- 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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- 以斯帖说,仇人敌人就是这恶人哈曼。哈曼在王和王后面前就甚惊惶。
- 王便大怒,起来离开酒席往御园去了。哈曼见王定意要加罪与他,就起来,求王后以斯帖救命。
- 王从御园回到酒席之处,见哈曼伏在以斯帖所靠的榻上。王说,他竟敢在宫内,在我面前凌辱王后麽。这话一出王口,人就蒙了哈曼的脸。
- 伺候王的一个太监名叫哈波拿,说,哈曼为那救王有功的末底改做了五丈高的木架,现今立在哈曼家里。王说,把哈曼挂在其上。
- 于是人将哈曼挂在他为末底改所预备的木架上。王的忿怒这才止息。
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