Ester 5

1 Now on the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house. 2 When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near and touched the top of the scepter.

3 Then the king asked her, "What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom."

4 Esther said, "If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him."

5 Then the king said, "Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has said." So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

6 The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, "What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed."

7 Then Esther answered and said, "My petition and my request is this. 8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said."

9 Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he didn’t stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai. 10 Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife. 11 Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.

12 Haman also said, "Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow I am also invited by her together with the king. 13 Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate."

14 Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, "Let a gallows be made fifty cubits*5:14 A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters. high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet." This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.

Te Pōhiri Tuatahi o Ehetere ki tētahi Hākari

1 Nā, i te toru o ngā rā ka kākahuria e Ehetere ōna kākahu kuīni, ā, tū ana ia i te marae o roto o te whare o te kīngi, i te ritenga atu o te whare o te kīngi; ko te kīngi hoki e noho ana i runga i te torōna o tōna kīngitanga i te whare kīngi, i te ritenga mai o te tatau o te whare. 2 Ā, i te kitenga atu o te kīngi i a Ehetere, i te kuīni, e tū ana i te marae ka manakohia ia e ia, ā, ka torona mai e te kīngi te hēpeta kōura i tōna ringa ki a Ehetere. Heoi, ka whakatata atu a Ehetere, ā, ka pā ki te pito o te hēpeta.

3 Kātahi ka mea te kīngi ki a ia, "He aha tāu mea, e te kuīni, e Ehetere? He aha hoki te mea e tonoa nei e koe? Ahakoa ko te hāwhe o te kīngitanga, ka hoatu ki a koe."

4 Anō rā ko Ehetere, "Ki te mea he pai ki tā te kīngi, kia haere mai te kīngi rāua ko Hāmana āianei ki te hākari kua oti i ahau te taka māna."

5 Anō rā ko te kīngi, "Whakahohorotia a Hāmana hei mea i tā Ehetere i kī ai."

Nā, haere ana te kīngi rāua ko Hāmana ki te hākari kua oti nei te takā e Ehetere. 6 Ā, ka mea te kīngi ki a Ehetere i te mea e inu wāina ana, "He aha tāu e mea nei māu? Ka hoatu anō ki a koe. He aha hoki tāu e tono nei? Ahakoa ko te hāwhe o te kīngitanga, ka meatia."

7 Kātahi ka whakautu a Ehetere, ka mea, "Ko tāku i mea ai māku, ko tāku i tono ai. 8 Ki te mea kua manakohia ahau e te kīngi, ki te pai te kīngi kia hōmai tāku i mea ai māku, kia meatia tāku i tono ai, me haere mai te kīngi rāua ko Hāmana ki te hākari e takā e ahau mā rāua; ā, āpōpō ka whakaritea e ahau te kupu a te kīngi."

He Tārawa mā Mororekai

9 Nā, ka puta atu a Hāmana ki waho i taua rā, me te koa, me te pai o te ngākau. Kei te kitenga ia o Hāmana i a Mororekai i te Kūwaha o te Kīngi, ā, kīhai tērā i whakatika, i oraora ki a ia, kī tonu a Hāmana i te riri ki a Mororekai. 10 Otiia i whakamanawanui a Hāmana, ā, hoki ana ki tōna whare.

Ā, ka tonoa e ia he tangata ki te tiki i ōna hoa, i tāna wahine hoki, i a Herehe. 11 Ā, kōrerotia ana e Hāmana ki a rātou te korōria o ōna taonga, te tokomaha o āna tamariki, me a te kīngi whakanuinga katoa i a ia, me tāna whakanekehanga i a ia ki runga ake i ngā rangatira, i ngā tāngata a te kīngi. 12 I mea anō a Hāmana, "He pono kīhai tētahi i tukua mai e te kuīni, e Ehetere hei hoa mō te kīngi ki te hākari i takā e ia, ko ahau anake; kua kīia mai anō ahau hei hoa atu mō te kīngi ki a ia āpōpō. 13 Heoi, kāhore he pai o tēnei katoa ki ahau, i ahau e kite tonu ana i te Hūrai, i a Mororekai, e noho ana i te Kūwaha o te Kīngi."

14 Kātahi ka kī atu tāna wahine, a Herehe, rātou ko ōna hoa katoa ki a ia, "Me hanga he tārawa, kia rima tekau whatīanga te tiketike, ā, i te ata māu e kī atu ki te kīngi kia tāronatia a Mororekai ki runga; kātahi koe ka haere koa ai, kōrua ko te kīngi ki te hākari." Nā, pai tonu taua kupu ki a Hāmana, ā, ka meinga e ia kia hangā taua tārawa.