1So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
1Prideta torej kralj in Haman gostit se pri kraljici Esteri.
2The king said again to Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition, queen Esther? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”
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, “If I have found favor in your 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 bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.”
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 King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, “Who is he, and where is he who dared 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?
6Esther said, “An adversary and an enemy, even 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.
7The king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden. 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 had fallen on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in front of me in the house?” As the word went out of the 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.
9Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were with the king said, “Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, who spoke good for the king, is standing at Haman’s house.” The king said, “Hang him on it!”
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.