1 N ow the king and Haman came to drink wine with Esther the queen.

فَذَهَبَ المَلِكُ وَهامانُ إلَى الوَلِيمَةِ التِي أعَدَّتها المَلِكَةُ أسْتِيرُ.

2 A nd the king said to Esther on the second day also as they drank their wine at the banquet, “ What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to half of the kingdom it shall be done.”

وَفِي 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.»

3 T hen Queen Esther replied, “ If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, let my life be given me as my petition, and my people as my request;

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

4 f or we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed and to be annihilated. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for the trouble would not be commensurate with the annoyance to the king.”

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

5 T hen King Ahasuerus asked Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who would presume to do thus?”

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

6 E sther said, “ A foe and an enemy is this wicked Haman!” Then Haman became terrified before the king and queen. Haman Is Hanged

أجابَتْ أسْتِيرُ: «هَذا العَدُّوُّ الشِرِّيرُ هُوَ هامانُ.» فَارْتَعَدَ هامانُ أمامَ المَلِكِ وَالمَلِكَةِ.

7 T he king arose in his anger from drinking wine and went into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm had been determined against him by the king.

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

8 N ow when the king returned from the palace garden into the place where they were drinking wine, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. Then the king said, “Will he even assault the queen with me in the house?” As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

وَإذْ 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.

9 T hen Harbonah, one of the eunuchs who were before the king said, “Behold indeed, the gallows standing at Haman’s house fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai who spoke good on behalf of the king!” And the king said, “Hang him on it.”

فَقالَ 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.»

10 S o they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger subsided.

فَعَلَّقُوا هامانَ عَلَى العَمُودِ الخَشَبِيِّ الذِي أعَدَّهُ لِمُرْدَخايَ. وَهَكَذا هَدَأَ غَضَبُ المَلِكِ.