أَسْتِير 7
| فَجَاءَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَهَامَانُ لِيَشْرَبَا عِنْدَ أَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ. | ١ 1 |
The king and Haman went to Queen Esther's dinner.
| فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ لِأَسْتِيرَ فِي ٱلْيَوْمِ ٱلثَّانِي أَيْضًا عِنْدَ شُرْبِ ٱلْخَمْرِ: «مَا هُوَ سُؤْلُكِ يَا أَسْتِيرُ ٱلْمَلِكَةُ فَيُعْطَى لَكِ؟ وَمَا هِيَ طِلْبَتُكِ؟ وَلَوْ إِلَى نِصْفِ ٱلْمَمْلَكَةِ تُقْضَى». | ٢ 2 |
At this second dinner, as they were drinking wine, the king asked Esther again, “What are you really asking for, Queen Esther? It will be given to you. What do you want? You shall have it, as much as half my empire!”
| فَأَجَابَتْ أَسْتِيرُ ٱلْمَلِكَةُ وَقَالَتْ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ أَيُّهَا ٱلْمَلِكُ، وَإِذَا حَسُنَ عِنْدَ ٱلْمَلِكِ، فَلْتُعْطَ لِي نَفْسِي بِسُؤْلِي، وَشَعْبِي بِطِلْبَتِي. | ٣ 3 |
Queen Esther answered, “If the king looks on me favorably, and if it please Your Majesty to grant me my life, that is my request; and the lives of my people, that is what I ask.
| لِأَنَّنَا قَدْ بِعْنَا أَنَا وَشَعْبِي لِلْهَلَاكِ وَٱلْقَتْلِ وَٱلْإِبَادَةِ. وَلَوْ بِعْنَا عَبِيدًا وَإِمَاءً لَكُنْتُ سَكَتُّ، مَعَ أَنَّ ٱلْعَدُوَّ لَا يُعَوِّضُ عَنْ خَسَارَةِ ٱلْمَلِكِ». | ٤ 4 |
For my people and I have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and annihilated. If we had only been sold as slaves, I would have kept quiet, because our suffering would not have justified disturbing the king.”
| فَتَكَلَّمَ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ وَقَالَ لِأَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ: «مَنْ هُوَ؟ وَأَيْنَ هُوَ هَذَا ٱلَّذِي يَتَجَاسَرُ بِقَلْبِهِ عَلَى أَنْ يَعْمَلَ هَكَذَا؟» | ٥ 5 |
The king asked Queen Esther, demanding to know, “Who is this? Where is the man who has dared to do this?”
| فَقَالَتْ أَسْتِيرُ: «هُوَ رَجُلٌ خَصْمٌ وَعَدُوٌّ، هَذَا هَامَانُ ٱلرَّدِيءُ». فَٱرْتَاعَ هَامَانُ أَمَامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَٱلْمَلِكَةِ. | ٦ 6 |
“The man, the opponent, the enemy, is this evil Haman!” Esther replied. Haman shook with terror in front of the king and the queen.
| فَقَامَ ٱلْمَلِكُ بِغَيْظِهِ عَنْ شُرْبِ ٱلْخَمْرِ إِلَى جَنَّةِ ٱلْقَصْرِ. وَوَقَفَ هَامَانُ لِيَتَوَسَّلَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ إِلَى أَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ، لِأَنَّهُ رَأَى أَنَّ ٱلشَّرَّ قَدْ أُعِدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ٧ 7 |
The king was furious. He got up, leaving his wine, and went out into the palace garden. Haman stayed behind to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he realized the king planned an evil end for him.
| وَلَمَّا رَجَعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ مِنْ جَنَّةِ ٱلْقَصْرِ إِلَى بَيْتِ شُرْبِ ٱلْخَمْرِ، وَهَامَانُ مُتَوَاقِعٌ عَلَى ٱلسَّرِيرِ ٱلَّذِي كَانَتْ أَسْتِيرُ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «هَلْ أَيْضًا يَكْبِسُ ٱلْمَلِكَةَ مَعي فِي ٱلْبَيْتِ؟» وَلَمَّا خَرَجَتِ ٱلْكَلِمَةُ مِنْ فَمِ ٱلْمَلِكِ غَطَّوْا وَجْهَ هَامَانَ. | ٨ 8 |
When the king came back in from the palace garden to the dining room, Haman had thrown himself on the couch where Queen Esther was. The king shouted out, “Is he even going to rape the queen here in the palace, right in front of me?” As soon as the king said this, the servants covered Haman's face.
| فَقَالَ حَرْبُونَا، وَاحِدٌ مِنَ ٱلْخِصْيَانِ ٱلَّذِينَ بَيْنَ يَدَيِ ٱلْمَلِكِ: «هُوَذَا ٱلْخَشَبَةُ أَيْضًا ٱلَّتِي عَمِلَهَا هَامَانُ لِمُرْدَخَايَ ٱلَّذِي تَكَلَّمَ بِٱلْخَيْرِ نَحْوَ ٱلْمَلِكِ قَائِمَةٌ فِي بَيْتِ هَامَانَ، ٱرْتِفَاعُهَا خَمْسُونَ ذِرَاعًا». فَقَالَ ٱلْمَلِكُ: «ٱصْلِبُوهُ عَلَيْهَا». | ٩ 9 |
Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “Haman set up a pole beside his house for Mordecai, the one whose report saved the king's life. The pole is fifty cubits high.” “Impale him on it!” the king ordered.
| فَصَلَبُوا هَامَانَ عَلَى ٱلْخَشَبَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَعَدَّهَا لِمُرْدَخَايَ. ثُمَّ سَكَنَ غَضَبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ١٠ 10 |
So they impaled Haman on the pole that he had set up for Mordecai. Then the anger of the king died down.
