Ester 7
1 El rey y Amán fueron a la cena de la reina Ester.
So the king and Haman came to take wine with Esther the queen.
2 En esta segunda cena, mientras bebían vino, el rey volvió a preguntar a Ester: “¿Qué es lo que realmente pides, reina Ester? Se te dará. ¿Qué quieres? Lo tendrás, tanto como la mitad de mi imperio”.
And the king said to Esther again on the second day, while they were drinking, What is your prayer, Queen Esther? for it will be given to you; and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.
3 La reina Ester respondió: “Si el rey me mira con buenos ojos, y si le place a Su Majestad concederme la vida, eso es lo que pido; y la vida de mi pueblo, eso es lo que pido.
Then Esther the queen, answering, said, If I have your approval, O king, and if it is the king's pleasure, let my life be given to me in answer to my prayer, and my people at my request:
4 Porque mi pueblo y yo hemos sido vendidos para ser destruidos, asesinados y aniquilados. Si sólo hubiéramos sido vendidos como esclavos, me habría callado, porque nuestro sufrimiento no habría justificado molestar al rey”.
For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.
5 El rey preguntó a la reina Ester, exigiendo saber: “¿Quién es éste? ¿Dónde está el hombre que se ha atrevido a hacer esto?”
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen, Who is he and where is he who has had this evil thought in his heart?
6 “¡El hombre, el adversario, el enemigo, es este malvado Amán!” respondió Ester. Amán tembló de terror ante el rey y la reina.
And Esther said, Our hater and attacker is this evil Haman. Then Haman was full of fear before the king and the queen.
7 El rey estaba furioso. Se levantó, dejando el vino, y salió al jardín del palacio. Amán se quedó para suplicar por su vida a la reina Ester, pues se dio cuenta de que el rey planeaba un mal fin para él.
And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.
8 Cuando el rey regresó del jardín del palacio al comedor, Amán se había tirado en el sofá donde estaba la reina Ester. El rey gritó: “¿Acaso va a violar a la reina aquí en el palacio, delante de mí?”. En cuanto el rey dijo esto, los sirvientes le cubrieron la cara a Amán.
Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.
9 Entonces Harbona, uno de los eunucos que asistían al rey, dijo “Amán levantó un poste junto a su casa para Mardoqueo, aquel cuyo informe salvó la vida del rey. El poste tiene cincuenta codos de altura”. “¡Empaladlo en él!”, ordenó el rey.
Then Harbonah, one of the unsexed servants waiting before the king, said, See, the pillar fifty cubits high, which Haman made for Mordecai, who said a good word for the king, is still in its place in Haman's house. Then the king said, Put him to death by hanging him on it.
10 Así que empalaron a Amán en el poste que había colocado para Mardoqueo. Entonces se calmó la ira del rey.
So Haman was put to death by hanging him on the pillar he had made for Mordecai. Then the king's wrath became less.
