Ester 6
1 Aquella noche, el rey no podía dormir. Mandó traer el libro de los registros de las crónicas, y se los leyeron al rey.
The king passed that night without sleep, and so he ordered the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought to him. And when they were reading them before him,
2 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.
they came to that place where it had been written, how Mordecai had reported the treachery of Bigthan and Teresh the eunuchs, who desired to cut the throat of king Artaxerxes.
3 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”.
When the king had heard this, he said, “What honor and reward has Mordecai been given for this fidelity?” His servants and ministers said to him, “He has received no compensation at all.”
4 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.
And immediately the king said, “Who is in the atrium?” For, you see, Haman was entering the inner atrium of the king’s house to suggest to the king that he should order Mordecai to be hanged on the gallows, which had been prepared for him.
5 Los servidores del rey le dijeron: “Mira, Amán está en el patio”. El rey dijo: “Que entre”.
The servants answered, “Haman is standing in the atrium.” And the king said, “Let him enter.”
6 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?”
And when he had entered, he said to him, “What ought to be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” But Haman, thinking in his heart and supposing that the king would honor no one else but himself,
7 Amán dijo al rey: “Para el hombre a quien el rey se deleita en honrar,
answered, “The man whom the king wishes to honor,
8 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.
ought to be clothed with the king’s apparel, and be set upon the horse that the king rides, and receive the royal crown upon his head.
9 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!”
And let the first of the king’s rulers and sovereigns hold his horse, and, as they advance through the street of the city, proclaim before him and say, ‘Thus shall he be honored, whom the king decides to honor.’”
10 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”.
And the king said to him, “Hurry, take the robe and the horse, and do as you have said to Mordecai the Jew, who sits in front of the gate of the palace. Be careful not to omit any of those things which you have mentioned.”
11 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!”
And so Haman took the robe and the horse, and arraying Mordecai in the street of the city, and setting him on the horse, he went before him and cried out, “He is worthy of this honor, whom the king has decided to honor.”
12 Mardoqueo regresó a la puerta del rey, pero Amán se apresuró a ir a su casa, de luto y con la cabeza cubierta.
And Mordecai returned to the palace door. And Haman hurried to go to his house, mourning and hiding his head.
13 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.”
And he explained to Zeresh his wife and to his friends all that had happened to him. And the wise men, whom he held in counsel, and his wife, answered him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is from the offspring of the Jews, you will not be able to withstand him, but you will fall in his sight.”
14 Mientras aún hablaban con él, llegaron los eunucos del rey y se apresuraron a llevar a Amán al banquete que había preparado Ester.
As they were still speaking, the king’s eunuchs arrived and compelled him to go quickly to the feast, which the queen had prepared.
