¹So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

¹Prideta torej kralj in Haman gostit se pri kraljici Esteri.

²And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

²In kralj zopet vpraša Estero drugi dan, ko so pili vino: Kaj je prošnja tvoja, kraljica Estera? in dano ti bo. In česa želiš? Do polovice kraljestva, in zgodi se ti!

³Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

³Tedaj odgovori kraljica Estera in reče: Ako sem našla milost v očeh tvojih, o kralj, in ako se kralju vzvidi: Dano mi bodi moje življenje za prošnjo mojo in moje ljudstvo za željo mojo.

⁴For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

⁴Zakaj prodani smo, jaz in ljudstvo moje, da nas pokončajo, pomore in pogube. In ako bi nas bili prodali vsaj za sužnje in sužnice, bi molčala, dasi bi zatiralec ne mogel kralju povrniti škode.

⁵Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

⁵In deje kralj Ahasver in reče kraljici Esteri: Kdo pa je ta in kje je ta, ki ga je obvladalo zlobno srce njegovo, da to stori?

⁶And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

⁶In Estera reče: Zatiralec in sovražnik je tale hudobni Haman. Tedaj se Haman prestraši pred kraljem in pred kraljico.

⁷And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

⁷In kralj vstane v jezi svoji od pitja vina in gre na vrt pri palači. Haman pa ostane, da prosi kraljico Estero za življenje svoje: zakaj videl je, da mu je že pripravljeno hudo od kralja.

⁸Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

⁸V tem se vrne kralj z vrta pri palači v hišo, kjer so pili vino; Haman pa se je bil zgrudil na počivalnico, na kateri je sedela Estera. Tedaj veli kralj: Hoče li še kraljici silo delati pred menoj v hiši? Komaj je prišla ta beseda kralju iz ust, so Hamanu zagrnili obraz.

⁹And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

⁹V tem reče Harbona, eden komornikov, ki so stali pred kraljem: Saj, glej, stoje pri hiši Hamanovi vislice, katere je Haman naredil za Mardoheja, ki je dobro govoril za kralja. In kralj veli: Obesite ga nanje!In obesili so Hamana na vislice, ki jih je bil pripravil za Mardoheja. In srd kraljev se je pomiril.

¹⁰So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

¹⁰In obesili so Hamana na vislice, ki jih je bil pripravil za Mardoheja. In srd kraljev se je pomiril.