Ester 11

BIBBIA MARTINI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 L'anno quarto del regno di Tolomeo, e di Cleopatra, Dositheo, il quale si diceva sacerdote, e della stirpe di Levi, e Tolomeo suo figliuolo portarono questa lettera del Phurim, la quale dissero essere stata traslatata in Gerusalemme da Lisimaco figliuolo di Tolomeo.	1 And so the king and Haman entered to drink with the queen.
2 L'anno secondo del regno di Artaserse il massimo, il dì primo del mese di Nisan, Mardocheo figliuolo di Jair, figliuolo di Semei, figliuolo di Cis, della tribù di Beniamin vide un sogno:	2 And the king said to her again on the second day, after he was warmed with wine, “What is your request, Esther, so that it may be given to you? And what do you want done? Even if you ask for half of my kingdom, you will obtain it.”
3 Egli fu Giudeo, e abitava in Susa, e l'i. uomo grande, e de' primi della corte del re.	3 She answered him, “If I have found favor in your eyes, O king, and if it pleases you, spare my soul, I ask you, and spare my people, I beg you.
4 Ed era del numero de' prigionieri traportati in Gerusalemme con Jeconia re di Giuda da Nabuchodouosor re di Babilonia:	4 For I and my people have been handed over to be crushed, to be slain, and to perish. And if we were only being sold as servants and slaves, the evil might be tolerable, and I would have mourned in silence. But now our enemy is one whose cruelty overflows upon the king.”
5 E il suo sogno fu questo: Parvegli di sentire delle voci, de' tumulti, de' tuoni, e de' tremuoti, e sconvolgimenti sopra la terra:	5 And king Artaxerxes answered and said, “Who is this, and of what power, that he would dare to do these things?”
6 Ed ecco due grandi dragoni in atto di venir tra loro a battaglia.	6 And Esther said, “This is our most wicked enemy and foe: Haman!” Hearing this, Haman was suddenly dumbfounded, unable to bear the faces of the king and the queen.
7 Alle strida de' quali tutte si mossero le nazioni per assalire la nazione dei giusti.	7 But the king, being angry, rose up and, from the place of the feast, entered into the arboretum of the garden. Haman likewise rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his soul, for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king.
8 E quello fu giorno di tenebre, e di pericolo, di tribolazione, e di all'anno, e di timori grandi per la terra.	8 When the king returned from the arboretum of the garden and entered into the place of the feast, he found Haman collapsed on the couch on which Esther lay, and he said, “And now he wishes to oppress the queen, in my presence, in my house!” The word had not yet gone out of the king’s mouth, and immediately they covered his face.
9 E la nazione de' giusti fu in scompiglio pel timore dei mali suoi, e si preparava alla morte.	9 And Harbona, one of the eunuchs who stood in ministry to the king, said, “Behold the wood, which he had prepared for Mordecai, who spoke up on behalf of the king, stands in Haman’s house, having a height of fifty cubits.” The king said to him, “Hang him from it.”
10 E alzaron le grida al Signore, e mentre gridavano un piccol fonte crebbe in grandissimo fiume ridondante di acque.	10 And so Haman was hanged on the gallows, which he had prepared for Mordecai, and the king’s anger was quieted.
11 Un lume, e un sole spuntò fuori, e i piccoli furono esaltati, e divorarono i grandi.
12 Veduto ciò Mardocheo, alzatosi dal letto andava pensando quel, che Dio far volesse: e portava ciò fisso nella mente, bramoso di saper quel, che volesse dire il sogno.