- 以斯帖說、仇人敵人就是這惡人哈曼.哈曼在王和王后面前就甚驚惶。
- 王便大怒、起來離開酒席往御園去了.哈曼見王定意要加罪與他、就起來、求王后以斯帖救命。
- 王從御園回到酒席之處、見哈曼伏在以斯帖所靠的榻上.王說、他竟敢在宮內、在我面前、凌辱王后麼.這話一出王口、人就蒙了哈曼的臉。
- 伺候王的一個太監、名叫哈波拿、說、哈曼為那救王有功的末底改、作了五丈高的木架、現今立在哈曼家裡.王說、把哈曼挂在其上。
- 於是人將哈曼挂在他為末底改所豫備的木架上.王的忿怒這纔止息。
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- Esther said, "The adversary and enemy is this vile Haman." Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
- The king got up in a rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.
- Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, "Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?" As soon as the word left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
- Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, "A gallows seventy-five feet high stands by Haman's house. He had it made for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king." The king said, "Hang him on it!"
- So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's fury subsided.
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