Ester 7
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Binitay si Haman
7 Dumalo sina Haring Ahasuerus at Haman sa inihandang hapunan ni Reyna Ester. 2 At habang nag-iinuman sila, tinanong muli ng hari si Reyna Ester, “Ano ba talaga ang kahilingan mo? Sabihin mo na at ibibigay ko sa iyo kahit kalahati ng kaharian ko.” 3 “Mahal na Hari, kung kalugod-lugod po ako sa inyo, iligtas po ninyo ako at ang mga kalahi kong Judio. Iyan ang kahilingan ko sa inyo. 4 Dahil may gantimpalang ipinangako sa mga taong papatay sa amin. Kung ipinagbili po kami para maging alipin lang, magsasawalang-kibo na lang ako, dahil hindi iyon gaanong mahalaga para gambalain ko pa kayo.”
5 Sinabi ni Haring Ahasuerus, “Sino ang nangahas na gumawa ng bagay na iyon at nasaan siya ngayon?” 6 Sumagot si Ester, “Ang kumakalaban po sa amin at ang kaaway namin ay ang masamang si Haman.”
Takot na takot si Haman habang nasa harap ng hari at ng reyna. 7 Galit na galit na tumayo ang hari. Iniwan niya ang kanyang iniinom at pumunta sa hardin ng palasyo. Naiwan si Haman na nagmamakaawa kay Reyna Ester dahil natitiyak niyang parurusahan siya ng hari.
8 Pagbalik ng hari mula sa hardin, nakita niyang nakadapa si Haman na nagmamakaawa sa harap ng hinihigaan ni Ester. Kaya sinabi ng hari, “At gusto mo pang pagsamantalahan ang reyna rito sa loob ng palasyo ko!” Nang masabi iyon ng hari, dinakip ng mga naroon si Haman at tinalukbungan ang ulo[a] nito. 9 Sinabi ni Harbona, isa sa mga lingkod ng hari, “Nagpagawa po si Haman ng matulis na kahoy para tuhugin si Mordecai, na nagligtas sa inyong buhay. Ang taas po ng kahoy ay 75 talampakan at malapit ito sa bahay ni Haman.” 10 Kaya nag-utos ang hari, “Doon ninyo siya tuhugin!” At tinuhog nga nila si Haman doon sa ipinagawa niyang matulis na kahoy para kay Mordecai. At nawala ang galit ng hari.
Footnotes
- 7:8 tinalukbungan ang ulo: Maaaring palatandaan ito na papatayin siya.
Esther 7
King James Version
7 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and 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.
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.
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