Ester 7
1 Kaya pumunta ang hari at si Haman sa pista kasama ni Reyna Esther.
So the king and Aman went in, to drink with the queen.
2 Sa ikalawang araw na ito, habang nagsisilbi sila ng alak, sinabi ng hari kay Esther, “Ano ang iyong kahilingan, Reyna Esther? Ipagkakaloob ito sa iyo. Ano ang iyong pakiusap? Hanggang sa kalahati ng kaharian, ipagkakaloob ito.”
And the king said to her again the second day, after he was warm with wine: What is thy petition, Esther, that it may be granted thee? and what wilt thou have done: although thou ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it.
3 Pagkatapos ay sumagot si Reyna Esther, “Kung nakasumpong ako ng kagandahang loob sa iyong mga mata, hari, at kung ito ay mamarapatin mo, hayaang ibigay sa akin ang aking buhay—ito ang aking kahilingan, at pakiusap ko rin ito para sa aking lahi.
Then she answered: If I have found Favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please thee, give me my life for which I ask, and my people for which I request.
4 Dahil kami ay ipinagbili, ako at ang aking lahi, upang wasakin, patayin, at lipulin. Kung kami ay ipinagbili lamang sa pagkaalipin, bilang lalaki at babaing alipin, tatahimik na lang sana ako, sapagkat walang kapighatiang tulad nito na magbigay-katarungan para gagambalain ang hari.”
For we are given up, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen: the evil might be borne with, and I would have mourned in silence: but now we have an enemy, whose cruelty redoundeth upon the king.
5 Pagkatapos sinabi ni Haring Assuero kay Esther na reyna, “Sino siya? Nasaan ang taong pumuno sa kanyang puso na gumawa ng ganyang bagay?”
And king Assuerus answered and said: Who is this, and of what power, that he should do these things?
6 Sinabi ni Esther, “Ang taong napopoot, ang kaaway na iyon, ay itong masamang si Haman!” Pagkatapos lubhang nasindak si Haman sa harap ng Hari at ng reyna.
And Esther said: It is this Aman that is our adversary and most wicked enemy. Aman hearing this was forthwith astonished, not being able to bear the countenance of the king and of the queen.
7 Tumayo ang hari sa matinding galit mula sa pag-inom ng alak sa kapistahan at pumunta sa hardin ng palasyo, ngunit naiwan si Haman upang magmakaawa para sa kanyang buhay mula kay Reyna Esther. Nakita niya na ang kapahamakan ay pinagpapasyahan na ng hari laban sa kanya.
But the king being angry rose up, and went from the place of the banquet into the garden set with trees. Aman also rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his life, for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king.
8 Pagkatapos bumalik ang hari mula sa hardin ng palasyo patungo sa silid kung saan isinilbi ang alak. Kababagsak lamang ni Haman sa upuang kinaroroonan ni Esther. Sinabi ng hari, “Pagsasamantalahan ba niya ang reyna sa aking harapan sa sarili ko pang pamamahay?” Pagkalabas mismo ng mga salitang ito mula sa bibig ng hari, tinakpan ng mga lingkod ang mukha ni Haman.
And when the king came back out of the garden set with trees, and entered into the place of the banquet, he found Aman was fallen upon the bed on which Esther lay, and he said: He will force the queen also in my presence, in my own house. The word was not yet gone out of the king’s mouth, and immediately they covered his face.
9 Pagkatapos si Harbona, isa sa mga opisyal na naglilingkod sa hari, ay nagsabing, “Isang bitayang limampung kubit ang taas ang nakatayo sa tabi ng bahay ni Haman. Itinayo niya ito para kay Mordecai, ang nagsalita upang mapangalagaan ang hari.” Sinabi ng hari, “Bitayin siya roon.”
And Harbona, one of the eunuchs that stood waiting on the king, said: Behold the gibbet which he hath prepared for Mardochai, who spoke for the king, standeth in Aman’s house, being fifty cubits high. And the king said to him: Hang him upon it.
10 Kaya binitay nila si Haman sa bitayang kanyang inihanda para kay Mordecai. Pagkatapos humupa ang matinding galit ng hari.
So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king’s wrath ceased.
