Esther 7

DOUAI-RHEIMS	SAGRADA BIBLIA
1 So the king and Aman went in, to drink with the queen.	1 O rei e Amã vieram, pois, ao banquete de Ester.
2 And the king said to her again the second day, after he was warm with wine: What is thy petition, Esther, that it may be granted thee? and what wilt thou have done: although thou ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it.	2 No segundo dia, bebendo vinho, disse ainda o rei a Ester: Qual é teu pedido, rainha Ester? Será atendido. Que é que desejas? Fosse mesmo a metade de meu reino, tu obterias.
3 Then she answered: If I have found Favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please thee, give me my life for which I ask, and my people for which I request.	3 A rainha respondeu: Se achei graça a teus olhos, ó rei, e se ao rei lhe parecer bem, concede-me a vida, eis o meu pedido; salva meu povo, eis o meu desejo.
4 For we are given up, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. And would God we were sold for bondmen and bondwomen: the evil might be borne with, and I would have mourned in silence: but now we have an enemy, whose cruelty redoundeth upon the king.	4 Fomos votados, eu e meu povo, ao extermínio, à morte, ao aniquilamento. Se tivéssemos sido vendidos como escravos, eu me calaria, mas eis que agora o opressor não poderia compensar o prejuízo que causa ao mesmo rei.
5 And king Assuerus answered and said: Who is this, and of what power, that he should do these things?	5 Quem é, replicou o rei, e onde está quem maquina tal projeto em seu coração?
6 And Esther said: It is this Aman that is our adversary and most wicked enemy. Aman hearing this was forthwith astonished, not being able to bear the countenance of the king and of the queen.	6 O opressor, o inimigo, disse a rainha, é Amã, eis aí o infame!
7 But the king being angry rose up, and went from the place of the banquet into the garden set with trees. Aman also rose up to entreat Esther the queen for his life, for he understood that evil was prepared for him by the king.	7 Amã ficou tomado de terror diante do rei e da rainha. O rei, aceso em cólera, levantou-se e deixou o banquete, dirigindo-se ao jardim do palácio, ao passo que Amã permanecia ali, para implorar a Ester o perdão de sua vida, porque via bem que no espírito do rei estava decretada sua perda.
8 And when the king came back out of the garden set with trees, and entered into the place of the banquet, he found Aman was fallen upon the bed on which Esther lay, and he said: He will force the queen also in my presence, in my own house. The word was not yet gone out of the king's mouth, and immediately they covered his face.	8 Quando o rei voltou do jardim do palácio para a sala do banquete, viu Amã que se tinha deixado cair sobre o divã em que repousava Ester: Como!, exclamou. Ei-lo que quer fazer violência à rainha em minha casa, em meu palácio! Mal tinha saído essa palavra da boca do rei, quando cobriram a face de Amã.
9 And Harbona, one of the eunuchs that stood waiting on the king, said: Behold the gibbet which he hath prepared for Mardochai, who spoke for the king, standeth in Aman's house, being fifty cubits high. And the king said to him: Hang him upon it.	9 Harbona, um dos eunucos, disse ao rei. A forca preparada por Amã para Mardoqueu, cuja denúncia em favor do rei tinha sido tão salutar, acha-se levantada na casa de Amã, alta de cinqüenta côvados.- Que o suspendam nela!, exclamou o rei.
10 So Aman was hanged on the gibbet, which he had prepared for Mardochai: and the king's wrath ceased.	10 E suspenderam Amã na forca que tinha preparado para Mardoqueu. Isso acalmou a cólera do rei.