¹Intravit itaque rex et Aman,And so the kingut biberent cum regina.and Haman entered to drink with the queen.

¹Intravit itaque rex et Aman,And so the kingut biberent cum regina.and Haman entered to drink with the queen.

²Dixitque ei rex etiam secunda die,And the king said to her again on the second day,postquam vino incaluerat:after he was warmed with wine,Quæ est petitio tua,“What is your request,Esther,Esther,ut detur tibi?so that it may be given to you?et quid vis fieri?And what do you want done?etiam si dimidiam partem regni mei petieris,Even if you ask for half of my kingdom,impetrabis.you will obtain it.”

²Dixitque ei rex etiam secunda die,And the king said to her again on the second day,postquam vino incaluerat:after he was warmed with wine,Quæ est petitio tua,“What is your request,Esther,Esther,ut detur tibi?so that it may be given to you?et quid vis fieri?And what do you want done?etiam si dimidiam partem regni mei petieris,Even if you ask for half of my kingdom,impetrabis.you will obtain it.”

³Ad quem illa respondit:She answered him,Si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis o rex,“If I have found favor in your eyes, O king,et si tibi placet,and if it pleases you,dona mihi animam meam pro qua rogo,spare my soul, I ask you,et populum meum pro quo obsecro.and spare my people, I beg you.

³Ad quem illa respondit:She answered him,Si inveni gratiam in oculis tuis o rex,“If I have found favor in your eyes, O king,et si tibi placet,and if it pleases you,dona mihi animam meam pro qua rogo,spare my soul, I ask you,et populum meum pro quo obsecro.and spare my people, I beg you.

⁴Traditi enim sumus ego et populus meus,For Iut conteramur,and my people have been handed over to be crushed,jugulemur,to be slain,et pereamus.and to perish.Atque utinam in servos et famulas venderemur:And if we were only being sold as servantsesset tolerabile malum,and slaves,et gemens tacerem:the evil might be tolerable,nunc autem hostis noster est,and I would have mourned in silence.cujus crudelitas redundat in regem.But now our enemy is one whose cruelty overflows upon the king.”

⁴Traditi enim sumus ego et populus meus,For Iut conteramur,and my people have been handed over to be crushed,jugulemur,to be slain,et pereamus.and to perish.Atque utinam in servos et famulas venderemur:And if we were only being sold as servantsesset tolerabile malum,and slaves,et gemens tacerem:the evil might be tolerable,nunc autem hostis noster est,and I would have mourned in silence.cujus crudelitas redundat in regem.But now our enemy is one whose cruelty overflows upon the king.”

⁵Respondensque rex Assuerus,And king Artaxerxes answeredait:and said,Quis est iste,“Who is this,et cujus potentiæ,and of what power,ut hæc audeat facere?that he would dare to do these things?”

⁵Respondensque rex Assuerus,And king Artaxerxes answeredait:and said,Quis est iste,“Who is this,et cujus potentiæ,and of what power,ut hæc audeat facere?that he would dare to do these things?”

⁶Dixitque Esther:And Esther said,Hostis et inimicus noster pessimus iste est Aman.“This is our most wicked enemy and foe: Haman!”Quod ille audiens, illico obstupuit,Hearing this, Haman was suddenly dumbfounded,vultum regis ac reginæ ferre non sustinens.unable to bear the faces of the king and the queen.

⁶Dixitque Esther:And Esther said,Hostis et inimicus noster pessimus iste est Aman.“This is our most wicked enemy and foe: Haman!”Quod ille audiens, illico obstupuit,Hearing this, Haman was suddenly dumbfounded,vultum regis ac reginæ ferre non sustinens.unable to bear the faces of the king and the queen.

⁷Rex autem iratus surrexit,But the king, being angry, rose up and,et de loco convivii intravit in hortum arboribus consitum.from the place of the feast, entered into the arboretum of the garden.Aman quoque surrexit ut rogaret Esther reginam pro anima sua:Haman likewise rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his soul,intellexit enim a rege sibi paratum malum.for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king.

⁷Rex autem iratus surrexit,But the king, being angry, rose up and,et de loco convivii intravit in hortum arboribus consitum.from the place of the feast, entered into the arboretum of the garden.Aman quoque surrexit ut rogaret Esther reginam pro anima sua:Haman likewise rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his soul,intellexit enim a rege sibi paratum malum.for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king.

⁸Qui cum reversus esset de horto nemoribus consito,When the king returned from the arboretum of the gardenet intrasset convivii locum,and entered into the place of the feast,reperit Aman super lectulum corruisse in quo jacebat Esther,he found Haman collapsed on the couch on which Esther lay,et ait:and he said,Etiam reginam vult opprimere,“And now he wishes to oppress the queen,me præsente,in my presence,in domo mea.in my house!”Necdum verbum de ore regis exierat,The word had not yet gone out of the king’s mouth,et statim operuerunt faciem ejus.and immediately they covered his face.

⁸Qui cum reversus esset de horto nemoribus consito,When the king returned from the arboretum of the gardenet intrasset convivii locum,and entered into the place of the feast,reperit Aman super lectulum corruisse in quo jacebat Esther,he found Haman collapsed on the couch on which Esther lay,et ait:and he said,Etiam reginam vult opprimere,“And now he wishes to oppress the queen,me præsente,in my presence,in domo mea.in my house!”Necdum verbum de ore regis exierat,The word had not yet gone out of the king’s mouth,et statim operuerunt faciem ejus.and immediately they covered his face.

⁹Dixitque Harbona,And Harbona,unus de eunuchis, qui stabant in ministerio regis:one of the eunuchs who stood in ministry to the king, said,En lignum quod paraverat Mardochæo,“Behold the wood, which he had prepared for Mordecai,qui locutus est pro rege,who spoke up on behalf of the king,stat in domo Aman,stands in Haman’s house,habens altitudinis quinquaginta cubitos.having a height of fifty cubits.”Cui dixit rex: Appendite eum in eo.The king said to him, “Hang him from it.”

⁹Dixitque Harbona,And Harbona,unus de eunuchis, qui stabant in ministerio regis:one of the eunuchs who stood in ministry to the king, said,En lignum quod paraverat Mardochæo,“Behold the wood, which he had prepared for Mordecai,qui locutus est pro rege,who spoke up on behalf of the king,stat in domo Aman,stands in Haman’s house,habens altitudinis quinquaginta cubitos.having a height of fifty cubits.”Cui dixit rex: Appendite eum in eo.The king said to him, “Hang him from it.”

¹⁰Suspensus est itaque Aman in patibulo quod paraverat Mardochæo:And so Haman was hanged on the gallows, which he had prepared for Mordecai,et regis ira quievit.and the king’s anger was quieted.

¹⁰Suspensus est itaque Aman in patibulo quod paraverat Mardochæo:And so Haman was hanged on the gallows, which he had prepared for Mordecai,et regis ira quievit.and the king’s anger was quieted.