Ester 7
1 Kaya pumunta ang hari at si Haman sa pista kasama ni Reyna Esther.
So the king and Haman came in, to banquet with Esther 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.”
Then said the king unto Esther, on the second day also, during the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, Queen Esther, that it may be granted thee? and what is thy request—unto the half of the kingdom—that it may be performed?
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 answered Esther the queen, and said, If I have found favour in thine eyes, O king, and if, unto the king, it seem good, let my life be granted me, as my petition, and my people, as my 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 sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain and to be caused to perish. If indeed, for bondmen and for bondwomen, we had been sold, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have made good the damage to 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?”
Then spake King Ahasuerus, and said unto Esther the queen, —Who is he now, and where is he, whose heart is set to act thus?
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, A man who is an adversary and enemy, this wicked Haman. And, Haman, was terrified, before the king and 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.
Now, the king, arising in his wrath from the banquet of wine, and going into the palace garden, Haman, stood to make request for his life from Esther the queen, for he saw that ruin, was determined against 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.
When, the king, returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine, Haman, was lying prostrate upon the couch whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he, even dare to force the queen, while I am in the house? No sooner had the word gone forth out of the mouth of the king, than, the face of Haman, they had covered.
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.”
Then said Harbonah—one of the eunuchs before the king—Yea lo! the gallows that Haman made ready for Mordecai, who had spoken well for the king, is standing in Haman’s house, of a height of fifty cubits. Then said the king, Hang him thereon.
10 Kaya binitay nila si Haman sa bitayang kanyang inihanda para kay Mordecai. Pagkatapos humupa ang matinding galit ng hari.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, —and, the wrath of the king, was appeased.
