Esther entertaining the king and Aman again at a feast, is promised to obtain, whatsoever she will ask. 3. she demandeth safety for her self, and all the people, against Aman's cruelty, 6. and Aman is hanged on the gallows, which he had prepared for Mardocheus.Esther entertayning the king and Aman againe at a feast, is promised to obtaine, whatsoeuer she wil aske. 3. she demandeth safetie for her self, and al the people, against Amans crueltie, 6. and Aman is hanged on the gallowes, which he had prepared for Mardocheus.✦
The king therefore and Aman went in, to drink with the queen.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 also the second day, after he was warm with wine: What is thy petition Esther, that it may be given thee? and what wilt thou have done? although thou shalt ask the half part of my kingdom, thou shalt obtain.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.
3To whom she answered, If I have found grace in thine eyes O king, and if it please thee, give me my life for the which I make request, and my people for the which I beseech.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 beseech.✦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 delivered I and my people, to be destroyed, murdered, and to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen: it were a tolerable evil, and mourning I would hold my peace: but now it is our enemy, whose cruelty redundat: adds to his credit; recoils, falls back upon upon the king.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 answering, said: Who is this, and of what might, that he dare do these things?And king Assuerus 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 our adversary and most wicked enemy. Which he hearing forthwith was astonished, not enduring to bear the countenance of the king and of the queen.And Esther said: It is this Aman our 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 iratus: wroth, angered rose up, and from the place of the banquet went into the garden set with trees. Aman also rose up, to entreat Esther the queen for his life, for he understood that there was evil prepared him of the king.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.
8Who when he was returned out of the garden set with trees, and had entered into the place of the banquet, he found Aman to have fallen upon the bed, wherein Esther lay, and he said: The queen also he will opprimo: compel by strength; ravish, violate in my presence, in my house. Neither was the word yet passed from the king's mouth, and immediately they covered his face.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 which stood waiting on the king, said: Behold the lignum: gallows, hanging-beam, which he had prepared for Mardocheus, that spake for the king, standeth in Aman's house, having in height fifty cubits. To whom the king said: Hang him upon it.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.
10Aman therefore was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardocheus: and the king's wrath ceased.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.
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.