Ester 6
1 N'aquella mesma noite fugiu o somno do rei: então mandou trazer o livro das memorias das chronicas, e se leram diante do rei.
That night sleep escaped the king; so he ordered the Book of Records, the Chronicles, to be brought in and read to him.
2 E achou-se escripto que Mardoqueo tinha dado noticia de Bigthan e de Teres, dois eunuchos do rei, dos da guarda da porta, que procuraram pôr as mãos no rei Assuero.
And there it was found recorded that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the eunuchs who guarded the king’s entrance, when they had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.
3 Então disse o rei: Que honra e magnificencia se fez por isto a Mardoqueo? E os mancebos do rei, seus servos, disseram: Coisa nenhuma se lhe fez.
The king inquired, “What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mordecai for this act?” “Nothing has been done for him,” replied the king’s attendants.
4 Então disse o rei: Quem está no pateo? E Haman tinha entrado no pateo exterior do rei, para dizer ao rei que enforcassem a Mardoqueo na forca que lhe tinha preparado.
“Who is in the court?” the king asked. Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to ask the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows he had prepared for him.
5 E os mancebos do rei lhe disseram: Eis que Haman está no pateo. E disse o rei que entrasse.
So the king’s attendants answered him, “Haman is there, standing in the court.” “Bring him in,” ordered the king.
6 E, entrando Haman, o rei lhe disse: Que se fará ao homem de cuja honra o rei se agrada? Então Haman disse no seu coração: De quem se agradará o rei para lhe fazer honra mais do que a mim?
Haman entered, and the king asked him, “What should be done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor?” Now Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king be delighted to honor more than me?”
7 Pelo que disse Haman ao rei: O homem de cuja honra o rei se agrada,
And Haman told the king, “For the man whom the king is delighted to honor,
8 Traga o vestido real de que o rei se costuma vestir, como tambem o cavallo em que o rei costuma andar montado, e ponha-se-lhe a corôa real na sua cabeça;
have them bring a royal robe that the king himself has worn and a horse on which the king himself has ridden—one with a royal crest placed on its head.
9 E entregue-se o vestido e o cavallo, á mão d'um dos principes do rei, dos maiores senhores, e vistam d'elle aquelle homem de cuja honra se agrada: e levem-n'o a cavallo pelas ruas da cidade, e apregôe-se diante d'elle: Assim se fará ao homem de cuja honra o rei se agrada!
Let the robe and the horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them array the man the king wants to honor and parade him on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!’”
10 Então disse o rei a Haman: Apressa-te, toma o vestido e o cavallo, como disseste, e faze assim para com o judeo Mardoqueo, que está assentado á porta do rei; e coisa nenhuma deixes cair de tudo quanto disseste.
“Hurry,” said the king to Haman, “and do just as you proposed. Take the robe and the horse to Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything that you have suggested.”
11 E Haman tomou o vestido e o cavallo, e vestiu a Mardoqueo, e o levou a cavallo pelas ruas da cidade, e apregoou diante d'elle: Assim se fará ao homem de cuja honra o rei se agrada!
So Haman took the robe and the horse, arrayed Mordecai, and paraded him through the city square, crying out before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king is delighted to honor!”
12 Depois d'isto Mardoqueo voltou para a porta do rei: porém Haman se retirou correndo a sua casa, anojado, e coberta a cabeça.
Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
13 E contou Haman a Zeres, sua mulher, e a todos os seus amigos, tudo quanto lhe tinha succedido. Então os seus sabios, e Zeres, sua mulher, lhe disseram: Se Mardoqueo, diante de quem já começaste a cair, é da semente dos judeos, não prevalecerás contra elle, antes certamente cairás perante elle.
Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had happened. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has begun, is Jewish, you will not prevail against him—for surely you will fall before him.”
14 Estando elles ainda fallando com elle, chegaram os eunuchos do rei, e se apressaram a levar Haman ao banquete que Esther preparara.
While they were still speaking with Haman, the king’s eunuchs arrived and rushed him to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
