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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Esther 5 Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/esther/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/esther/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">HPBT</a> > Esther 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../esther/4.htm" title="Esther 4">◄</a> Esther 5 <a href="../esther/6.htm" title="Esther 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-1.htm#aramaic"><b>1</b></a></span>And on the third day Esthir wore the clothing of the kingdom, and she stood in the inner court of the house of the King, next to the house of the King, and the King was sitting on the throne of the Kingdom, next to the door of the house. <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-2.htm#aramaic"><b>2</b></a></span>And when the King saw Esthir the Queen standing in the court, she also received favor before him, and the King reached toward Esthir the scepter of gold which was in his hand, and Esthir came near and she held to the top of the scepter of gold. <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-3.htm#aramaic"><b>3</b></a></span>And the King said to her: “What do you have, Queen Esthir, and what is your request? Unto the half of my kingdom shall be given to you!” <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-4.htm#aramaic"><b>4</b></a></span>And Esthir said: “If it is good unto the King, let the King and Haman come to the banquet that I have made for him.”<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-5.htm#aramaic"><b>5</b></a></span>And the King said: “Quickly, see Haman. He shall do according to what Esthir said!” And the King and Haman came to the banquet. <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-6.htm#aramaic"><b>6</b></a></span>And the King said to Esthir at the banquet of wine: “What is your request? It shall be given to you, and what is your request? Unto the half of the kingdom it shall be given to you!” <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-7.htm#aramaic"><b>7</b></a></span>And Esthir answered and she said: “My request and my petition, <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-8.htm#aramaic"><b>8</b></a></span>If I have found affection in your eyes, oh King, and if it is beautiful unto you oh King, that you give me my request and you will perform for me my request, the King and Haman will come to the banquet that I shall make for them tomorrow, according to the answer of the King.”<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-9.htm#aramaic"><b>9</b></a></span>And Haman went out on that first day, and he was merry in his heart, and when Haman saw Murdacai who sat in the gate of the King, and he did not arise, and he was not moved by him, Haman was filled with anger against Murdacai. <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-10.htm#aramaic"><b>10</b></a></span>And Haman was enraged, and he went on to his house, and he sent out, and all his friends came, and Zaresh his wife. <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-11.htm#aramaic"><b>11</b></a></span>And Haman related to them the glory of his wealth and the multitude of his children, and that the King had promoted him and had raised him over the Princes and over all the Servants of the King. <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-12.htm#aramaic"><b>12</b></a></span>And Haman said: “And Esthir brought no man with the King except me, also tomorrow I am invited by her with the King. <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-13.htm#aramaic"><b>13</b></a></span>And all this is not enough for me every time that I see Murdacai the Jew sitting in the gate of the King without moving before me. <span class="reftext"><a href="/parallel/esther/5-14.htm#aramaic"><b>14</b></a></span>And Zaresh his wife said to him and all his friends: “Let them make a cross whose height is fifty cubits, and at dawn speak to the King, and they shall hang Murdacai upon it, and enter the banquet with the King as you are rejoicing!” And the matter was very pleasing in his eyes of Haman, and he made the cross. <p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Peshitta Holy Bible Translated<br>Translated by Glenn David Bauscher<br>Glenn David Bauscher<br>Lulu Publishing<br>Copyright © 2018 Lulu Publishing<br>3rd edition Copyright © 2019<span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../esther/4.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Esther 4"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Esther 4" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../esther/6.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Esther 6"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Esther 6" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>