エステル記 5
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1三日目、エステルは王妃の装いをし、王宮の内庭、王の広間の前に立った。王は王宮の中で、入口に向かって王座に着いていた。
1Now 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王は王妃エステルが庭に立っているのを見ると、彼女を好意をもって迎え、手にしていた金の笏を差し伸べた。エステルは近づき、笏の先に触れた。
2When 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王は言った。「王妃エステルよ、どうしたのか。願いは何か。国の半分でも、あなたに与えよう。」
3Then 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エステルは答えた。「王がよしとされるなら、私が王のために用意した祝宴に、今日ハマンとともにお越しください。」
4Esther 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王は言った。「エステルの願いどおりにするため、急いでハマンを呼べ。」こうして王とハマンは、エステルの用意した祝宴に赴いた。
5Then 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ぶどう酒の宴で、王はエステルに言った。「あなたの願いは何か。かなえてやろう。求めは何か。国の半分でも、そのとおりにしよう。」
6The 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エステルは答えた。「私の願いと求めは、こうです。
7Then Esther answered and said, “My petition and my request is this.
8もし私が王の好意を受け、私の願いをかなえ、求めを聞くことを王がよしとされるなら、私が用意する祝宴に、明日も王とハマンにお越しください。その時、王のお尋ねにお答えいたします。」
8If 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その日、ハマンは喜び、心満ち足りて出て行った。ところが王の門でモルデカイを見ると、彼が立ち上がりもせず、自分の前で身じろぎもしないので、モルデカイへの怒りに満たされた。
9Then 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それでもハマンは自分を抑えて家に帰り、人を遣わして友人たちと妻ゼレシュを呼び集めた。
10Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.
11ハマンは彼らに、莫大な富、多くの息子、王が自分を昇進させ、王の高官や家臣より高くしたことを残らず語った。
11Haman 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さらにハマンは言った。「しかも王妃エステルは、自分が用意した祝宴に、王とともに私だけを招いた。明日もまた、王とともに招かれている。
12Haman 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だが、あのユダヤ人モルデカイが王の門に座っているのを見るかぎり、これらすべてがあっても、私には何の満足もない。」
13Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
14妻ゼレシュと友人たちは皆言った。「高さ五十キュビットの木柱を立てさせなさい。明朝、モルデカイをそれに掛けるよう王に願い出て、それから王とともに喜んで祝宴へ行きなさい。」この提案はハマンの心にかない、彼は木柱を立てさせた。
14Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits 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.
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