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Esterin 5
Raamattu 1933/38
Esterin 5
Raamattu 1933/38
5 Kolmantena päivänä Ester pukeutui kuninkaallisesti ja astui kuninkaan linnan sisempään esipihaan, vastapäätä kuninkaan linnaa; ja kuningas istui kuninkaallisella valtaistuimellaan kuninkaallisessa linnassa vastapäätä linnan ovea.
2 Kun kuningas näki kuningatar Esterin seisovan esipihassa, sai tämä armon hänen silmiensä edessä, ja kuningas ojensi Esteriä kohti kultavaltikan, joka hänellä oli kädessä. Ja Ester astui esiin ja kosketti valtikan päätä.
3 Kuningas sanoi hänelle: "Mikä sinun on, kuningatar Ester, ja mitä pyydät? Se sinulle annetaan, olkoon vaikka puoli valtakuntaa."
4 Niin Ester vastasi: "Jos kuningas hyväksi näkee, tulkoon kuningas ja myös Haaman tänä päivänä pitoihin, jotka minä olen hänelle laittanut".
5 Kuningas sanoi: "Noutakaa kiiruusti Haaman tehdäksemme Esterin toivomuksen mukaan". Ja kun kuningas ja Haaman olivat tulleet pitoihin, jotka Ester oli laittanut,
6 kysyi kuningas juominkien aikana Esteriltä: "Mitä pyydät? Se sinulle annetaan. Ja mitä haluat? Se täytetään, olkoon vaikka puoli valtakuntaa."
7 Niin Ester vastasi sanoen: "Tätä minä pyydän ja haluan:
8 jos olen saanut armon kuninkaan silmien edessä ja jos kuningas näkee hyväksi antaa minulle, mitä pyydän, ja täyttää, mitä haluan, niin tulkoot kuningas ja Haaman vielä pitoihin, jotka minä heille laitan; huomenna minä teen kuninkaan toivomuksen mukaan".
9 Haaman lähti sieltä sinä päivänä iloisena ja hyvillä mielin; ja kun Haaman näki Mordokain kuninkaan portissa eikä tämä noussut ylös eikä näyttänyt pelkäävän häntä, täytti viha Mordokaita kohtaan Haamanin.
10 Mutta Haaman hillitsi itsensä ja meni kotiinsa. Sitten hän lähetti noutamaan ystävänsä ja vaimonsa Sereksen.
11 Ja Haaman kehuskeli heille rikkautensa loistoa ja poikiensa paljoutta, ja kuinka kuningas kaikessa oli korottanut hänet ja ylentänyt hänet ylemmäksi ruhtinaita ja kuninkaan palvelijoita.
12 Ja Haaman sanoi: "Eipä kuningatar Esterkään antanut laittamiinsa pitoihin kuninkaan kanssa tulla kenenkään muun kuin minun. Ja huomiseksikin minä olen kuninkaan kanssa kutsuttu hänen luoksensa.
13 Mutta tämä kaikki ei minua tyydytä, niin kauan kuin minä näen juutalaisen Mordokain istuvan kuninkaan portissa."
14 Niin hänen vaimonsa Seres ja kaikki hänen ystävänsä sanoivat hänelle: "Tehtäköön hirsipuu, viittäkymmentä kyynärää korkea, ja pyydä huomenaamuna kuninkaalta, että Mordokai ripustetaan siihen, niin voit mennä kuninkaan kanssa pitoihin iloisena". Tämä puhe miellytti Haamania, ja hän teetti hirsipuun.
Esther 5
New International Version
Esther 5
New International Version
Esther’s Request to the King
5 On the third day Esther put on her royal robes(A) and stood in the inner court of the palace, in front of the king’s(B) hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall, facing the entrance. 2 When he saw Queen Esther standing in the court, he was pleased with her and held out to her the gold scepter that was in his hand. So Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter.(C)
3 Then the king asked, “What is it, Queen Esther? What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom,(D) it will be given you.”
4 “If it pleases the king,” replied Esther, “let the king, together with Haman, come today to a banquet I have prepared for him.”
5 “Bring Haman at once,” the king said, “so that we may do what Esther asks.”
So the king and Haman went to the banquet Esther had prepared. 6 As they were drinking wine,(E) the king again asked Esther, “Now what is your petition? It will be given you. And what is your request? Even up to half the kingdom,(F) it will be granted.”(G)
7 Esther replied, “My petition and my request is this: 8 If the king regards me with favor(H) and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet(I) I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
Haman’s Rage Against Mordecai
9 Haman went out that day happy and in high spirits. But when he saw Mordecai at the king’s gate and observed that he neither rose nor showed fear in his presence, he was filled with rage(J) against Mordecai.(K) 10 Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home.
Calling together his friends and Zeresh,(L) his wife, 11 Haman boasted(M) to them about his vast wealth, his many sons,(N) and all the ways the king had honored him and how he had elevated him above the other nobles and officials. 12 “And that’s not all,” Haman added. “I’m the only person(O) Queen Esther invited to accompany the king to the banquet she gave. And she has invited me along with the king tomorrow. 13 But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king’s gate.(P)”
14 His wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Have a pole set up, reaching to a height of fifty cubits,[a](Q) and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai impaled(R) on it. Then go with the king to the banquet and enjoy yourself.” This suggestion delighted Haman, and he had the pole set up.
Footnotes
- Esther 5:14 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters
Esther 5
King James Version
Esther 5
King James Version
5 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house: and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the gate of the house.
2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the sceptre.
3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is;
8 If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, he was full of indignation against Mordecai.
10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife.
11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Raamattu 1933/38 (R1933)
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