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Царят, прочее, и Аман дойдоха да пируват с царица Естир.

И на втория ден, като пиеха вино, царят пак каза на Естир: Какво е прошението ти, царице Естир? и ще ти се удовлетвори; и каква е молбата ти? и ще се изпълни даже до половината от царството.

Тогава царицата Естир в отговор рече: Ако съм придобила твоето благоволение, царю, и ако е угодно на царя, нека ми се подари живота ми при молбата ми, и людете ми при молбата ми;

защото сме продадени, аз и людете ми, да бъдем погубени, избити и изтребени, Ако бяхме само продадени като роби и робини, премълчала бих, при все че неприятелят не би могъл да навакса щетата на царя.

Тогава цар Асуир проговаряйки рече на царица Естир: Кой е той, и где е оня, който е дръзнал в сърцето си да направи така?

И Естир каза: Противникът и неприятелят е тоя нечестив Аман. Тогава Аман се смути пред царя и царицата.

И царят разгневен стана от угощението с вино и отиде в градината на палата, а Аман стана, за да изпроси живота си от царица Естир, защото видя, че зло беше решено против него от царя.

В това време царят се върна от градината на палата в мястото на винопиенето; а Аман бе паднал на постелката, на която беше Естир. И царят рече: Още и царицата ли иска да изнасили пред мене у дома? Щом излязоха тия думи из устата на царя, покриха Амановото лице.

Тогава Арвона, един от служащите пред царя скопци рече: Ето и бесилката, петдесет лакътя висока, която Аман направи за Мардохея, който говори добро за царя, стои в къщата на Амана. И рече царят: Обесете го на нея.

10 И така, обесиха Амана на бесилката, която бе приготвил за Мардохея. Тогава царската ярост утихна.

Haman Impaled

So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet,(A) 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)

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. 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]

King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is he—the man who has dared to do such a thing?”

Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!”

Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen. 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.

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) 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

  1. Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer
  2. Esther 7:9 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters

So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. And on the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.” Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request. For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have held my peace; for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.” Then King Ahasu-e′rus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, that would presume to do this?” And Esther said, “A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!” Then Haman was in terror before the king and the queen. And the king rose from the feast in wrath and went into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to beg his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king. And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was; and the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?” As the words left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman’s face. Then said Harbo′na, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, “Moreover, the gallows which Haman has prepared for Mor′decai, whose word saved the king, is standing in Haman’s house, fifty cubits high.” 10 And the king said, “Hang him on that.” So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mor′decai. Then the anger of the king abated.