¹In zgodi se tretji dan, da se Estera obleče v svoje kraljevsko oblačilo in stopi v notranji dvor kraljeve hiše, nasproti hiši kraljevi; kralj pa je sedel na svojega kraljestva prestolu v kraljevi palači, proti vhodu v hišo.

¹And it cometh to pass on the third day, that Esther putteth on royalty, and standeth in the inner-court of the house of the king over-against the house of the king, and the king is sitting on his royal throne, in the royal-house, over-against the opening of the house,

²In ko je kralj zagledal kraljico Estero na dvoru stoječo, je dobila milost v očeh njegovih; in kralj seže proti Esteri z zlatim žezlom, ki ga je imel v roki. In Estera pristopi in se dotakne žezla.

²and it cometh to pass, at the king`s seeing Esther the queen standing in the court, she hath received grace in his eyes, and the king holdeth out to Esther the golden sceptre that [is] in his hand, and Esther draweth near, and toucheth the top of the sceptre.

³Tedaj ji kralj reče: Kaj ti je, kraljica Estera? in kaj je prošnja tvoja? Do polovice kraljestva ti bo dano.

³And the king saith to her, `What — to thee Esther, O queen? and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom — and it is given to thee.`

⁴In Estera reče: Ako je kralju všeč, naj pride kralj s Hamanom danes k obedu, ki sem ga zanj pripravila.

⁴And Esther saith, `If unto the king [it be] good, the king doth come in, and Haman, to-day, unto the banquet that I have made for him;`

⁵Nato veli kralj: Hitro poskrbite, da Haman stori, kakor je rekla Estera! Prideta torej kralj in Haman k obedu, ki ga je bila pripravila Estera.

⁵and the king saith, `Haste ye Haman — to do the word of Esther;` and the king cometh in, and Haman, unto the banquet that Esther hath made.

⁶Ko so potem pili vino, vpraša kralj Estero: Kaj je prošnja tvoja? ker dano ti bo. In česa želiš? Do polovice kraljestva, in zgodi se ti!

⁶And the king saith to Esther, during the banquet of wine, `What [is] thy petition? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom — and it is done.`

⁷Nato odgovori Estera in reče: Moja prošnja in moja želja je:

⁷And Esther answereth and saith, `My petition and my request [is]:

⁸Ako sem našla milost pred kraljem in ako kralj blagovoli uslišati prošnjo mojo ter izpolniti željo mojo, naj prideta kralj in Haman k obedu, ki ga jima pripravim, in jutri storim, kakor je kralj dejal.

⁸if I have found grace in the eyes of the king, and if unto the king [it be] good, to give my petition, and to perform my request, the king doth come, and Haman, unto the banquet that I make for them, and to-morrow I do according to the word of the king.`

⁹In Haman odide tisti dan vesel in dobre volje. Ali ko vidi Haman Mardoheja med kraljevimi vrati, da ni vstal niti se zganil pred njim, se raztogoti zoper Mardoheja.

⁹And Haman goeth forth on that day rejoicing and glad in heart, and at Haman`s seeing Mordecai in the gate of the king, and he hath not risen nor moved for him, then is Haman full of fury against Mordecai.

¹⁰Ali vendar se zdrži, in ko pride domov, pošlje in skliče k sebi prijatelje svoje in Zereso, ženo svojo.

¹⁰And Haman forceth himself, and cometh in unto his house, and sendeth, and bringeth in his friends, and Zeresh his wife,

¹¹In Haman jim razklada slavo svojega bogastva in koliko ima sinov in vse, s čimer ga je kralj poveličal in kako ga je povzdignil nad kneze in služabnike kraljeve.

¹¹and Haman recounteth to them the glory of his wealth, and the abundance of his sons, and all that with which the king made him great, and with which he lifted him up above the heads and servants of the king.

¹²Dalje reče Haman: Tudi kraljica Estera ni pozvala nikogar s kraljem na obed, ki ga je pripravila, nego samo mene; pa tudi jutri sem s kraljem povabljen k njej!

¹²And Haman saith, `Yea, Esther the queen brought none in with the king, unto the feast that she made, except myself, and also for to-morrow I am called to her, with the king,

¹³A tega vsega mi ni zadosti, dokler vidim Mardoheja, tistega Juda, sedečega med kraljevimi vrati!Nato mu reče Zeresa, žena njegova, in vsi prijatelji njegovi: Naj se napravijo vislice, petdeset komolcev visoke, in zjutraj reci kralju, naj obesijo nanje Mardoheja; potem pojdeš vesel s kraljem k obedu! In to je ugajalo Hamanu, in velel je pripraviti vislice.

¹³and all this is not profitable to me, during all the time that I am seeing Mordecai the Jew sitting in the gate of the king.`

¹⁴Nato mu reče Zeresa, žena njegova, in vsi prijatelji njegovi: Naj se napravijo vislice, petdeset komolcev visoke, in zjutraj reci kralju, naj obesijo nanje Mardoheja; potem pojdeš vesel s kraljem k obedu! In to je ugajalo Hamanu, in velel je pripraviti vislice.

¹⁴And Zeresh his wife saith to him, and all his friends, `Let them prepare a tree, in height fifty cubits, and in the morning speak to the king, and they hang Mordecai on it, and go thou in with the king unto the banquet rejoicing;` and the thing is good before Haman, and he prepareth the tree.