Hāmāns krīt nežēlastībā
1 Ķēniņš un Hāmāns gāja dzert vīnu pie ķēniņienes. 2 Otrā dienā, vīnu dzerdams, ķēniņš teica: “Ko tu prasi, ķēniņiene Estere? Tas tev tiks dots! Ko tu vēlies? Pat pusi valsts tev došu!” 3 Ķēniņiene Estere atbildēja: “Ķēniņ, ja es esmu guvusi tavu vēlību, tad lai man dāvā dzīvību – to es prasu! Un manu tautu – to es vēlos! 4 Jo mani un manu tautu ir pārdevuši, lai nīdētu, kautu un izdeldētu. Ja mēs būtu pārdoti verdzībā, es klusētu, jo tā vēl nebūtu tik liela nelaime, ka jātraucē ķēniņš.”
5 Un ķēniņš Ahasvērs teica ķēniņienei Esterei: “Kurš sadūšojies tā darīt, un kur viņš ir?” 6 Estere teica: “Tas neģēlis un ienaidnieks ir ļaunais Hāmāns!” Tad Hāmānu ķēniņa un ķēniņienes priekšā pārņēma bailes. 7 Un ķēniņš dusmās cēlās no vīna dzeršanas un izgāja pils dārzā, bet Hāmāns palika izlūgties ķēniņienei Esterei dzīvību, jo viņš redzēja, ka ķēniņš lēmis ļaunu. 8 Kad ķēniņš no pils dārza atgriezās turp, kur dzēra vīnu, viņš ieraudzīja Hāmānu nokritušu pār Esteres guļvietu, un ķēniņš teica: “Vai tad pat manā namā un manā klātbūtnē šis klups virsū ķēniņienei?” Līdzko šie vārdi izskanēja no ķēniņa mutes, tā sargi apcietināja Hāmānu.
9 Un Harbona, kāds no einuhiem, kuri bija pie ķēniņa, teica: “Re, Hāmāna mājās stāv piecdesmit elkoņu augstas karātavas, kuras Hāmāns uzslējis Mordohajam – tam, kurš ķēniņam darījis labu.” Un ķēniņš teica: “Pakariet viņu!” 10 Tie pakāra Hāmānu karātavās, kuras viņš bija uzslējis Mordohajam. Tad ķēniņa dusmas rima.
1 And so the king and Haman went to eat with Esther 2 for a second time. Over the wine the king asked her again, “Now, Queen Esther, what do you want? Tell me and you shall have it. I'll even give you half the empire.”
3 Queen Esther answered, “If it please Your Majesty to grant my humble request, my wish is that I may live and that my people may live. 4 My people and I have been sold for slaughter. If it were nothing more serious than being sold into slavery, I would have kept quiet and not bothered you about it; but we are about to be destroyed—exterminated!”
5 Then King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who dares to do such a thing? Where is this man?”
6 Esther answered, “Our enemy, our persecutor, is this evil man Haman!”
Haman faced the king and queen with terror. 7 The king got up in a fury, left the room, and went outside to the palace gardens. Haman could see that the king was determined to punish him for this, so he stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life. 8 He had just thrown himself down on Esther's couch to beg for mercy, when the king came back into the room from the gardens. Seeing this, the king cried out, “Is this man going to rape the queen right here in front of me, in my own palace?”
The king had no sooner said this than the eunuchs covered Haman's head. 9 Then one of them, who was named Harbonah, said, “Haman even went so far as to build a gallows at his house so that he could hang Mordecai, who saved Your Majesty's life. And it's seventy-five feet tall!”
“Hang Haman on it!” the king commanded.
10 So Haman was hanged on the gallows that he had built for Mordecai. Then the king's anger cooled down.
