Liber Esther, 7
1. Intravit itaque rex et Aman, ut biberent cum regina.
1. So the king and Haman went in to feast with Queen Esther.
2. Dixitque ei rex etiam in secundo die, postquam vino incaluerat: “Quae est petitio tua, Esther, ut detur tibi, et quid vis fieri? Etiamsi dimidiam regni mei partem petieris, impetrabis”.
2. And on the second day, as they were drinking wine, the king again said to Esther, "What is your petition, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled."
3. Ad quem illa respondit: “Si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis, o rex, et si tibi placet, dona mihi animam meam, pro qua rogo, et populum meum, pro quo obsecro.
3. Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request.
4. Traditi enim sumus, ego et populus meus, ut conteramur, iugulemur et pereamus. Atque utinam in servos et famulas venderemur: tacuissem, quia tribulatio haec non esset digna conturbare regem”.
4. For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to be annihilated. If we had been sold merely as slaves, men and women, I would have held my peace; for our affliction is not to be compared with the loss to the king."
5. Respondensque rex Asuerus ait: “Quis est iste et ubi est, ut haec audeat facere?”.
5. Then King Ahasu-e'rus said to Queen Esther, "Who is he, and where is he, that would presume to do this?"
6. Dixit Esther: “Hostis et inimicus noster pessimus iste est Aman”. Quod ille audiens ilico obstupuit coram rege ac regina.
6. And Esther said, "A foe and enemy! This wicked Haman!" Then Haman was in terror before the king and the queen.
7. Rex autem surrexit iratus et de loco convivii intravit in hortum palatii. Aman quoque surrexit, ut rogaret Esther reginam pro anima sua; intellexit enim a rege sibi decretum esse malum.
7. And the king rose from the feast in wrath and went into the palace garden; but Haman stayed to beg his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king.
8. Qui cum reversus esset de horto et intrasset convivii locum, repperit Aman super lectulum corruisse, in quo iacebat Esther, et ait: “Etiam reginam vult opprimere, me praesente, in domo mea?”. Necdum verbum de ore regis exierat, et statim operuerunt faciem eius.
8. And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was; and the king said, "Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?" As the words left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman's face.
9. Dixitque Harbona, unus de eunuchis, qui stabant in ministerio regis: “En etiam lignum, quod paraverat Mardochaeo, qui locutus est bonum pro rege, stat in domo Aman habens altitudinis quinquaginta cubitos”. Cui dixit rex: “Appendite eum in eo”.
9. Then said Harbo'na, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, "Moreover, the gallows which Haman has prepared for Mor'decai, whose word saved the king, is standing in Haman's house, fifty cubits high."
10. Suspensus est itaque Aman in patibulo, quod paraverat Mardochaeo; et regis ira quievit.
10. And the king said, "Hang him on that." So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mor'decai. Then the anger of the king abated.
