أستير ٧:٣
تأمّل عميق بلغةٍ واضحة على هذه الآية. اقرأ الأصحاح
فَأَجَابَتْ أَسْتِيرُ الْمَلِكَةُ وَقَالَتْ: «إِنْ كُنْتُ قَدْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيْكَ أَيُّهَا الْمَلِكُ، وَإِذَا حَسُنَ عِنْدَ الْمَلِكِ، فَلْتُعْطَ لِي نَفْسِي بِسُؤْلِي، وَشَعْبِي بِطِلْبَتِي.
التفاسير
مقتطفات جُمعت من تفاسير منشورة لترسيخ القراءة.
Haman's Downfall and Ruin - Est 7:1-10 At this second banquet the king again inquired of the queen what was her petition, when she entreated that her life and that of her people might be spared, for that she and her people were sold to destruction (Est 7:1-4). The king, evidently shocked at such a petition, asked who was the originator of so evil a deed, and Esther named the wicked Haman as the enemy (Est 7:5, Est 7:6). Full of indignation at such a crime, the king rose from the banquet and went into the garden; Haman then fell down before the queen to entreat for his life. When the king returned to the house, he saw Haman lying on the couch on which Esther was sitting, and thinking that he was offering violence to the queen, he passed sentence of death upon him, and caused him to be hanged on the tree he had erected for Mordochai (Est 7:7-10).
افتح المصدر ↗We are now to attend the second banquet to which the king and Haman were invited: and there, I. Esther presents her petition to the king for her life and the life of her people (Est 7:1-4). II. She plainly tells the king that Haman is the man who designed her ruin and the ruin of all her friends (Est 7:5, Est 7:6). III. The king thereupon gave orders for the hanging of Haman upon the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, which was done accordingly (Est 7:7-10). And thus, by the destruction of the plotter, a good step was taken towards the defeating of the plot.
افتح المصدر ↗7:3-4 my life and the lives of my people: The statement that someone wanted to kill the queen and her family must have surprised and shocked the king. • my people and I have been sold: Esther carefully referred to the huge price Haman had paid the king to approve the decree (3:8-11). She also used the exact terminology of Haman’s decree when she said that its purpose was to kill, slaughter, and annihilate (cp. 3:13). • If we had merely been sold as slaves, I could remain quiet: Esther humbly justifies her request as due to the severity of the attack on her and her people.
افتح المصدر ↗الشواهد المتقابلة
مقاطع أخرى يربطها المجتمع بهذا المقطع أكثر من غيرها. انقر لتقرأها.
فَقُلْ لَهُمْ: إِنِّي أَلْقَيْتُ تَضَرُّعِي أَمَامَ الْمَلِكِ حَتَّى لاَ يَرُدَّنِي إِلَى بَيْتِ يُونَاثَانَ لأَمُوتَ هُنَاكَ».
فَأَجَابَ الشَّيْطَانُ الرَّبَّ وَقَالَ: «جِلْدٌ بِجِلْدٍ، وَكُلُّ مَا لِلإِنْسَانِ يُعْطِيهِ لأَجْلِ نَفْسِهِ.
فَقَامَ الْمَلِكُ بِغَيْظِهِ عَنْ شُرْبِ الْخَمْرِ إِلَى جَنَّةِ الْقَصْرِ. وَوَقَفَ هَامَانُ لِيَتَوَسَّلَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ إِلَى أَسْتِيرَ الْمَلِكَة، لأَنَّهُ رَأَى أَنَّ الشَّرَّ قَدْ أُعِدَّ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ قِبَلِ الْمَلِكِ.
ثُمَّ عَادَ فَأَرْسَلَ رَئِيسَ خَمْسِينَ ثَالِثًا وَالْخَمْسِينَ الَّذِينَ لَهُ. فَصَعِدَ رَئِيسُ الْخَمْسِينَ الثَّالِثُّ وَجَاءَ وَجَثَا عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ أمَامَ إِيلِيَّا، وَتَضَرَّعَ إِلَيْهِ وَقَالَ لَهُ: «يَا رَجُلَ اللهِ، لِتُكْرَمْ نَفْسِي وَأَنْفُسُ عَبِيدِكَ هؤُلاَءِ الْخَمْسِينَ فِي عَيْنَيْكَ.
فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبِيدُهُ: «إِنَّنَا قَدْ سَمِعْنَا أَنَّ مُلُوكَ بَيْتِ إِسْرَائِيلَ هُمْ مُلُوكٌ حَلِيمُونَ، فَلْنَضَعْ مُسُوحًا عَلَى أَحْقَائِنَا وَحِبَالاً عَلَى رُؤُوسِنَا وَنَخْرُجُ إِلَى مَلِكِ إِسْرَائِيلَ لَعَلَّهُ يُحْيِي نَفْسَكَ».
وَأَعْطَاهُ صُورَةَ كِتَابَةِ الأَمْرِ الَّذِي أُعْطِيَ فِي شُوشَنَ لإِهْلاَكِهِمْ، لِكَيْ يُرِيَهَا لأَسْتِيرَ، وَيُخْبِرَهَا وَيُوصِيَهَا أَنْ تَدْخُلَ إِلَى الْمَلِكِ وَتَتَضَرَّعَ إِلَيْهِ وَتَطْلُبَ مِنْهُ لأَجْلِ شَعْبِهَا.
إِنْ وَجَدْتُ نِعْمَةً فِي عَيْنَيِ الْمَلِكِ، وَإِذَا حَسُنَ عِنْدَ الْمَلِكِ أَنْ يُعْطَى سُؤْلِي وَتُقْضَى طِلْبَتِي، أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الْمَلِكُ وَهَامَانُ إِلَى الْوَلِيمَةِ الَّتِي أَعْمَلُهَا لَهُمَا، وَغَدًا أَفْعَلُ حَسَبَ أَمْرِ الْمَلِكِ».