5:3 The king said to her, “What is on your mind, 1 Queen Esther? What is your request? Even as much as half the kingdom will be given to you!”
5:4 Esther replied, “If the king is so inclined, 2 let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”
1 tn Heb “What to you?”; NAB, NIV NRSV “What is it, Queen Esther?”
2 tn Heb “If upon the king it is good”; NASB “If it please the king.”