The Book of Esther Page #7

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commanded one thing

and your God

commanded another?

Who then, Mordecai,

would you obey?

Mordecai?

For many years

I have lived in peace

and prospered in the

service of Your Majesty.

But before Your Majesty

came to be,

my people worshipped

the God of Israel,

a living God who brought

my people out of Egypt

and delivered them

from slavery.

To Your Majesty

I owe my living,

but to my God,

I owe my life.

Traitor!

Order, order!

Mordecai, perhaps

you did not understand my question.

These are words

of treason, Your Majesty,

straight from the

traitor's own lips.

Order, order!

Your Majesty, you

have permitted Mordecai to speak

on behalf of his people.

Permit me now to speak

on behalf of Mordecai.

As you wish, Esther.

Your Majesty, have you not

always granted the Jewish people

the freedom to worship

their God in peace?

My love, it has indeed

been my pleasure,

but it was also the will

of the late king, my father.

Therefore I must ask you,

great king,

when ever did you issue an

order to my Teacher, Mordecai,

which he did not obey?

In truth, dear Esther,

I cannot recall such an event.

Your Majesty cannot recall it

because it has not happened.

Your Majesty, this

Jewish queen pleads too late.

She acts out of preservation for

her title as well as her life.

Did not once

Mordecai save your life?

And did you not reward him with

a royal robe and a royal horse?

And was it not Lord Haman

who recommended it?

Your Majesty,

the question that was asked was

what would be done for the man

that the king wishes to honor?.

I thought His Majesty

was referring to me.

Therefore, Your Majesty,

I pose to you the same

question Lord Haman asks:

If a king commands one thing

and God commands another,

how would you have

this conflict resolved?

I would have a man

follow his own conscience,

for even kings have been

known to make mistakes.

I find no treason

in Mordecai or his people

and he shall continue to serve

me with honor and distinction.

And his people shall live.

Lord Haman, I am not yet

finished with you,

for we must still address

the issue of your treason.

My treason?

For the havoc

you have created

and for the terrible

advice you have rendered

as prime minister,

I hereby

sentence you to death.

And I command that a gallows

be built as quickly as possible

with which to execute you.

Gracious Majesty,

in his infinite wisdom,

Haman has already

prepared such a gallows.

Though it was

tailored for Mordecai,

I am sure you will find it

for him a perfect fit.

I am repaid

with my own coin.

To the gallows at once.

Azada.

I honor you, King Xerxes.

Remove at once

Haman's royal robe

and place it upon Mordecai,

for it is Mordecai who

will now be my prime minister.

These events shall be

recorded in history.

By your word, Your Majesty.

And henceforth forever

this will be, for the Jews,

a time of joy and happiness,

and let it be written

that it is Queen Esther

who has saved her people

from the villain Haman.

Queen Esther!

Azada, take this man away.

It shall be done

as you say.

Mordecai, now that

you are second in rank to the king,

command a banquet to be held

with much food and wine.

Your Majesty.

For I would command it myself,

but I wish to be alone

with my queen.

Hail, King Xerxes!

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