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.
That night the king was unable to sleep, so he [summoned] a servant [and] told [him] to bring the records of what had happened during all the time he had been king. [So the servant brought the records] and read some of them to the king.
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.
[The servant read about] Bigthana and Teresh, the two men who had guarded the entrance to the king’s rooms. He read the account of when Mordecai had found out that they planned to assassinate the king [and that he had told the king about it].
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”.
The king asked [some of his servants], “What did we do to reward Mordecai or show that we appreciate what he did?” The servants replied, “We did not do anything for him.”
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.
At that moment, Haman entered the outer courtyard of the palace. He wanted to talk to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had [just] set up. The king [saw him and] said, “Who is [that out there] in the courtyard?”
5 Los servidores del rey le dijeron: “Mira, Amán está en el patio”. El rey dijo: “Que entre”.
His servants replied, “That is Haman standing there in the courtyard.” The king said, “Bring him in [here]!”
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?”
When Haman came in, the king asked him, “What should I do for a man whom I want to honor?” Haman thought to himself, “(Whom would the king like to honor more than me?/I think there is no one whom the king would like to honor more than me!)” [RHQ]
7 Amán dijo al rey: “Para el hombre a quien el rey se deleita en honrar,
So he replied to the king, “If there is someone you wish 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.
you should [tell your servants to] bring him one of the robes you wear [you to show that you are] the king. Also tell them to bring one of the horses you have ridden. Tell them to put a fancy headdress on the horse’s head to show that it belongs to you, the king.
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!”
Then tell one of your very important officials to put the robe on the man whom you want to honor, and tell that man to sit on the horse, and then lead the horse through the city streets. And tell that official to keep shouting, ‘This is what (the king does/is doing) for the man whom he wants 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”.
The king replied to Haman, “[Fine]! Go and do what you said immediately! Get my robe and my horse, and do just what you suggested! Do it for Mordecai, the Jew, who is sitting [outside] at the gate of the palace. Do not forget anything that you suggested!”
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!”
So Haman did what the king said. He got the robe and the horse. He put the robe on Mordecai, and as Mordecai sat on the horse, Haman led the horse through the city streets proclaiming “This is what the king (does/is doing) for the man whom the king wants 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.
Then, Mordecai returned [and sat] at the gate of the palace. But Haman hurried home, covering his face [because he felt] completely disgraced/humiliated.
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.”
He told his wife Zeresh and his friends everything that had happened to him that day. Then his wife and his friends said to him, “Mordecai, the man who has caused you to be completely disgraced/humiliated, is a Jew. [It is clear that the God whom the Jews worship is fighting for them.] So you will never be able to defeat Mordecai. He will defeat you!”
14 Mientras aún hablaban con él, llegaron los eunucos del rey y se apresuraron a llevar a Amán al banquete que había preparado Ester.
And while they were still talking, some of the king’s officials arrived to take Haman quickly to the banquet/feast that Esther had prepared.
