7–BOB
Xomon dorga osiladi
1 Shoh va Xomon malika Ester bilan yeb–ichish uchun unikiga kelishdi. 2 Ular ikkinchi kuni ham sharobxoʻrlik qilishayotganda, shoh Esterga yana aytdi:
— Qanday istaging bor, malika Ester? Istaging qondiriladi. Qanday iltimosing bor, malikam? Yarim shohlikni soʻrasang ham, beriladi.
3 Shundan keyin malika Ester gapirdi:
— Shoh hazratlari! Agar oʻzlari mendan mamnun boʻlsalar, agar shohim maʼqul koʻrsalar, istagim shuki, jonimni saqlab qolsinlar, tilagim shuki, mening xalqim joniga rahm qilsinlar! 4 Men va mening xalqim yer yuzidan yoʻq qilinish uchun, oʻldirilish va qirilish uchun sotilganmiz . Agar biz qul va choʻri qilib sotilganimizda edi, ovozimni chiqarmasdim. Oʻsha dushmanning qilmishi uchun shohimizni bezovta qilish arzimas ish boʻlardi.
5 Shoh Axashverash malika Esterdan:
— Kim u? Qani oʻsha odam? Kim shunday qilishga jurʼat etdi? — deya soʻradi.
6 — Zararkunanda, gʻanim, yovuz Xomon! — dedi Ester.
Shu zahoti Xomon shoh bilan malika qarshisida vahimaga tushdi. 7 Shoh gʻazab bilan dasturxondan turdi–yu, saroy bogʻiga qarab ketdi. Xomon esa malika Esterdan “Jonimni qutqargin”, deb yolvorish uchun qoldi, chunki shohdan oʻziga nisbatan yovuz qismat tayin etilganini u bilib turardi.
8 Shoh bogʻdan saroyning ziyofat boʻlayotgan xonasiga qaytganda, Xomon Ester yonboshlab oʻtiradigan oʻrindiqqa mahkam yopishib yotgan edi. Shoh bu ahvolni koʻrdi–yu:
— Oh–ho, men uyda ekanimda malikaning nomusiga tegmoqchi boʻldingmi? — deb baqirdi. Shoh gapini tugatar–tugatmas, Xomonning yuzini yopdilar .
9 Shohning mulozimlaridan biri Xarbona aytib qoldi:
— Ha, aytganday, Xomon uyining oldiga ellik tirsakli dor tayyorlab qoʻygan. Bu dorga Mardoxayni osmoqchi. Mardoxay esa shohimizni ogohlantirib uning hayotini saqlab qolgan.
— Oʻsha dorga Xomonning oʻzini osinglar! — deb farmon berdi shoh.
10 Mardoxay uchun tayyorlab qoʻyilgan dorga Xomonning oʻzini osdilar . Shundan soʻnggina shohning gʻazabi bosildi.
1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. 2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom. 3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request: 4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
5 ¶ Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? 6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7 ¶ And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king. 8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was . Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face. 9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon. 10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
