously angry with Mordecai.
10 Gayunman, nagtimpi si Haman sa kanyang sarili at umuwi sa kanyang sariling bahay. Pinatawag niya ang kanyang mga kaibigan at tinipon sila, kasama si Zeresh na kanyang asawa.
Nevertheless Haman restrained himself and went home. He called together his friends and Zeresh his wife
11 Ipinagmalaki ni Haman sa kanila ang karangyaan ng kanyang kayamanan at ang bilang ng kanyang maraming anak na lalaki, kung paano siya sumulong angat sa lahat ng mga opisyal at mga lingkod ng hari.
and recounted to them the greatness of his wealth, how many children he had, and all the ways in which the king had honoured him, and how he had promoted him above the officials and the royal courtiers.
12 Sinabi ni Haman, “Kahit si Reyna Esther ay walang ibang inimbita na pumunta maliban sa akin kasama ng hari sa handaan na kanyang inihanda. Kahit bukas muli niya akong inimbitahan kasama ang hari.
‘What is more,’ Haman said, ‘Queen Esther brought no one in with the king to the banquet which she had prepared except me, and tomorrow also I am invited by her along with the king.
13 Ngunit lahat ng ito na aking nararanasan ay walang halaga sa akin, hanggang sa nakikita ko si Mordecai na Judio na nakaupo sa tarangkahan ng hari.”
Yet all this does not satisfy me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.’
14 Kaya sinabi ni Zeresh kay Haman na kanyang asawa at sa lahat ng kanyang kaibigan, “Hayaan mo silang gumawa ng bitayang may taas na limampung kubit. Sa umaga makipag-usap ka sa hari na ibitay nila roon si Mordecai. Pagkatapos pumunta kang masaya kasama ng hari sa handaan. Naging kasiya-siya ito kay Haman, at nagpagawa siya ng bitayan.
Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, ‘Let a gallows seventy-five feet high be erected, and in the morning speak to the king and let Mordecai be hanged on it. Then go merrily with the king to the banquet.’ The advice pleased Haman, and so he had the gallows erected.
