Ester 7
1 El rey y Amán fueron a la cena de la reina Ester.
So the king and Haman went to eat the second banquet/feast that Queen Esther had prepared.
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”.
As they were drinking wine, the king asked again, “Esther, what do you want me to do [for you? Tell me, and] I will do it for you. Even if [you ask me for] half of my kingdom, I will give it to you.”
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.
Esther replied, “O king, if you are pleased with me, and if you are willing to do [what I ask], save me, and save my people. That is what I want you to do for me.
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”.
[It is as though] I and my people [are cattle that] have been sold to be slaughtered. [It is as though] we have been sold to people who want to completely destroy us. If we had only been sold to people to become their male and female slaves, I would not say anything, because that would have been a matter too small to bother you, the king.”
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 Xerxes asked her, “Who would want to do such a [terrible] thing? Where is he?”
6 “¡El hombre, el adversario, el enemigo, es este malvado Amán!” respondió Ester. Amán tembló de terror ante el rey y la reina.
Esther replied, “[The man who is] our enemy is this evil man Haman!” Then Haman was terrified as he stood in front of the king and 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.
The king became extremely angry. He immediately left his wine and got up and went outside into the palace garden [to decide what to do]. But Haman stayed, in order to plead with Queen Esther that she would spare his life.
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.
He threw himself down on the couch where Esther was reclining. But at that moment the king returned from the garden to the room where they had been eating. [He saw Haman, and assumed he was preparing to rape Esther]. He exclaimed, “Are you going to rape the queen while she is here with me in my own palace?” As soon as the king said that, some officials covered Haman’s head, [as they did to people who were about to be hanged].
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 Harbona, one of the king’s personal officials, said, “[Outside, ] near Haman’s house, there is a (gallows/set of poles for hanging someone). It is 75 feet high. Haman made it for Mordecai, the man who spared your life!” The king said, “Hang 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 they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for hanging Mordecai! And then (the king’s anger cooled off/the king was no longer so angry).
