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Binitay si Haman

Si Haring Xerxes at si Haman ay dumalo sa ikalawang handaan ni Reyna Ester. 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.”

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, 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.”

Itinanong ng hari, “Sino ang may pakana ng mga bagay na ito?”

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. 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. 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.

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

  1. 9 Harbona: o kaya'y Bugatan .

So HaMelech and Haman came to banquet with Ester HaMalkah.

And HaMelech said again unto Ester on the yom hasheni (second day) at the mishteh hayayin (feast), What is thy she’elah (petition), Ester HaMalkah? And it shall be granted thee; and what is thy bakash (request)? And it shall be performed, even to chatzi HaMalchut.

Then Ester HaMalkah answered and said, If I have found chen (favor) in thy sight, O HaMelech, and if it is tov to HaMelech, let nafshi (my life) be given me at my she’elah (petition), and my Am at my bakash (request);

For we are sold, Ani (I) and Ami (my People), to be made shmad, to be slain, and to be annihilated. But if we had been sold for avadim and shfakhot, I would have held my tongue, since then the tzoros would not have been such as to injure the interests of HaMelech.

Then HaMelech Achashverosh answered and said unto Ester HaMalkah, Who is he, and where is he, who dares to presume in his lev to do such?

And Ester said, HaTzar (the foe) and the oyev (enemy) is this Haman HaRah (Vile Haman). Then Haman was terrified before HaMelech and HaMalkah.

And HaMelech, arising in his wrath from the mishteh hayayin, went into the palace garden; and Haman stood up to make bakash (request) for his nefesh (life) to Ester HaMalkah; for he saw that harm was determined against him by HaMelech.

Then HaMelech returned out of the palace garden into the Bais Mishteh HaYayin, and Haman was fallen upon the mittah (couch, [see 1:6 mittot, couches]) whereon Ester was. Then said HaMelech, Will he ravish HaMalkah also before me in the bais? As the davar (word) went out of the mouth of HaMelech, they covered Haman’s face.

And Charvonah, one of the sarisim, said before HaMelech, Hinei, also, HaEtz fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordechai, who has spoken tov for HaMelech, standeth in the Bais Haman. Then HaMelech said, Hang him thereon.

10 So they hanged Haman on HaEtz that he had prepared for Mordechai. Then was the wrath of HaMelech pacified [Ps 24:10; Isa 53:11].

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