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Bagian: Ester mengundang raja Ahasweros dan Haman ke jamuan makan malam istimewa

1 Pada hari ketiga saat orang Yahudi yang berada di kota Susan sedang puasa, Ester memakai jubah ratu, lalu masuk dalam aula khusus istana raja. 2 Ketika raja melihat Ester yang sedang berdiri di aula khusus itu, raja senang dan langsung mengulurkan tongkat emasnya ke arahnya sebagai tanda bahwa Ester boleh menghadap. Lalu Ester datang mendekat dan menyentuh ujung tongkatnya. 3 Raja bertanya kepadanya, “Ester, apa yang kamu inginkan? Katakan padaku, dan aku akan memberikan hal itu kepadamu— bahkan jika kamu meminta aku untuk memberikan setengah dari kerajaanku!” 4 Jawab Ester, “Tuanku Raja, jika berkenan, datanglah dengan Haman ke jamuan makan istimewa yang sudah aku siapkan untuk Tuanku berdua malam ini.” 5 Berkatalah raja kepada hamba-hambanya, “Pergi dan sampaikanlah kepada Haman supaya segera datang ke jamuan makan malam istimewa yang sudah dipersiapkan Ester khusus untuk kami berdua!” Lalu raja dengan Haman datang ke tempat di mana makanan sudah tersedia itu. 6 Sementara mereka sedang minum anggur, berkatalah raja kepada Ester, “Katakanlah apa yang kamu inginkan. Aku akan memberikannya kepadamu— bahkan jika kamu meminta aku untuk memberikan setengah dari kerajaanku!” 7 Jawab Ester, “Jika Tuanku Raja berkenan dan bersedia memberikan apa yang aku minta, aku mohon datang lagi besok pada jamuan makan malam yang akan aku siapkan khusus untuk Tuanku berdua. Pada waktu itulah aku akan memberitahukan apa yang sesungguhnya aku inginkan.”

Bagian: Haman berencana membunuh Mordekai

9 Hati Haman riang gembira ketika meninggalkan jamuan makan istimewa itu. Tetapi saat dia melihat Mordekai di gerbang istana tidak berdiri atau bersujud memberi hormat kepadanya, dia sangat marah. 10 Namun pada saat itu Haman tidak menunjukkan bahwa dia marah. Dia pulang saja ke rumah, lalu memanggil Zeres— istrinya, dan para sahabatnya. 11 Lalu Haman membanggakan diri di hadapan mereka tentang kekayaannya, tentang anak laki-lakinya yang begitu banyak, dan bahwa dia sangat dipuji-puji di atas semua para pembesar dan semua kaum bangsawan. 12 Bahkan Haman pun menambahkan, “Dan bukan hanya itu! Ratu Ester mengundang kami berdua saja— aku dan raja, datang ke jamuan makan istimewa yang dia siapkan malam ini. Dan dia mengundang hanya kami berdua lagi ke pesta makan yang kedua besok! 13 Tetapi semua itu tidak berarti apa-apa bagiku selama aku masih melihat Mordekai— orang Yahudi itu, duduk di pintu gerbang istana raja!” 14 Setelah itu istri Haman, Zeres dan semua sahabatnya mengusulkan, “Suruhlah para hamba-hambamu untuk mendirikan tiang gantung setinggi kurang lebih dua puluh dua meter untuk menggantung Mordekai. Kemudian besok pagi minta izin dari raja untuk menggantung Mordekai di tiang itu. Sesudah itu, dengan hati gembira engkau akan ke jamuan makan istimewa bersama raja.” Haman senang dengan ide itu, lalu dia memerintahkan para hambanya untuk memasang tiang gantung.

World English Bible (dengan Deuterokanonika)

1 It came to pass on the third day, when she had ceased praying, that she took off her servant’s dress and put on her glorious apparel. Being splendidly dressed and having called upon God the Overseer and Preserver of all things, she took her two maids, and she leaned upon one, as a delicate female, and the other followed bearing her train. She was blooming in the perfection of her beauty. Her face was cheerful and looked lovely, but her heart was filled with fear. Having passed through all the doors, she stood before the king. He was sitting on his royal throne. He had put on all his glorious apparel, covered all over with gold and precious stones, and was very terrifying. And having raised his face resplendent with glory, he looked with intense anger. The queen fell, and changed her color as she fainted. She bowed herself upon the head of the maid who went before her. But God changed the spirit of the king to gentleness, and in intense feeling, he sprang from off his throne, and took her into his arms, until she recovered. He comforted her with peaceful words, and said to her, “What is the matter, Esther? I am your relative. Cheer up! You shall not die, for our command is openly declared to you: ‘Draw near.’” 2 And having raised the golden sceptre, he laid it upon her neck, and embraced her. He said, “Speak to me.”
So she said to him, “I saw you, my lord, as an angel of God, and my heart was troubled for fear of your glory; for you, my lord, are to be wondered at, and your face is full of grace.” While she was speaking, she fainted and fell.
Then the king was troubled, and all his servants comforted her. 3 The king said, “What do you desire, Esther? What is your request? Ask even to the half of my kingdom, and it shall be yours.” 4 Esther said, “Today is a special day. So if it seems good to the king, let both him and Haman come to the feast which I will prepare this day.” 5 The king said, “Hurry and bring Haman here, that we may do as Esther said.” So they both came to the feast about which Esther had spoken. 6 At the banquet, the king said to Esther, “What is your request, queen Esther? You shall have all that you require.” 7 She said, “My request and my petition is: 8 if I have found favor in the king’s sight, let the king and Haman come again tomorrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as I have done today.” 9 So Haman went out from the king very glad and merry; but when Haman saw Mordecai the Jew in the court, he was greatly enraged. 10 Having gone into his own house, he called his friends, and his wife Zeresh. 11 He showed them his wealth and the glory with which the king had invested him, and how he had promoted him to be chief ruler in the kingdom. 12 Haman said, “The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited tomorrow. 13 But these things don’t please me while I see Mordecai the Jew in the court. 14 Then Zeresh his wife and his friends said to him, “Let a fifty cubit tall gallows be made for you. In the morning you speak to the king, and let Mordecai be hanged on the gallows; but you go in to the feast with the king, and be merry.”
The saying pleased Haman, and the gallows was prepared.