Esters 7
1 So kom då kongen og Haman til drikkelaget hjå dronning Ester.
So the king and Haman came to take wine with Esther the queen.
2 Då dei sat og drakk vin, spurde kongen Ester sameleis andre dagen: «Kva er di bøn, dronning Ester? Du skal få det du bed um. Kva er ditt ynskje? Um det vore helvti av riket, so skal det løyvast deg.»
And the king said to Esther again on the second day, while they were drinking, What is your prayer, Queen Esther? for it will be given to you; and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.
3 Då svara dronning Ester: «Hev eg funne nåde i kongens augo, og det tekkjest kongen soleis, så unn meg mitt liv på mi bøn og mitt folk på mitt ynskje!
Then Esther the queen, answering, said, If I have your approval, O king, and if it is the king's pleasure, let my life be given to me in answer to my prayer, and my people at my request:
4 For me er selde, eg og folket mitt, til å verta utrudde, drepne og tynte. Hadde me vorte selde til trælar og trælkvinnor, då skulde eg tagt; for den ulukka vilde ikkje vore so stor at det var verdt å bry kongen.»
For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.
5 Då spurde kong Ahasveros dronning Ester: «Kven er han, og kvar er han, den som hev våga seg til å gjera sovore?»
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?
6 Ester svara: «Det er ein illtenkt mann, ein fiendesmann, den vonde Haman, som sit der.» Då vart Haman forfærd for kongen og dronningi.
And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.
7 Kongen reis upp i harm frå drikkelaget og gjekk ut i slottshagen. Haman drygde, vilde tigga dronning Ester um livet; han skyna kongen var fast på å føra honom i ulukka.
And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.
8 Kongen kom attende til drikkelaget frå slottshagen og såg Haman liggja yver kvilebenken som Ester sat på. «Vil du, » ropa kongen, «jamvel her inne i mitt nærvære taka dronningi med vald?» Snaudt var ordi slopne utor munnen på kongen fyrr dei sveipte inn andlitet på Haman.
Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.
9 Harbona, ein av hirdmennerne som gjorde tenesta hjå kongen, sagde: «Attmed huset åt Haman stend det alt ein galge, femti alner høg; den let Haman reisa åt Mordokai, som med sine ord gjorde kongen gagn.» «Heng honom der!» sagde kongen.
Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it.
10 So hengde dei Haman upp i den galgen han hadde reist åt Mordokai. Og kongens harm gav seg att.
So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
