أَسْتِير 7
| فَجَاءَ ٱلْمَلِكُ وَهَامَانُ لِيَشْرَبَا عِنْدَ أَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ. | ١ 1 |
So the king and Aman went in to drink with the queen.
| 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 |
And the king said to Esther at the banquet on the second day, What is it, queen Esther? and what [is] your request, and what [is] your petition? and it shall be [done] for you, to the half of my kingdom.
| 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 |
And she answered and said, If I have found favor in the sight of the king, let [my] life be granted to my petition, and my people to my request.
| 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 both I and my people are sold for destruction, and pillage, and slavery; [both] we and our children for bondmen and bondwomen: and I consented not to it, for the [is] not worthy of the king's palace.
| فَتَكَلَّمَ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ وَقَالَ لِأَسْتِيرَ ٱلْمَلِكَةِ: «مَنْ هُوَ؟ وَأَيْنَ هُوَ هَذَا ٱلَّذِي يَتَجَاسَرُ بِقَلْبِهِ عَلَى أَنْ يَعْمَلَ هَكَذَا؟» | ٥ 5 |
And the king said, Who [is] this that has dared to do this thing?
| فَقَالَتْ أَسْتِيرُ: «هُوَ رَجُلٌ خَصْمٌ وَعَدُوٌّ، هَذَا هَامَانُ ٱلرَّدِيءُ». فَٱرْتَاعَ هَامَانُ أَمَامَ ٱلْمَلِكِ وَٱلْمَلِكَةِ. | ٦ 6 |
And Esther said, the adversary [is] Aman, this wicked man. Then Aman was troubled before 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 |
And the king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden: and Aman began to entreat the queen; for he saw that he was in an evil case.
| 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 |
And the king returned from the garden; and Aman had fallen upon the bed, intreating the queen. And the king said, Will you even force [my] wife in my house? And when Aman heard it, he changed countenance.
| 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 |
And Bugathan, one of the chamberlains, said to the king, Behold, Aman has also prepared a gallows for Mardochaeus, who spoke concerning the king, and a gallows of fifty cubits high has been set up in the premises of Aman. And the king said, Let him be hanged thereon.
| فَصَلَبُوا هَامَانَ عَلَى ٱلْخَشَبَةِ ٱلَّتِي أَعَدَّهَا لِمُرْدَخَايَ. ثُمَّ سَكَنَ غَضَبُ ٱلْمَلِكِ. | ١٠ 10 |
So Aman was hanged on the gallows that had been prepared for Mardochaeus: and then the king's wrath was appeased.
