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Esther 7
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Esther 7
La Bible du Semeur
Esther présente sa requête
7 L’empereur et Haman arrivèrent donc pour festoyer avec l’impératrice Esther. 2 Ce deuxième jour, pendant que l’on buvait le vin, l’empereur demanda de nouveau à Esther : Dis-moi quelle est ta requête, impératrice Esther ? Elle te sera accordée. Quelle est ta demande ? Même si c’est la moitié de mon empire, tu l’obtiendras.
3 L’impératrice Esther répondit : Si l’empereur veut m’accorder une faveur, si l’empereur le veut bien, que la vie sauve me soit accordée, c’est là ma requête. Que la vie sauve soit aussi accordée à mon peuple, telle est ma demande. 4 En effet, moi et mon peuple, nous avons été livrés pour être massacrés, tués et exterminés. Si nous avions seulement été vendus[a] comme esclaves et servantes, j’aurais gardé le silence ; car, dans ce cas, notre infortune ne vaudrait pas la peine que l’on importune l’empereur[b].
5 Alors l’empereur Xerxès demanda à l’impératrice Esther : Qui est-il, celui qui a eu l’audace de concevoir un tel dessein ? Où est-il ?
6 Esther répondit : Le persécuteur, l’ennemi, c’est Haman, ce misérable !
Alors Haman fut épouvanté, devant l’empereur et l’impératrice. 7 Furieux, l’empereur laissa son vin, se leva et sortit dans le jardin du palais. Haman, voyant bien que, dans l’esprit de l’empereur, son malheur était décidé, resta là pour implorer l’impératrice Esther pour sa vie. 8 L’empereur revint du jardin à la salle du festin au moment où Haman se laissait tomber sur le divan où Esther était allongée. Du coup, l’empereur s’écria : Veut-il en plus faire violence à l’impératrice en ma présence dans mon palais ?
A peine l’empereur eut-il prononcé ces mots que l’on recouvrit la tête[c] de Haman. 9 Harbona, l’un des eunuques, dit alors devant l’empereur : Il y a justement cette potence que Haman a fait faire pour Mardochée, qui a parlé pour le bien de l’empereur. Elle se trouve dans la cour de Haman et elle a vingt-cinq mètres de haut.
L’empereur ordonna : Qu’on l’y pende !
10 On pendit donc Haman à la potence qu’il avait préparée pour Mardochée. Alors la colère de l’empereur s’apaisa.
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Ester 7
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Ester 7
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Ester denuncia Hamã
7 Vindo, pois, o rei com Hamã, para beber com a rainha Ester, 2 disse também o rei a Ester, no segundo dia, no banquete do vinho: Qual é a tua petição, rainha Ester? E se te dará. E qual é o teu requerimento? Até metade do reino se fará. 3 Então, respondeu a rainha Ester e disse: Se, ó rei, achei graça aos teus olhos, e se bem parecer ao rei, dê-se-me a minha vida como minha petição e o meu povo como meu requerimento. 4 Porque estamos vendidos, eu e o meu povo, para nos destruírem, matarem e lançarem a perder; se ainda por servos e por servas nos vendessem, calar-me-ia, ainda que o opressor não recompensaria a perda do rei. 5 Então, falou o rei Assuero e disse à rainha Ester: Quem é esse? E onde está esse cujo coração o instigou a fazer assim? 6 E disse Ester: O homem, o opressor e o inimigo é este mau Hamã. Então, Hamã se perturbou perante o rei e a rainha. 7 E o rei, no seu furor, se levantou do banquete do vinho para o jardim do palácio; e Hamã se pôs em pé, para rogar à rainha Ester pela sua vida; porque viu que já o mal lhe era determinado pelo rei. 8 Tornando, pois, o rei do jardim do palácio à casa do banquete do vinho, Hamã tinha caído prostrado sobre o leito em que estava Ester. Então, disse o rei: Porventura, quereria ele também forçar a rainha perante mim nesta casa? Saindo essa palavra da boca do rei, cobriram a Hamã o rosto. 9 Então, disse Harbona, um dos eunucos que serviam diante do rei: Eis que também a forca de cinquenta côvados de altura que Hamã fizera para Mardoqueu, que falara para bem do rei, está junto à casa de Hamã. Então, disse o rei: Enforcai-o nela. 10 Enforcaram, pois, a Hamã na forca que ele tinha preparado para Mardoqueu. Então, o furor do rei se aplacou.
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
Esther 7
New King James Version
Esther 7
New King James Version
Haman Hanged Instead of Mordecai
7 So the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther. 2 And on the second day, (A)at the banquet of wine, the king again said to Esther, “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request, up to half the kingdom? It shall be done!”
3 Then Queen Esther answered and said, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request. 4 For we have been (B)sold, my people and I, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be annihilated. Had we been sold as (C)male and female slaves, I would have held my tongue, although the enemy could never compensate for the king’s loss.”
5 So King Ahasuerus answered and said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who would dare presume in his heart to do such a thing?”
6 And Esther said, “The adversary and (D)enemy is this wicked Haman!”
So Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
7 Then the king arose in his wrath from the banquet of wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman stood before Queen Esther, pleading for his life, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king. 8 When the king returned from the palace garden to the place of the banquet of wine, Haman had fallen across (E)the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he also assault the queen while I am in the house?”
As the word left the king’s mouth, they (F)covered Haman’s face. 9 Now (G)Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, said to the king, “Look! (H)The [a]gallows, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke (I)good on the king’s behalf, is standing at the house of Haman.”
Then the king said, “Hang him on it!”
10 So (J)they (K)hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath subsided.
Footnotes
- Esther 7:9 Lit. tree or wood
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