1 ف َذَهَبَ المَلِكُ وَهامانُ إلَى الوَلِيمَةِ التِي أعَدَّتها المَلِكَةُ أسْتِيرُ.

So the king and Haman came to dine with Esther the queen.

2 و َفِي اليَومِ التّالِي، سَألَ المَلِكُ أسْتِيرَ ثانِيَةً كَما فَعَلَ فِي اليَومِ الأوَّلِ للوَلِيمَةِ: «ما هِيَ أُمنِيَتُكِ أيَّتُها المَلِكَةُ أسْتِيرُ؟ فَسَأُعطِيها لَكِ، وَما هِيَ طِلبَتُكِ؟ حَتَّى لَوْ طَلَبتِ نِصفَ مَملَكَتِي فَسَأُعطِيكِ ما تَطلُبِينَ.»

And the king said again to Esther on the second day when wine was being served, What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted. And what is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed.

3 ف َأجابَتِ المَلِكَةُ أسْتِيرُ: «إنْ رَضِيتَ أيُّها المَلِكُ وَاستَحسَنتَ الأمرَ، فَإنَّ أُمنِيَتِي أنْ تَترُكَنِي أعِيشُ، وَطِلبَتِي أنْ تَترُكَ شَعبِي يَعِيشُ.

Then Queen Esther 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 ل َقَد تَمَّ بَيعِي أنا وَشَعبِيَ لِكَي نَهلِكَ وَنُقتَلَ وَنُبادَ. وَلَو تَمَّ بَيعُنا رِجالاً وَنِساءً كَعَبِيدٍ لَما قُلْتُ شَيئاً، فَمِثلُ هَذا الضَرَرِ لا يَستَحِقُّ إزعاجَ المَلِكِ.»

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, slain, and wiped out of existence! But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I would have held my tongue, for our affliction is not to be compared with the damage this will do to the king.

5 ف َقالَ المَلِكُ أحَشْوِيرُوشَ للمَلِكَةِ أسْتِيرَ: «مَنْ هَذا الذِي يُفَكِرُ بِعَمَلِ شَيْءٍ كَهَذا؟ وَأينَ هُوَ؟»

Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, Who is he, and where is he who dares presume in his heart to do that?

6 أ جابَتْ أسْتِيرُ: «هَذا العَدُّوُّ الشِرِّيرُ هُوَ هامانُ.» فَارْتَعَدَ هامانُ أمامَ المَلِكِ وَالمَلِكَةِ.

And Esther said, An adversary and an enemy, even this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and queen.

7 ف َقامَ المَلِكُ غاضِباً وَخَرَجَ إلَى الحَدِيقَةِ تارِكاً شَرابَهُ. فَوَقَفَ هامانُ يَتَوَسَّلُ إلَى المَلِكَةِ أسْتِيرَ لِكَي تُنْقِذَ حَياتَهُ، لأنَّهُ عَرَفَ أنَّ المَلِكَ سَيُعاقِبَهُ.

And the king arose from the feast in his wrath and went into the palace garden; and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Queen Esther, for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

8 و َإذْ رَجِعَ المَلِكُ مِنَ الحَدِيقَةِ إلَى قاعَةِ الوَلِيمَةِ، وَجَدَ هامانَ مُنْطَرِحاً عَلَى الارِيكَةِ الَّتِي تَتَكِئُ عَلَيها أسْتِيرُ. فَقالَ المَلِكُ بِغَضَبٍ: «أيُهاجِمُ المَلِكَةَ فِي حَضرَتِي وَفِي بَيتِي؟» وَقَبلَ أنْ يُكْمِلَ المَلِكُ جُملَتَهُ، تَمَّ قَتلُ هاَمانَ.

When the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the drinking of wine, Haman was falling upon the couch where Esther was. Then said the king, Will he even forcibly assault the queen in my presence, in my own palace? As the king spoke the words, covered Haman’s face.

9 ف َقالَ أحَدُ خُدّامِ المَلِكِ وَاسْمُهُ حَرْبُونا: «أعَدَّ هامانُ عَمُوداً خَشَبِيّاً ارتِفاعُهُ خَمسُونَ ذِراعاً لِمُرْدَخايَ – الذِي نَبَّهَ المَلِكَ وَأنقَذَهُ. وَما يَزالُ ذَلِكَ العَمُودُ مَكانَهُ فِي بَيتِ هامانَ.» فَقالَ المَلِكُ: «عَلِّقُوا هامانَ عَلَيهِ.»

Then said Harbonah, one of the attendants serving the king, Behold, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordecai, whose warning saved the king, stands at the house of Haman. And the king said, Hang him on it!

10 ف َعَلَّقُوا هامانَ عَلَى العَمُودِ الخَشَبِيِّ الذِي أعَدَّهُ لِمُرْدَخايَ. وَهَكَذا هَدَأَ غَضَبُ المَلِكِ.

So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.