Ester 7
Magandang Balita Biblia (with Deuterocanon)
Binitay si Haman
7 Si Haring Xerxes at si Haman ay dumalo sa ikalawang handaan ni Reyna Ester. 2 Habang sila'y nag-iinuman, itinanong ng hari, “Reyna Ester, ano nga ba ang hihilingin mo? Sabihin mo at ibibigay ko sa iyo, kahit ang kalahati ng aking kaharian.”
3 Sumagot si Reyna Ester, “Kung kayo po ay nalulugod sa akin, at kung mamarapatin po ninyo, Mahal na Hari, hihilingin ko po sanang ako at aking mga kababayan ay inyong iligtas, 4 sapagkat kami po ay ipinagbili para patayin at lipulin. Kung kami po ay ipinagbili upang maging mga alipin, magsasawalang-kibo na lamang po ako, at hindi na kayo gagambalain pa.”
5 Itinanong ng hari, “Sino ang may pakana ng mga bagay na ito?”
6 Sumagot si Ester, “Ang aming kaaway at taga-usig—ang masamang, si Haman!”
At si Haman ay nangatog sa takot sa harap ng hari at ng reyna. 7 Galit na galit na tumindig ang hari at nagpunta sa hardin ng palasyo. Naiwan naman si Haman at nagmakaawa kay Reyna Ester sapagkat natitiyak niyang siya'y paparusahan ng hari. 8 Nang(A) magbalik ang hari, nakita niya si Haman na nakadapa sa higaan ng reyna at nagmamakaawa. Dahil dito'y pagalit na sinabi ng hari, “Pagbabalakan pa niya ng masama ang reyna at sa loob pa naman ng aking pamamahay!” Nang marinig ito ni Haman, tinakpan niya ang kanyang mukha dahil sa kahihiyan.
9 Pagkatapos, sinabi ni Harbona,[a] isa sa mga eunuko ng hari, “Nagpagawa na po si Haman ng isang bitayan para kay Mordecai na nagligtas sa buhay ninyo, mahal na hari. Ang taas po ng bitayan ay dalawampu't dalawa't kalahating metro at naroon sa tabi ng kanyang bahay.”
“Doon siya bitayin!” utos ng hari.
10 Binitay nga si Haman sa bitayang ginawa niya para kay Mordecai. Pagkatapos, napawi na ang galit ng hari.
Footnotes
- 9 Harbona: o kaya'y Bugatan .
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.