1Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house.
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.
2When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near, and touched the top of the scepter.
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.
3Then the king asked her, “What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.”
3Tedaj ji kralj reče: Kaj ti je, kraljica Estera? in kaj je prošnja tvoja? Do polovice kraljestva ti bo dano.
4Esther said, “If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”
4In Estera reče: Ako je kralju všeč, naj pride kralj s Hamanom danes k obedu, ki sem ga zanj pripravila.
5Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has said.” So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
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.
6The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”
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!
7Then Esther answered and said, “My petition and my request is this.
7Nato odgovori Estera in reče: Moja prošnja in moja želja je:
8If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said.”
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.
9Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he didn’t stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
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.
10Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.
10Ali vendar se zdrži, in ko pride domov, pošlje in skliče k sebi prijatelje svoje in Zereso, ženo svojo.
11Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
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.
12Haman also said, “Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow I am also invited by her together with 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!
13Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
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.
14Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
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.