Esther Chapter 7
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וַיָּבֹ֤א הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְהָמָ֔ן לִשְׁתּ֖וֹת עִם־אֶסְתֵּ֥ר הַמַּלְכָּֽה׃
The king and Haman came to drink with Queen Esther.
So the king and Haman came to drink with Ester the queen.
And the king and Haman came to drink with Queen Esther.
So the king and 👺 came to 🥂 with 👸🏽 the queen.
וַיֹּ֩אמֶר֩ הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּ֜ר גַּ֣ם בַּיּ֤וֹם הַשֵּׁנִי֙ בְּמִשְׁתֵּ֣ה הַיַּ֔יִן מַה־שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֛ךְ אֶסְתֵּ֥ר הַמַּלְכָּ֖ה וְתִנָּ֣תֵֽן לָ֑ךְ וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת וְתֵעָֽשׂ׃
The king said to Esther, at the second day’s winefest as well, “Whatever your request, Queen Esther, shall be granted you! Whatever you wish, even until half the empire, it shall be fulfilled!”
And the king said again to Ester on the second day at the wine drinking, What is thy petition, queen Ester? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed even to half the kingdom.
And the king said to Esther also the second day of the feast of wine: What is your petition, Queen Esther, and it will be granted you. And what is your request? Until half the kingdom, and it shall be done.
And the king said again to 👸🏽 on the 2️⃣ day at the 🍷 drinking, What is thy petition, queen 👸🏽? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed even to half the kingdom.
וַתַּ֨עַן אֶסְתֵּ֤ר הַמַּלְכָּה֙ וַתֹּאמַ֔ר אִם־מָצָ֨אתִי חֵ֤ן בְּעֵינֶ֙יךָ֙ הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וְאִם־עַל־הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ ט֑וֹב תִּנָּֽתֶן־לִ֤י נַפְשִׁי֙ בִּשְׁאֵ֣לָתִ֔י וְעַמִּ֖י בְּבַקָּשָׁתִֽי׃
Queen Esther replied, saying, “If I have gained your majesty’s favor and if his majesty deems it proper, let my life be granted me by my request, and my people by my wish.
Then Ester the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
And Queen Esther answered and she said: If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition [i.e., that I not be killed on the thirteenth of Adar, upon which you decreed destruction for my people and my kindred], and my people as my request [(that they not be killed)].
Then 👸🏽 the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
כִּ֤י נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙ אֲנִ֣י וְעַמִּ֔י לְהַשְׁמִ֖יד לַהֲר֣וֹג וּלְאַבֵּ֑ד וְ֠אִלּ֠וּ לַעֲבָדִ֨ים וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹת נִמְכַּ֙רְנוּ֙ הֶחֱרַ֔שְׁתִּי כִּ֣י אֵ֥ין הַצָּ֛ר שֹׁוֶ֖ה בְּנֵ֥זֶק הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃{ס}
For we were sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, slaughtered, and annihilated. Now, had we been sold as slaves and maidservants, I would have remained silent, but the oppressor has no regard for losses incurred by his majesty.
for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to be annihilated. But if we had been sold merely for bondmen and bondwomen, I would have held my tongue, since the affliction would not have equalled the king’s damage.
For we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, killed, and annihilated. And if we had been sold as man-servants and maid-servants, I would have kept still; but the oppressor takes no account of the king's loss. [If he really intended your benefit, he would have advised you to sell them for slaves or to keep them and their seed as slaves for yourself.]
for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to be annihilated. But if we had been sold merely for bondmen and bondwomen, I would have held my tongue, since the affliction would not have ⚖️ the king’s damage.
וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ אֲחַשְׁוֵר֔וֹשׁ וַיֹּ֖אמֶר לְאֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֑ה מִ֣י ה֥וּא זֶה֙ וְאֵֽי־זֶ֣ה ה֔וּא אֲשֶׁר־מְלָא֥וֹ לִבּ֖וֹ לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת כֵּֽן׃
King Achashverosh spoke. He said to Queen Esther, “Who is this? Who is the one that had the audacity to act this way?”
Then the king Aĥashverosh answered and said to Ester the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
And King Achashverosh had said [(to Esther, in the beginning, through an intermediary)] and [now that he had learned that she was of royal lineage], he said [(directly)] to Queen Esther: Who is this, and where is he, who has presumed to do thus?
Then the king 🤴🏽 answered and said to 👸🏽 the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his ❤️ to do so?
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֶסְתֵּ֔ר אִ֚ישׁ צַ֣ר וְאוֹיֵ֔ב הָמָ֥ן הָרָ֖ע הַזֶּ֑ה וְהָמָ֣ן נִבְעַ֔ת מִלִּפְנֵ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ וְהַמַּלְכָּֽה׃
Esther exclaimed, “An oppressive man, an enemy—this evil Haman!”—and Haman was terrified before the king and the queen.
And Ester said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was struck with terror before the king and the queen.
And Esther said: A man who is an oppressor and a foe, this wicked Haman! And Haman was confounded before the king and the queen.
And 👸🏽 said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked 👺. Then 👺 was struck with 😱 before the king and the queen.
וְהַמֶּ֜לֶךְ קָ֤ם בַּחֲמָתוֹ֙ מִמִּשְׁתֵּ֣ה הַיַּ֔יִן אֶל־גִּנַּ֖ת הַבִּיתָ֑ן וְהָמָ֣ן עָמַ֗ד לְבַקֵּ֤שׁ עַל־נַפְשׁוֹ֙ מֵֽאֶסְתֵּ֣ר הַמַּלְכָּ֔ה כִּ֣י רָאָ֔ה כִּֽי־כָלְתָ֥ה אֵלָ֛יו הָרָעָ֖ה מֵאֵ֥ת הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃
The king rose, in a fit of rage, from the winefest toward the orchard garden, while Haman got up to plead with Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that it would end up badly for him from the king.
And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Ester the queen; for he saw that evil was determined against him by the king.
And the king arose in his anger from the feast of wine to the palace garden, and Haman stood to beg his life of Queen Esther; for he saw that evil [i.e., hatred and the thirst for revenge] had been consummated against him by the king.
And the king arising from the banquet of 🍷 in his wrath went into the palace garden: and 👺 stood up to make request for his life to 👸🏽 the queen; for he saw that 👎 was determined against him by the king.
וְהַמֶּ֡לֶךְ שָׁב֩ מִגִּנַּ֨ת הַבִּיתָ֜ן אֶל־בֵּ֣ית**׀** מִשְׁתֵּ֣ה הַיַּ֗יִן וְהָמָן֙ נֹפֵ֗ל עַל־הַמִּטָּה֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶסְתֵּ֣ר עָלֶ֔יהָ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ הֲ֠גַ֠ם לִכְבּ֧וֹשׁ אֶת־הַמַּלְכָּ֛ה עִמִּ֖י בַּבָּ֑יִת הַדָּבָ֗ר יָצָא֙ מִפִּ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וּפְנֵ֥י הָמָ֖ן חָפֽוּ׃{ס}
When the king returned from the orchard garden to the winefest room, Haman had fallen on the couch upon which Esther reclined. The king exclaimed, “Even to overpower the queen with me in the palace?” The words left the king’s mouth, and Haman’s face was enveloped in humiliation.
Then the king returned out of the palace garden to the place of the wine drinking; and Haman was fallen upon the divan whereon Ester lay. Then the king said, Will he even assault the queen in my own presence in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
And the king returned from the palace garden to the house of the wine-feast; and Haman was fallen [(an angel had pushed him)] on the divan where Esther reclined. And the king said: Did you also come to ravish the queen with me in the palace? The word went forth from the king's mouth, and Haman's face was shrouded.
Then the king returned out of the palace garden to the place of the 🍷 drinking; and 👺 was fallen upon the divan whereon 👸🏽 lay. Then the king said, Will he even assault the queen in my own presence in the 🏠? As the word went out of the king’s 👄, they 🙈 👺’s face.
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר חַ֠רְבוֹנָ֠ה אֶחָ֨ד מִן־הַסָּרִיסִ֜ים לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ גַּ֣ם הִנֵּה־הָעֵ֣ץ אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֪ה הָמָ֟ן לְֽמׇרְדֳּכַ֞י אֲשֶׁ֧ר דִּבֶּר־ט֣וֹב עַל־הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ עֹמֵד֙ בְּבֵ֣ית הָמָ֔ן גָּבֹ֖הַּ חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּ֑ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ תְּלֻ֥הוּ עָלָֽיו׃
Then Charvonah declared, [he was] one of the king’s personal stewards, “Moreover, there is the gallows which Haman built for Mordechai, who spoke up in favor of the king, standing in Haman’s house—fifty amohs high.” The king commanded, “Hang him from it.”
And Ḥarvona, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman has made for Mordokhay, who had spoken good for the king, stands in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him on that.
And Charvonah, one of the eunuchs, said before the king: [(Not only has Haman committed this outrage against the king, but)] behold, too, the gallows which Haman made for Mordecai, who spoke in the king's behalf [(and saved him from being poisoned)], standing in Haman's house, fifty cubits high. And the king said: Hang him upon it!
And 😇, 1️⃣ of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty 📏 high, which 👺 has made for 👳🏽♂️, who had spoken 👍 for the king, stands in the 🏠 of 👺. Then the king said, Hang him on that.
וַיִּתְלוּ֙ אֶת־הָמָ֔ן עַל־הָעֵ֖ץ אֲשֶׁר־הֵכִ֣ין לְמׇרְדֳּכָ֑י וַחֲמַ֥ת הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ שָׁכָֽכָה׃{פ}
They hung Haman from the gallows which he had prepared for Mordechai, and the king’s anger dissipated.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows which he had prepared for Mordokhay. Then the king’s wrath was pacified.
And they hanged Haman upon the gallows that he had readied for Mordecai, and the king's wrath abated.
So they hanged 👺 on the gallows which he had prepared for 👳🏽♂️. Then the king’s wrath was 😌.