Esther · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Esther 5 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Την τρίτην δε ημέραν ενδυθείσα η Εσθήρ την βασιλικήν στολήν εστάθη εν τη εσωτέρα αυλή του βασιλικού οίκου, απέναντι του οίκου του βασιλέως· και ο βασιλεύς εκάθητο επί του βασιλικού θρόνου αυτού εν τω βασιλικώ οίκω, απέναντι της πύλης του οίκου.
1 Now on the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house.
2 Και ως είδεν ο βασιλεύς την Εσθήρ την βασίλισσαν ισταμένην εν τη αυλή, εύρηκε χάριν ενώπιον αυτού· και εξέτεινεν ο βασιλεύς προς την Εσθήρ το χρυσούν σκήπτρον το εν τη χειρί αυτού· και επλησίασεν η Εσθήρ και ήγγισε το άκρον του σκήπτρου.
2 When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near and touched the top of the scepter.
3 Και είπε προς αυτήν ο βασιλεύς, Τι θέλεις, βασίλισσα Εσθήρ; και τις η αίτησίς σου; και έως του ημίσεος της βασιλείας θέλει δοθή εις σε.
3 Then the king asked her, “What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.”
4 Και απεκρίθη η Εσθήρ, Εάν ήναι αρεστόν εις τον βασιλέα, ας έλθη ο βασιλεύς και ο Αμάν την ημέραν ταύτην εις το συμπόσιον, το οποίον ητοίμασα δι' αυτόν.
4 Esther said, “If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”
5 Και είπεν ο βασιλεύς, Επισπεύσατε τον Αμάν, διά να κάμη τον λόγον της Εσθήρ. Και ήλθον ο βασιλεύς και ο Αμάν εις το συμπόσιον, το οποίον έκαμεν η Εσθήρ.
5 Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has said.” So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
6 Και είπεν ο βασιλεύς προς την Εσθήρ επί του συμποσίου του οίνου, Τι το ζήτημά σου; και θέλει δοθή εις σέ· και τις η αίτησίς σου; και έως του ημίσεος της βασιλείας εάν ζητήσης, θέλει γείνει.
6 The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”
7 Τότε αποκριθείσα η Εσθήρ είπε, το ζήτημά μου και η αίτησίς μου είναι·
7 Then Esther answered and said, “My petition and my request is this.
8 Εάν εύρηκα χάριν ενώπιον του βασιλέως, και εάν ήναι αρεστόν εις τον βασιλέα να εκτελέση το ζήτημά μου και να κάμη την αίτησίν μου, ας έλθη ο βασιλεύς και ο Αμάν εις το συμπόσιον το οποίον θέλω ετοιμάσει δι' αυτούς· και αύριον θέλω κάμει κατά τον λόγον του βασιλέως.
8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said.”
9 Τότε εξήλθεν ο Αμάν την ημέραν εκείνην περιχαρής και εύθυμος την καρδίαν· αλλ' ότε ο Αμάν είδε τον Μαροδοχαίον εν τη πύλη του βασιλέως, ότι δεν εσηκώθη ουδέ εκινήθη δι' αυτόν, ενεπλήσθη ο Αμάν θυμού κατά του Μαροδοχαίου.
9 Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he didn’t stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
10 Αλλ' ο Αμάν εκράτησεν εαυτόν· και εισελθών εις τον οίκον αυτού έστειλε και εκάλεσε τους φίλους αυτού και Ζερές την γυναίκα αυτού,
10 Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.
11 και διηγήθη προς αυτούς ο Αμάν περί της δόξης του πλούτου αυτού και του πλήθους των τέκνων αυτού, και πόσον ο βασιλεύς εμεγάλυνεν αυτόν, και τίνι τρόπω ύψωσεν αυτόν υπεράνω των αρχόντων και των δούλων του βασιλέως.
11 Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
12 Και είπεν ο Αμάν, Μάλιστα η βασίλισσα Εσθήρ δεν προσεκάλεσεν εις το συμπόσιον το οποίον έκαμεν, ειμή εμέ, μετά του βασιλέως· και αύριον έτι είμαι προσκεκλημένος προς αυτήν μετά του βασιλέως·
12 Haman also said, “Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow I am also invited by her together with the king.
13 πλην πάντα ταύτα δεν με ωφελούσιν, ενόσω βλέπω τον Μαροδοχαίον τον Ιουδαίον καθήμενον εν τη πύλη του βασιλέως.
13 Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
14 Και είπε προς αυτόν Ζερές η γυνή αυτού και πάντες οι φίλοι αυτού, Ας κατασκευασθή ξύλον πεντήκοντα πηχών το ύψος, και το πρωΐ ειπέ προς τον βασιλέα να κρεμασθή ο Μαροδοχαίος επ' αυτό· τότε ύπαγε περιχαρής μετά του βασιλέως εις το συμπόσιον. Και το πράγμα ήρεσεν εις τον Αμάν, και προσέταξε να ετοιμασθή το ξύλον.
14 Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
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Esther
Hadassah, an orphan raised by her cousin Mordecai, was made queen in place of Vashti; she risked her life to plead for her people, exposed Haman, and with Mordecai confirmed the…
Cited in the guide: Esther 2:7; Esther 2:17; Esther 5:2
Zeresh
Haman’s wife, who with his friends advised building a gallows fifty cubits high for Mordecai and later warned Haman he would fall before him.
Cited in the guide: Esther 5:10; Esther 5:14; Esther 6:13
Cross references (13)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Esther 6:4; Esther 4:16; 1 Peter 3:3–5; Revelation 3:21; Esther 8:15
- 2 Esther 8:4; Esther 4:11; Proverbs 21:1; Esther 2:9; Acts 7:10
- 3 Mark 6:23; Esther 7:2; Esther 9:12; Esther 5:6; Matthew 20:20–22
- 4 Esther 5:8; Proverbs 29:11; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Esther 3:15; Psalm 112:5
- 5 Esther 6:14
- 6 Esther 7:2; Esther 5:3; Esther 9:12
- 8 Proverbs 16:9; Esther 7:3; Esther 8:5; Esther 6:1–14
- 9 Esther 3:5; Matthew 2:16; Job 20:5; Amos 6:12–13; Daniel 3:16–19
- 10 Esther 6:13; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Genesis 45:1; 2 Samuel 13:22–23; Genesis 43:30–31
- 11 Esther 9:7–10; Esther 3:1; Luke 12:19–20; Genesis 31:1; 1 Timothy 6:17
- 12 Proverbs 27:1; Psalm 37:35–36; Luke 21:34–35; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Job 20:5–8
- 13 Philippians 4:11–12; Job 15:20; Job 18:4; 1 Kings 21:4–6; Ecclesiastes 1:2
- 14 Esther 6:4; Esther 7:9–10; Psalm 37:14; 1 Kings 21:7; Psalm 37:32
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