Ester 7
1 Maka untuk kedua kalinya raja dan Haman makan minum bersama-sama dengan Ester.
So the king and Haman went to drink with Queen Esther.
2 Sambil minum anggur, raja bertanya lagi kepada Ester, "Nah, Permaisuriku, apa yang kauinginkan? Katakanlah! Pasti akan kuberikan meskipun kauminta setengah dari kerajaanku."
As they were drinking wine on that second day, the king again said to Esther, ‘Whatever your petition is, Queen Esther, it will be granted to you. Whatever you request it will be done, even if it takes half of the kingdom.’
3 Jawab Ratu Ester, "Kalau Baginda berkenan, hamba mohon supaya hamba dan bangsa hamba boleh hidup.
Then Queen Esther answered, ‘Your Majesty, if I have won your favour, and if it seems best to Your Majesty, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request,
4 Sebab hamba dan bangsa hamba telah dijual untuk dibunuh. Andaikata kami hanya dijual untuk dijadikan budak, hamba akan berdiam diri dan tidak mengganggu Baginda. Tetapi kini kami akan dibinasakan dan dimusnahkan!"
for I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed, and completely annihilated! If we had been merely sold into slavery I would not have disturbed your peace, because such a fate would not have affected the interests of the king.’
5 Lalu bertanyalah Raja Ahasyweros kepada Ratu Ester, "Siapa yang berani berbuat begitu? Di mana orangnya?"
Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, ‘Who is he and where is he whose heart has impelled him to do this?’
6 Ester menjawab, "Haman yang jahat inilah musuh dan penganiaya kami!" Dengan sangat ketakutan Haman memandang raja dan ratu.
‘A foe, an enemy: this wicked Haman.’ Esther answered. Haman shrank in terror before the king and the queen.
7 Raja marah sekali, lalu bangkit meninggalkan meja dan langsung ke luar, ke taman istana. Haman tahu bahwa raja telah mengambil keputusan untuk menghukumnya, sebab itu ia tetap tinggal dengan Ratu Ester untuk memohon supaya diselamatkan.
In his wrath the king rose from the place where he was drinking wine and went into the palace garden. Haman stayed to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he saw that the king was fully determined to bring calamity upon him.
8 Dengan putus asa Haman menjatuhkan dirinya ke atas dipan Ester untuk mohon ampun, tetapi tepat pada saat itu juga raja kembali dari taman istana. Melihat Haman begitu, raja berseru, "Apa? Masih juga ia berani memperkosa ratu di sini, di hadapanku dan di istanaku sendiri?" Segera setelah kata-kata itu diucapkan raja, para pejabat datang dan menyelubungi kepala Haman.
As the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman had flung himself on Esther’s couch. The king cried, ‘Is he going to rape my queen while I am present in my own house?’ As the king spoke these words, the attendants covered Haman’s face
9 Lalu kata Harbona, seorang dari pejabat-pejabat itu, "Baginda, di dekat rumah Haman ada tiang gantungan setinggi dua puluh dua meter. Haman telah mendirikannya untuk menggantung Mordekhai, orang yang telah menyelamatkan nyawa Baginda." Lalu perintah raja, "Gantunglah Haman pada tiang itu!"
and Harbonah, one of those who waited on the king, said, ‘There are the gallows, seventy-five feet high, which Hainan erected for Mordecai, who spoke a good word in behalf of the king, standing in the house of Haman!’ The king said ‘Hang him on them.’
10 Demikianlah Haman digantung pada tiang yang telah didirikannya untuk Mordekhai. Baru setelah itu redalah murka raja.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the wrath of the king was pacified.
