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Esther 7
BasisBijbel
Esther 7
BasisBijbel
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
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
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
Young's Literal Translation
Esther 7
Young's Literal Translation
7 And the king cometh in, and Haman, to drink with Esther the queen,
2 and the king saith to Esther also on the second day, during the banquet of wine, `What [is] thy petition, Esther, O queen? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom -- and it is done.'
3 And Esther the queen answereth and saith, `If I have found grace in thine eyes, O king, and if to the king [it be] good, let my life be given to me at my petition, and my people at my request;
4 for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent -- but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.'
5 And the king Ahasuerus saith, yea, he saith to Esther the queen, `Who [is] he -- this one? and where [is] this one? -- he whose heart hath filled him to do so?'
6 And Esther saith, `The man -- adversary and enemy -- [is] this wicked Haman;' and Haman hath been afraid at the presence of the king and of the queen.
7 And the king hath risen, in his fury, from the banquet of wine, unto the garden of the house, and Haman hath remained to seek for his life from Esther the queen, for he hath seen that evil hath been determined against him by the king.
8 And the king hath turned back out of the garden of the house unto the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther [is], and the king saith, `Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?' the word hath gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.
9 And Harbonah, one of the eunuchs, saith before the king, `Also lo, the tree that Haman made for Mordecai, who spake good for the king, is standing in the house of Haman, in height fifty cubits;' and the king saith, `Hang him upon it.'
10 And they hang Haman upon the tree that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the fury of the king hath lain down.
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