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Ester 7
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
Ester 7
Bibelen på hverdagsdansk
Hamans endeligt
7 Om aftenen sad kongen og Haman endnu en gang til fest hos dronning Ester. 2 Mens de drak af vinen, spurgte kongen igen: „Hvad har du på hjerte, dronning Ester? Fortæl mig nu, hvad du ønsker. Jeg giver dig det, om det så er det halve kongerige!”
3 Da svarede dronning Ester: „Hvis jeg har fundet nåde for Deres øjne, herre konge, beder jeg om, at De vil skåne mit eget og mine landsmænds liv. 4 Det er blevet besluttet, at jeg og mit folk skal udryddes fuldstændigt. Hvis vi var blevet solgt som slaver, ville jeg ikke have ulejliget kongen af den grund, men total udryddelse er en anden sag.”
5 „Hvad mener du?” spurgte kong Xerxes. „Hvem er det, der har besluttet at udrydde jer?”
6 „Det er en fjende af jøderne, den onde Haman der!” svarede Ester.
Haman blev ligbleg og rystede af skræk. 7 Kongen sprang op i vrede og gik ud i parken, mens Haman blev tilbage for at bønfalde dronning Ester om nåde, for han vidste, hvad kongens vrede betød. 8 I sin fortvivlelse knælede Haman ned over divanen, som Ester lå på, netop som kongen vendte tilbage fra haven.
„Hvad i alverden!” råbte kongen. „Overfalder han dronningen for øjnene af mig i mit eget palads?” Straks sprang tjenerne til, overmandede Haman og tildækkede hans ansigt.
9 Den tjener, der hed Harbona, sagde til kongen: „Herre, Haman har netop opstillet en høj galge, som var tænkt til Mordokaj, kongens redningsmand. Den står parat i Hamans gård.”
„Så hæng ham selv i den!” beordrede kongen. 10 Så hængte de Haman i den galge, han havde tænkt til Mordokaj, og kongens vrede lagde sig.
Esther 7
New International Version
Esther 7
New International Version
Haman Impaled
7 So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet,(A) 2 and as they were drinking wine(B) on the second day, the king again asked, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom,(C) it will be granted.(D)”
3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor(E) with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request. 4 For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(F) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]”
5 King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is he—the man who has dared to do such a thing?”
6 Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!”
Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen. 7 The king got up in a rage,(G) left his wine and went out into the palace garden.(H) But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate,(I) stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.
8 Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch(J) where Esther was reclining.(K)
The king exclaimed, “Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?”(L)
As soon as the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.(M) 9 Then Harbona,(N) one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, “A pole reaching to a height of fifty cubits[b](O) stands by Haman’s house. He had it set up for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.”
The king said, “Impale him on it!”(P) 10 So they impaled(Q) Haman(R) on the pole(S) he had set up for Mordecai.(T) Then the king’s fury subsided.(U)
Footnotes
- Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer
- Esther 7:9 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters
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