Esther 6
1 That night the king could not sleep. He commanded servants to bring the records of the events of his reign, and they were being read aloud to the king.
Aquella noche, el rey no podía dormir. Mandó traer el libro de los registros de las crónicas, y se los leyeron al rey.
2 It was found recorded there that Mordecai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's officials who guarded the entrance, who had tried to harm King Ahasuerus.
Se encontró escrito que Mardoqueo había hablado de Bigtana y Teresh, dos eunucos del rey, que eran porteros, y que habían tratado de ponerle las manos encima al rey Asuero.
3 The king asked, “What was done to give honor or recognition to Mordecai for doing this?” Then the king's young men who served him said, “Nothing was done for him.”
El rey dijo: “¿Qué honor y dignidad se le ha dado a Mardoqueo por esto?” Entonces los sirvientes del rey que lo atendían dijeron: “No se ha hecho nada por él”.
4 The king said, “Who is in the courtyard?” Now Haman had entered the outer courtyard of the king's house to speak to him about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he set up for him.
El rey dijo: “¿Quién está en el patio?” Ahora bien, Amán había entrado en el atrio exterior de la casa real, para hablar con el rey acerca de colgar a Mardoqueo en la horca que había preparado para él.
5 The king's servants said to him, “Haman is standing in the courtyard.” The king said, “Let him come in.”
Los servidores del rey le dijeron: “Mira, Amán está en el patio”. El rey dijo: “Que entre”.
6 When Haman entered, the king said to him, “What should be done for the man whom the king takes pleasure in honoring?” Now Haman said in his heart, “Whom would the king take pleasure in honoring more than me?”
Así que Amán entró. El rey le dijo: “¿Qué se hará con el hombre a quien el rey se complace en honrar?” Y dijo Amán en su corazón: “¿A quién se deleita el rey en honrar más que a mí mismo?”
7 Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king takes pleasure in honoring,
Amán dijo al rey: “Para el hombre a quien el rey se deleita en honrar,
8 let royal robes be brought, robes that the king has worn, and a horse that the king has ridden and on whose head is the royal crest.
que se traigan las ropas reales que el rey acostumbra a usar, y el caballo en que el rey monta, y en cuya cabeza está puesta una corona real.
9 Then let the robes and the horse be given to one of the king's most noble officials. Let them dress the man whom the king takes pleasure in honoring, and let them lead him on the horse through the city streets. Let them proclaim before him, 'This is what is done to the one whom the king takes pleasure in honoring!'”
Que la ropa y el caballo sean entregados a la mano de uno de los príncipes más nobles del rey, para que se vista con ellos al hombre a quien el rey se complace en honrar, y se le haga cabalgar por la plaza de la ciudad, y se proclame ante él: “¡Así se hará con el hombre a quien el rey se complace en honrar!”
10 Then the king said to Haman, “Hurry, take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king's gate. Do not fail in a single matter of what you have said.”
Entonces el rey dijo a Amán: “Apresúrate a tomar la ropa y el caballo, como has dicho, y hazlo por el judío Mardoqueo, que se sienta a la puerta del rey. Que no falte nada de todo lo que has dicho”.
11 Then Haman took the robe and the horse. He dressed Mordecai and led him on the horse through the city streets. He proclaimed before him, “This is what is done for a man whom the king takes pleasure in honoring!”
Entonces Amán tomó la ropa y el caballo y vistió a Mardoqueo, lo hizo cabalgar por la plaza de la ciudad y proclamó ante él: “¡Así se hará con el hombre al que el rey se complace en honrar!”
12 Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning, with his head covered.
Mardoqueo regresó a la puerta del rey, pero Amán se apresuró a ir a su casa, de luto y con la cabeza cubierta.
13 Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that happened to him. Then his men who were known for their wisdom, and Zeresh his wife, said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is Jewish, you will not overcome him, but you will certainly fall before him.”
Amán contó a Zeres su mujer y a todos sus amigos todo lo que le había sucedido. Entonces sus sabios y Zeresh su mujer le dijeron: “Si Mardoqueo, ante quien has empezado a caer, es de ascendencia judía, no prevalecerás contra él, sino que seguramente caerás ante él.”
14 While they were talking with him, the king's officials arrived. They hurried to bring Haman to the feast that Esther had prepared.
Mientras aún hablaban con él, llegaron los eunucos del rey y se apresuraron a llevar a Amán al banquete que había preparado Ester.
