7 — Ester

1So the king and Aman went in, to drink with the queen.Al re adunque, e Aman andarono a cena nell'appartamento della regina.THE king therfore and Aman went in, to drinke with the queene.Intravit itaque rex et Aman, ut biberent cum regina. 2And the king said to her again the second day, after he was warm with wine: What is thy petition, Esther, that it may be granted thee? and what wilt thou have done: although thou ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it.E il re anche questa volta le disse, quando fu riscaldato dal vino: Che domandi tu, o Esther, e che vuoi, che si faccia? Quand'anche tu chiedessi la metà del regno mio, la avrai.And the king said to her also the second day, after he was warme with wine: What is thy petition Esther that it may be geuen thee? and what wilt thou haue done? although thou shalt aske the half part of my kingdome, thou shalt obteyne.Dixitque ei rex etiam secunda die, postquam vino incaluerat: Quæ est petitio tua, Esther, ut detur tibi ? et quid vis fieri ? etiam si dimidiam partem regni mei petieris, impetrabis. 3Then she answered: If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please thee, give me my life for which I ask, and my people for which I request.Ed ella gli rispose: Se io ho trovato grazia negli occhi tuoi, o re, e se così a te piace, salvami la vita mia, per cui ti prego, e il popol mio, per cui ti chieggo grazia.To whom she answered, If I haue found grace in thyne eies ô king, and if it please thee, geue me my life for the which I make request, and my people for the which I besech.Ad quem illa respondit: Si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis o rex, et si tibi placet, dona mihi animam meam pro qua rogo, et populum meum pro quo obsecro. 4For we are given up, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen: the evil might be borne with, and I would have mourned in silence: but now we have an enemy, whose cruelty redoundeth upon the king.Perocché e io, e il mio popolo siamo stati venduti alla distruzione, alla strage, allo sterminio: e fossimo noi almeno venduti per ischiavi, e per ischiave; tollerabil sarebbe tal male, e io gemerei in silenzio: ma ora abbiam per nimico un uomo, la crudeltà del quale cade sopra del re.For we are deliuered I and my people, to be destroyed, murdered, and to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwemen: it were a tolerable euil, and mourning I would hold my peace: but now it is our enemie, whose crueltie redoundeth vpon the king.Traditi enim sumus ego et populus meus, ut conteramur, jugulemur, et pereamus. Atque utinam in servos et famulas venderemur: esset tolerabile malum, et gemens tacerem: nunc autem hostis noster est, cujus crudelitas redundat in regem.

5And king Assuerus answered and said: Who is this, and of what power, that he should do these things?E il re Assuero rispose, e disse: Chi è costui, che tanto può, e ardisce di far questo?And king Assuetus answering, said: Who is this, and of what might, that he dare doe these things?Respondensque rex Assuerus, ait: Quis est iste, et cujus potentiæ, ut hæc audeat facere ? 6And Esther said: It is this Aman that is our adversary and most wicked enemy. Aman hearing this was forthwith astonished, not being able to bear the countenance of the king and of the queen.Esther gli disse: Nemico nostro, e persecutore pessimo egli è questo Aman. Ciò udendo quegli rimase stupido, né potea sostenere gli sguardi del re, e della regina.And Esther said: It is this Aman out aduersarie and most wicked enemie. Which he hearing forthwith was astonished, not enduring to beare the countenance of the king and of the queene.Dixitque Esther: Hostis et inimicus noster pessimus iste est Aman. Quod ille audiens, illico obstupuit, vultum regis ac reginæ ferre non sustinens. 7But the king being angry rose up, and went from the place of the banquet into the garden set with trees. Aman also rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his life, for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king.E il re sdegnato si alzò, e dal luogo del convito passò in un giardino piantato di alberi. Aman parimente si alzò per raccomandare la sua vita alla regina; perocché comprese, che il re meditava la sua rovina.But the king being wrath rose vp, and from the place of the banket went into the garden set with trees. Aman also rose vp, to intreate Esther the queene for his life, for he vnderstood that there was euil prepared him of the king.Rex autem iratus surrexit, et de loco convivii intravit in hortum arboribus consitum. Aman quoque surrexit ut rogaret Esther reginam pro anima sua: intellexit enim a rege sibi paratum malum. 8And when the king came back out of the garden set with trees, and entered into the place of the banquet, he found Aman was fallen upon the bed on which Esther lay, and he said: He will force the queen also in my presence, in my own house. The word was not yet gone out of the king’s mouth, and immediately they covered his face.E quegli tornato dal giardino piantato di alberi, in entrando nel luogo del convito trovò Aman disteso sul letto, in cui giaceva Esther, e disse: Vuol egli ancora far violenza alla regina presente me in casa mia? E appena usci di bocca del re questa parola, che subitamente copersero a quello la faccia.Who when he was returned out of the garden set with trees, and had entered into the place of the banket, he found Aman to haue fallen vpon the bed, wherin Esther lay, and he said: The queene also he wil force in my presence, in my house. Neither was the word yet passed from the kings mouth, and immediatly they couered his face.Qui cum reversus esset de horto nemoribus consito, et intrasset convivii locum, reperit Aman super lectulum corruisse in quo jacebat Esther, et ait: Etiam reginam vult opprimere, me præsente, in domo mea. Necdum verbum de ore regis exierat, et statim operuerunt faciem ejus.

9And Harbona, one of the eunuchs that stood waiting on the king, said: Behold the gibbet which he hath prepared for Mardochai, who spoke for the king, standeth in Aman’s house, being fifty cubits high. And the king said to him: Hang him upon it.E Harbona uno degli eunuchi, che servivano il re, disse: Ecco là in casa di Aman il patibolo, che egli aveva apprestato per Mardocheo, che aveva parlato per salute del re, ed è alto cinquanta cubiti. E il re gli disse: Appiccatelo a quello.And Harbona, one of the eunuches which stood wayting on the king, sayd: Behold the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardocheus, that spake for the king, standeth in Amans house, hauing in height fiftie cubites. To whom the king said: Hang him vpon it.Dixitque Harbona, unus de eunuchis, qui stabant in ministerio regis: En lignum quod paraverat Mardochæo, qui locutus est pro rege, stat in domo Aman, habens altitudinis quinquaginta cubitos. Cui dixit rex: Appendite eum in eo. 10So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king’s wrath ceased.Fu pertanto Aman appeso al patibolo, che egli aveva preparato a Mardocheo, e l'ira del re si calmò.Aman therfore was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardocheus: and the kings wrath ceased.Suspensus est itaque Aman in patibulo quod paraverat Mardochæo: et regis ira quievit.