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OET (OET-RV) While they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “Now please tell me what you really want. I’ll give you anything you ask for, no matter how much it is. I truly mean what I am saying.”
OET-LV And_he/it_said the_king to_ʼEşttēr in/on/at/with_drinking the_wine what petition_your and_given to/for_you(fs) and_what request_your up_to (the)_half the_kingdom and_done.
UHB וַיֹּ֨אמֶר הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ לְאֶסְתֵּר֙ בְּמִשְׁתֵּ֣ה הַיַּ֔יִן מַה־שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֖ךְ וְיִנָּ֣תֵֽן לָ֑ךְ וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת וְתֵעָֽשׂ׃ ‡
(vayyoʼmer hammelek ləʼeşttēr bəmishəttēh hayyayin mah-shshəʼēlātēk vəyinnātēn lāk ūmah-baqqāshātēk ˊad-ḩₐʦiy hammalkūt vətēˊās.)
Key: yellow:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT And the king said to Esther during the banquet of wine, “What is your petition? And let it be given to you. And what is your request? As much as half of the kingdom, and let it be done.”
UST While they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “Now please tell me what you really want. I will give you anything you ask for, no matter how great it is. I truly mean what I am saying.”
BSB And as they drank their wine, the king said to 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.”
OEB While they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, ‘Whatever your petition is, it will be granted. Your request, it will be done – even if it takes half of my kingdom.’
WEB 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.”
NET While at the banquet of wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your request? It shall be given to you. What is your petition? Ask for as much as half the kingdom, and it shall be done!”
LSV And the king says to Esther, during the banquet of wine, “What [is] your petition? And it is given to you; and what [is] your request? To the half of the kingdom—and it is done.”
FBV As they drank their wine, the king asked Esther, “What are you really asking for? It will be given to you. What do you want? You shall have it, as much as half my empire!”
T4T While they were drinking wine, the king said to Esther, “Tell me what you really want. I will give it to you, even if you ask for half of my kingdom.”
LEB And the king said to Esther while they were drinking wine,[fn] “Whatis your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even half the kingdom, it will done.
?:? Literally “at the meal of wine”
BBE And while they were drinking wine the king said to Esther, What is your prayer? for it will be given to you and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.
MOF No MOF EST book available
JPS And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine: 'Whatever thy petition, it shall be granted thee; and whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed.'
ASV And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
DRA And the king said to her, after he had drunk wine plentifully: What dost thou desire should be given thee? and for what thing askest thou? although thou shouldst ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it.
YLT And the king saith to Esther, during the banquet of wine, 'What [is] thy petition? and it is given to thee; and what thy request? unto the half of the kingdom — and it is done.'
DBY And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee; and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be done.
RV And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall he granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
WBS And the king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
KJB ¶ And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
(¶ And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy/your petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy/your request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed. )
BB And the king saide vnto Esther at the banket of wine: What is thy petition, that it may be geuen thee? And what requirest thou? If it be euen the halfe of the empire, it shall be done.
(And the king said unto Esther at the banket of wine: What is thy/your petition, that it may be given thee? And what requirest thou? If it be even the halfe of the empire, it shall be done.)
GNV And the King sayd vnto Ester at the banket of wine, What is thy petition, that it may be giuen thee? and what is thy request? it shall euen be performed vnto the halfe of the kingdome.
(And the King said unto Ester at the banket of wine, What is thy/your petition, that it may be given thee? and what is thy/your request? it shall even be performed unto the halfe of the kingdom. )
CB the kynge sayde vnto Hester whan he had dronken wyne: Hester, what is thy peticion? it shal be geue the. And what requyrest thou? euen the halfe of the empyre, it shal be done.
(the king said unto Esther when he had dronken wyne: Esther, what is thy/your peticion? it shall be give them. And what requyrest thou? even the halfe of the empyre, it shall be done.)
WYC And the king seide to hir, aftir that he hadde drunk wiyn plenteuousli, What axist thou, that it be youun to thee, and for what thing axist thou? Yhe, thouy thou axist the half part of my rewme, thou schalt gete.
(And the king said to her, after that he had drunk wiyn plenteuousli, What axist thou, that it be given to thee, and for what thing axist thou? Yhe, though thou/you axist the half part of my realm, thou/you shalt gete.)
LUT sprach der König zu Esther, da er Wein getrunken hatte: Was bittest du, Esther? Es soll dir gegeben werden. Und was forderst du? Auch die Hälfte des Königreichs, es soll geschehen.
(sprach the king to Esther, there he wine getrunken hatte: What bittest you, Esther? It should you gegeben become. And was forderst du? Auch the Hälfte the kingreichs, it should geschehen.)
CLV Dixitque ei rex, postquam vinum biberat abundanter: Quid petis ut detur tibi? et pro qua re postulas? etiam si dimidiam partem regni mei petieris, impetrabis.
(And_he_said to_him rex, postquam vinum biberat abundanter: Quid petis as detur tibi? and pro which re postulas? also when/but_if dimidiam partem regni my/mine petieris, impetrabis. )
BRN No BRN EST book available
BrLXX No BrLXX EST book available
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
מַה־שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֖ךְ וְיִנָּ֣תֵֽן לָ֑ךְ וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת וְתֵעָֽשׂ
what? petition,your and,given to/for=you(fs) and,what request,your until half the,kingdom and,done
These two question-and-statement pairs mean almost the same thing. Ahasuerus says the same thing twice in slightly different ways to show that he is truly disposed to give Esther whatever she wants. If this is confusing, you do not need to repeat both phrases in your translation. you can combine them into one or replace the repetition with a statement of what the repetition means, as in the UST. Alternate translation: “now please tell me what you really want. I will do it for you”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
מַה־שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֖ךְ וְיִנָּ֣תֵֽן לָ֑ךְ וּמַה־בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת וְתֵעָֽשׂ
what? petition,your and,given to/for=you(fs) and,what request,your until half the,kingdom and,done
When Ahasuerus asked Esther in the throne room what she wanted, she said that she wanted him and Haman to come to a banquet she had prepared. But since the king asks her once again at the banquet what she wants, it is clear that he knew this was not her real request. Instead, he knew that she wanted to show him hospitality first, as a gesture of respect for him and their relationship. You can indicate this by translating, “Now please tell me what you really want.”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
שְּׁאֵלָתֵ֖ךְ & בַּקָּשָׁתֵ֛ךְ
petition,your & request,your
The two abstract nouns petition and request can be expressed with a single phrase using the verb “want.” Alternate translation: “what you really want”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְיִנָּ֣תֵֽן & וְתֵעָֽשׂ
and,given & and,done
You can capture these parallel passive statements with one statement using an active form. Alternate translation: “I will give you anything you ask for”
עַד־חֲצִ֥י הַמַּלְכ֖וּת
until half the,kingdom
See how you translated this expression in 5:3. Review the explanation there if that would be helpful. Alternate translation: “I will give you anything you ask for, no matter how great it is”