Ester 6
1 Naquela mesma noite fugiu o sono do rei: então mandou trazer o livro das memórias das crônicas, e se leram diante do rei.
On that night the king was unable to sleep, so he gave orders to bring the books that recorded memorable deeds, and they were read before the king.
2 E achou-se escrito que mardoqueu tinha dado notícia de Bigthan e de Teres, dois eunucos do rei, dos da guarda da porta, que procuraram pôr as mãos no rei Assuero.
It was found recorded how Mordecai had furnished information regarding Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king’s attendants who guarded the entrance of the palace, who had attempted to kill King Ahasuerus.
3 Então disse o rei: Que honra e magnificência se fez por isto a mardoqueu? E os mancebos do rei, seus servos, disseram: Coisa nenhuma se lhe fez.
‘What honour and dignity have been conferred on Mordecai for this?’ the king asked. When the king’s pages who waited on him replied ‘Nothing has been done for him,’
4 Então disse o rei: Quem está no pátio? E Haman tinha entrado no pátio exterior do rei, para dizer ao rei que enforcassem a mardoqueu na forca que lhe tinha preparado.
the king said, ‘Who is in the court?’ Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king’s house to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
5 E os mancebos do rei lhe disseram: Eis que Haman está no pátio. E disse o rei que entrasse.
So the king’s pages said to him, ‘Haman is standing there, in the court.’ The king said, ‘Let him enter.’
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?
So Haman entered, and the king said to him, ‘What should be done for the man whom the king wishes to honour?’ Haman said to himself, ‘Whom besides me could the king wish to honour?’
7 Pelo que disse Haman ao rei: O homem de cuja honra o rei se agrada,
So he said to the king, ‘For the man whom the king wishes to honour
8 Traga o vestido real de que o rei se costuma vestir, como também o cavalo em que o rei costuma andar montado, e ponha-se-lhe a coroa real na sua cabeça;
let a royal garment be brought, which the king has worn, and the horse on which the king has ridden and on whose head a royal diadem has been placed.
9 E entregue-se o vestido e o cavalo, à mão dum dos príncipes do rei, dos maiores senhores, e vistam dele aquele homem de cuja honra se agrada: e levem-no a cavalo pelas ruas da cidade, e apregôe-se diante dele: Assim se fará ao homem de cuja honra o rei se agrada!
Then let the garment and the horse be placed in charge of one of the king’s noble officials. Let him clothe the man whom the king wishes to honour and let him lead that man on the horse through the city square, proclaiming before him, “This is what is done for the man whom the king wishes to honour.”’
10 Então disse o rei a Haman: Apressa-te, toma o vestido e o cavalo, como disseste, e faze assim para com o judeu mardoqueu, que está assentado à porta do rei; e coisa nenhuma deixes cair de tudo quanto disseste.
Then the king said to Haman, ‘Make haste and take the garment and the horse, as you have said, and do this to Mordecai the Jew, who sits in the king’s gate. Omit nothing of all you have said.’
11 E Haman tomou o vestido e o cavalo, e vestiu a mardoqueu, e o levou a cavalo pelas ruas da cidade, e apregoou diante dele: Assim se fará ao homem de cuja honra o rei se agrada!
So Haman took the garment and the horse and clothed Mordecai, and made him ride through the city square and proclaimed before him, ‘This is what is done for the man whom the king wishes to honour.’
12 Depois disto mardoqueu voltou para a porta do rei: porém Haman se retirou correndo a sua casa, anojado, e coberta a cabeça.
Mordecai returned to the king’s gate, but Haman hurried to his house, mourning, with his head covered.
13 E contou Haman a Zeres, sua mulher, e a todos os seus amigos, tudo quanto lhe tinha sucedido. Então os seus sábios, e Zeres, sua mulher, lhe disseram: Se mardoqueu, diante de quem já começaste a cair, é da semente dos judeus, não prevalecerás contra ele, antes certamente cairás perante ele.
Haman recounted to Zeresh his wife and to all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, ‘If Mordecai before whom you have already been humiliated is of the Jewish people, you can do nothing against him but will surely fall before him.’
14 Estando eles ainda falando com ele, chegaram os eunucos do rei, e se apressaram a levar Haman ao banquete que Esther preparara.
While they were still talking with him, the king’s attendants came and quickly took Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
