Esther 7:4

2 and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

3 Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.

For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”

5 Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”

6 Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

Les gjerne versene rundt også, for sammenhengen gir ofte mer enn ett vers alene.

Sammenlign

ÅB
For vi er solgt, både jeg og mitt folk, til å ødelegges, drepes og utryddes; var det enda bare til å være slaver og slavekvinner vi var solgt, da hadde jeg tidd, men nå er vår fiende ikke i stand til å opprette kongens tap.
OTB
For mitt folk og jeg er blitt solgt for å bli ødelagt, drept og utslettet. Hvis vi bare hadde blitt solgt som slaver, menn og kvinner, ville jeg ha forblitt stille, fordi slik nød ikke ville rettferdiggjøre å uroe kongen.”
B1930
For vi er solgt, både jeg og mitt folk, til å ødelegges, drepes og utryddes; var det enda bare til å være træler og trælkvinner vi var solgt, da hadde jeg tidd, men nu er vår fiende ikke i stand til å oprette kongens tap.
BSB
For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
KJV
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
WEB
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for male and female slaves, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.”
ASV
for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king`s damage.
DARBY
for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the adversary could not compensate the king's damage.
BLB
for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be killed, and to be exterminated. And if for menservants and for maidservants we had been sold, I would have kept silent, for the adversary [is] not equal in the damage of the king.”

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