Esther 7
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Ester vertelt Hamans plan aan de koning
7 De koning en Haman kwamen naar Esters feestmaaltijd. 2 Toen ze na het eten wijn zaten te drinken, zei de koning ook deze tweede dag tegen Ester: "Wat wil je me vragen, koningin Ester? Vraag wat je wil, en ik zal het je geven. Al is het de helft van mijn koninkrijk." 3 Toen antwoordde koningin Ester: "Ik smeek u, mijn heer de koning, om mij en mijn volk van de dood te redden. 4 Want we zijn verkocht en we zullen worden vermoord. Mijn volk zal totaal vernietigd worden. Als we als slaven verkocht zouden worden, zou ik niets hebben gezegd. Maar ook dát zou een enorme schade voor de koning zijn geweest, een schade die met geen geldbedrag te vergoeden is." 5 Toen zei koning Ahasveros: "Wie heeft zoiets durven bedenken? En waar is hij?" 6 Ester antwoordde: "Die onderdrukker, die vijand, is Haman, die schurk daar." Haman schrok hevig. 7 De koning liep woedend weg, de tuin van het paleis in. Maar Haman bleef bij de koningin staan om haar te smeken zijn leven te redden. Want hij begreep wel dat de koning vastbesloten was hem hiervoor te laten doden.
8 De koning kwam weer uit de paleistuin. Hij liep de zaal in waar ze wijn hadden zitten drinken. Daar zag hij dat Haman zich had laten neervallen op de bank waarop Ester zat. Toen riep de koning: "Durf je ook nog de koningin in mijn eigen paleis te bedreigen?" En op zijn bevel werd Haman door een paar dienaren geblinddoekt. 9 Harbona, één van de dienaren, zei tegen de koning: "Haman heeft bij zijn huis een galg van 50 el (25 meter) hoog laten neerzetten voor Mordechai. En dat terwijl Mordechai het leven van de koning heeft gered!" Toen zei de koning: "Hang hem daar zelf aan op!" 10 En ze hingen Haman op aan de galg die hij voor Mordechai had bedoeld. Toen zakte de woede van de koning.
Esther 7
English Standard Version
7 So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther. 2 And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again said to Esther, (A)“What is your wish, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? (B)Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.” 3 Then Queen Esther answered, (C)“If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people for my request. 4 (D)For we have been sold, I and my people, (E)to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have been silent, for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king.” 5 Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who has dared[a] to do this?” 6 And Esther said, (F)“A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!” Then Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
Haman Is Hanged
7 And the king arose in his wrath from the wine-drinking and went into (G)the palace garden, but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm was determined against him by the king. 8 And the king returned from (H)the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on (I)the couch where Esther was. And the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?” As the word left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman's face. 9 Then (J)Harbona, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, “Moreover, (K)the gallows[b] that Haman has prepared for Mordecai, (L)whose word saved the king, is standing at Haman's house, fifty cubits[c] high.” And the king said, “Hang him on that.” 10 (M)So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. (N)Then the wrath of the king abated.
Footnotes
- Esther 7:5 Hebrew whose heart has filled him
- Esther 7:9 Or wooden beam; also verse 10 (see note on 2:23)
- Esther 7:9 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
Esther 7
Names of God Bible
Esther Brings About Haman’s Downfall
7 So the king and Haman came to have dinner with Queen Esther. 2 On the second day, while they were drinking wine, the king asked Esther, “What is your request, Queen Esther? It will be granted to you. And what would you like? Even if it is up to half of the kingdom, it will be granted.”
3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, Your Majesty, spare my life. That is my request. And spare the life of my people. That is what I ask for. 4 You see, we—my people and I—have been sold so that we can be wiped out, killed, and destroyed. If our men and women had only been sold as slaves, I would have kept silent because the enemy is not worth troubling you about, Your Majesty.”
5 Then King Xerxes interrupted Queen Esther and said, “Who is this person? Where is the person who has dared to do this?”
6 Esther answered, “Our vicious enemy is this wicked man Haman!” Then Haman became panic-stricken in the presence of the king and queen.
7 The king was furious as he got up from dinner and went into the palace garden. But Haman stayed to beg Queen Esther for his life, because he saw that the king had a terrible end in mind for him. 8 When the king returned from the palace garden to the palace dining room, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was lying. The king thought, “Is he even going to rape the queen while I’m in the palace?” Then the king passed sentence on him, and servants covered Haman’s face.
9 Harbona, one of the eunuchs present with the king, said, “What a coincidence! The 75-foot pole Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke up for the well-being of the king, is still standing at Haman’s house.”
The king responded, “Hang him on it!” 10 So servants hung Haman’s dead body on the very pole he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king got over his raging anger.
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