Esther 7

vayyavo hammelekh vehaman lishtot im-ester hammalkah

So the king and Haman came to feast with Queen Esther.

vayyomer hammelekh le'ester gam bayyom hasheni bemishteh hayyayin mah-she'elatekh ester hammalkah vetinnaten lakh umah-bbaqqashatekh ad-khatsi hammalkhut vete'as

On the second day, the king again asked Esther at the wine feast, “What is your wish, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to half the kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”

vatta'an ester hammalkah vattomar im-matsati khen be'enekha hammelekh ve'im-al-hammelekh tov tinnaten-li nafshi bishelati ve'ammi bevaqqashati

Queen Esther replied: “If Your Majesty will do me the favor, and if it pleases Your Majesty, let my life be granted me as my wish, and my people as my request.

ki nimkarnu ani ve'ammi lehashmid laharog ule'abbed ve'illu la'avadim velishfakhot nimkarnu hekherashti ki en hatsar shoveh benezeq hammelekh

For we have been sold, my people and I, to be destroyed, massacred, and exterminated. Had we only been sold as bondmen and bondwomen, I would have kept silent; for the adversary is not worthy of the king’s trouble.”

vayyomer hammelekh akhashverosh vayyomer le'ester hammalkah mi hu zeh ve'e-zeh hu asher-mela'o libbo la'asot ken

Thereupon King Ahasuerus demanded of Queen Esther, “Who is he and where is he who dared to do this?”

vattomer ester ish tsar ve'oyev haman hara hazzeh vehaman nivat millifne hammelekh vehammalkah

“The adversary and enemy,” replied Esther, “is this evil Haman!” And Haman cringed in terror before the king and the queen.

vehammelekh qam bakhamato mimmishteh hayyayin el-ginnat habbitan vehaman amad levaqqesh al-nafsho me'ester hammalkah ki ra'ah ki-khaletah elayw hara'ah me'et hammelekh

The king, in his fury, left the wine feast for the palace garden, while Haman remained to plead with Queen Esther for his life; for he saw that the king had resolved to destroy him.

vehammelekh shav migginnat habbitan el-bet mishteh hayyayin vehaman nofel al-hammittah asher ester aleha vayyomer hammelekh hagam likhbosh et-hammalkah immi babbayit haddavar yatsa mippi hammelekh ufene haman khafu

When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet room, Haman was lying prostrate on the couch on which Esther reclined. “Is he attempting,” cried the king, “a conquest of the queen in my own palace?” No sooner did these words leave the king’s lips than Haman’s face was covered.

vayyomer kharvonah ekhad min-hassarisim lifne hammelekh gam hinneh-ha'ets asher-asah haman lemordokhay asher dibber-tov al-hammelekh omed bevet haman gavoah khamishim ammah vayyomer hammelekh teluhu alayw

Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs in attendance on the king, said, “What is more, a stake is standing at Haman’s house, fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai—the man whose words saved the king.” “Impale him on it!” the king ordered.

vayyitlu et-haman al-ha'ets asher-hekhin lemordokhay vakhamat hammelekh shakhakhah

So they impaled Haman on the stake that he had put up for Mordecai, and the king’s fury abated.