¹Kui kuningas ja Haaman olid tulnud kuninganna Estri juurde peole,

¹And the king and Haman came to drink with Esther the queen.

²siis ütles kuningas veini juues Estrile ka teisel päeval: 'Mida sa palud, kuninganna Ester, see antakse sulle! Ja su soov, olgu see või pool kuningriiki, täidetakse!'

²And the king said again to 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? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be done.

³Ja kuninganna Ester kostis ning ütles: 'Kui ma olen sinu silmis armu leidnud, kuningas, ja kui kuningas heaks arvab, siis kingitagu mulle mu palvel mu elu ja vastavalt mu soovile mu rahvas!

³And Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found grace 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;

⁴Sest meie, mina ja mu rahvas, oleme müüdud hävitamiseks, tapmiseks ja hukkamiseks. Kui meid oleks müüdud sulaseiks ja teenijaiks, siis ma oleksin vaikinud, sest seesugune õnnetus ei oleks kuninga tülitamiseks küllaldane.'

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 adversary could not compensate the king's damage.

⁵Siis rääkis kuningas Ahasveros ja küsis kuninganna Estrilt: 'Kes see on ja kus see on, kes on julgenud nõnda teha?'

⁵And king Ahasuerus spoke and said to Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he that has filled his heart to do so?

⁶Ja Ester vastas: 'Vaenlane ja vihamees on see kuri Haaman!' Siis kohkus Haaman kuninga ja kuninganna ees.

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

⁷Ja kuningas tõusis vihasena veini joomast ning läks palee rohuaeda, aga Haaman jäi paluma kuninganna Estrit oma elu pärast, sest ta nägi, et kuninga poolt oli tema kohta halba otsustatud.

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

⁸Kui kuningas tuli palee rohuaiast tagasi kotta, kus veini oli joodud, siis oli Haaman langenud asemele, millel Ester lamas. Ja kuningas ütles: 'Kas ta tahab isegi kuningannat mu oma kojas ära naerda?' Vaevalt oli see sõna kuninga suust välja tulnud, kui juba Haamani nägu kaeti.

⁸And the king returned out of the palace garden into the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman was fallen upon the couch on which Esther was. And the king said, Will he even force the queen before me in the house? The word went forth out of the king's mouth, and they covered Haman's face.

⁹Ja Harbona, üks kuningat teenivatest eunuhhidest, ütles: 'Ennäe, seal on ka puu, mille Haaman laskis valmistada Mordokai jaoks, kes kuninga huvides kõneles. See seisab Haamani koja juures, viiskümmend küünart kõrge.' Ja kuningas ütles: 'Pooge ta sinna!'

⁹And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold, also, the gallows fifty cubits high, that Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him on it!

¹⁰Ja Haaman poodi puusse, mille ta Mordokai jaoks oli lasknud valmistada; siis lahtus kuninga viha.

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