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1 Y aconteció en los días de Asuero, el rey Asuero que era gobernante de ciento veintisiete provincias del reino, desde la India hasta Etiopía.
In the days of Assuerus, who reigned from India to Ethiopia over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces:
2 En aquellos días, cuando el rey Asuero estaba gobernando en Susa, donde estaba establecido su reino.
When he sat on the throne of his kingdom, the city Susan was the capital of his kingdom.
3 En el tercer año de su gobierno, dio una fiesta a todos sus capitanes y sus sirvientes; y los capitanes del ejército de Persia y Medo, los nobles y los gobernantes de las provincias de su reino, estaban presentes ante él;
Now in the third year of his reign he made a great feast for all the princes, and for his servants, for the most mighty of the Persians, and the nobles of the Medes, and the governors of the provinces in his sight,
4 Y durante mucho tiempo, incluso ciento ochenta días, les permitió ver todas las riquezas y la gloria de su reino y el gran poder y honor que eran suyos.
That he might shew the riches of the glory of his kingdom, and the greatness, and boasting of his power, for a long time, to wit, for a hundred and fourscore days.
5 Y al final de ese tiempo, el rey ofreció una fiesta para todas las personas que estaban presentes en Susa, la ciudad del rey, pequeña y grande, durante siete días, en la plaza exterior del jardín de la casa del rey.
And when the days of the feast were expired, he invited all the people that were found in Susan, from the greatest to the least: and commanded a feast to be made seven days in the court of the garden, and of the wood, which was planted by the care and the hand of the king.
6 Había hermosos tapices de blanco y verde y azul, fijados con cordones de lino color púrpura y los pasaban por anillos de plata, y estaban sujetas a pilares de piedra pulida, los reclinadores eran de oro y plata sobre un losado rojo, blanco, amarillo y piedra negra.
And there were hung up on every side sky coloured, and green, and violet hangings, fastened with cords of silk, and of purple, which were put into rings of ivory, and were held up with marble pillars. The beds also were of gold and silver, placed in order upon a floor paved with porphyry and white marble: which was embellished with painting of wonderful variety.
7 Y les dieron de beber en vasos de oro, siendo diferentes todos los vasos, y vino del reino, dado gratuitamente por el rey.
And they that were invited, drank in golden cups, and the meats were brought in divers vessels one after another. Wine also in abundance and of the best was presented, as was worthy of a king’s magnificence.
8 Y la bebida estaba de acuerdo con la ley; nadie fue forzado, porque el rey había dado órdenes a todos los principales sirvientes de su casa para que hicieran lo que agradaba a todo hombre.
Neither was there any one to compel them to drink that were not willing, but as the king had appointed, who set over every table one of his nobles, that every man might take what he would.
9 Y la reina Vasti dio una fiesta para las mujeres en la casa del rey Asuero.
Also Vasthi the queen made a feast for the women in the palace, where king Assuerus was used to dwell.
10 En el séptimo día, cuando el corazón del rey se alegró con el vino, dio órdenes a Mehumán, Bizta, Harbona, Bigta, Abagta, Zetar y Carcas, los siete siervos de confianza que servían delante del rey Asuero.
Now on the seventh day, when the king was merry, and after very much drinking was well warmed with wine, he commanded Mauman, and Bazatha, and Harbona, and Bagatha, and Abgatha, and Zethar, and Charcas, the seven eunuchs that served in his presence,
11 Que la reina Vasti debía venir ante él, coronada con su corona, y que la gente y los capitanes la vieran, porque era muy hermosa.
To bring in queen Vasthi before the king, with the crown set upon her head, to shew her beauty to all the people and the princes: for she was exceeding beautiful.
12 Pero cuando los eunucos le dieron la orden del rey, Vasti, la reina, dijo que no iba a venir. Entonces el rey estaba muy enojado, y su corazón ardía de ira.
But she refused, and would not come at the king’s commandment, which he had signified to her by the eunuchs. Whereupon the king, being angry, and inflamed with a very great fury,
13 Y el rey dijo a los sabios, que tenían conocimiento de los tiempos, porque era costumbre del rey consultar a todos los que eran expertos en ley y en la toma de decisiones.
Baked the wise men, who according to the custom of the kings, were always near his person, and all he did was by their counsel, who knew the laws, and judgments of their forefathers:
14 Y solo después de él estaban Carsena, Setar, Admata, Tarsis, Meres, Marsena y Memucán, los siete gobernantes de Persia y Media, que eran amigos del rey, y tenían los primeros lugares en el reino.
(Now the chief and nearest him were, Charsena, and Sethar, and Admatha, and Tharsis, and Mares, and Marsana, and Mamuchan, seven princes of the Persians, and of the Medes, who saw the face of the king, and were used to sit first after him: )
15 ¿Qué se debe hacer por ley a la reina Vasti, porque ella no ha hecho lo que el rey Asuero, por parte de sus siervos, le ordenó que hiciera?
What sentence ought to pass upon Vasthi the queen, who had refused to obey the commandment of king Assuerus, which he had sent to her by the eunuchs?
16 Y ante el rey y los capitanes, Memucan dio su respuesta: Vasti, la reina, ha hecho mal, no solo al rey, sino a todos los capitanes y a todos los pueblos en todas las divisiones del reino del rey Asuero.
And Mamuchan answered, in the hearing of the king and the princes: Queen Vasthi hath not only injured the king, but also all the people and princes that are in all the provinces of king Assuerus.
17 Porque las noticias de lo que la reina ha hecho llegarán a los oídos de todas las mujeres y ya no les darán respeto a sus esposos cuando se les diga, el rey Asuero dio órdenes para que la reina Vasti viniera ante él y ella no vino.
For this deed of the queen will go abroad to all women, so that they will despise their husbands, and will say: King Assuerus commanded that queen Vasthi should come in to him, and she would not.
18 Y las esposas de los capitanes de Persia y Media, al escuchar lo que la reina ha hecho, dirán lo mismo a todos los capitanes del rey. Entonces habrá mucha vergüenza e ira.
And by this example all the wives of the princes of the Persians and the Medes will slight the commandments of their husbands: wherefore the king’s indignation is just.
19 Si le agrada al rey, que salga una orden de él, y que se registre entre las leyes de los persas y los medos, para que nunca se cambie, que Vasti nunca más vuelva a venir ante el rey Asuero; y que el rey ceda su lugar a otra que es mejor que ella.
If it please thee, let an edict go out from thy presence, and let it be written according to the law of the Persians and of the Medes, which must not be altered, that Vasthi come in no more to the king, but another, that is better than her, be made queen in her place.
20 Y cuando esta orden, dada por el rey, se haga pública en todo su reino, que es muy grande, todas las esposas honrarán a sus esposos, tanto grandes como pequeñas.
And let this be published through all the provinces of thy empire, (which is very wide, ) and let all wives, as well of the greater as of the lesser, give honour to their husbands.
21 Y esta sugerencia pareció buena para el rey y los capitanes; y el rey hizo como decía Memucan;
His counsel pleased the king, and the princes: and the king did according to the counsel of Mamuchan.
22 Y envió cartas a todas las divisiones del reino, a cada división en la escritura comúnmente usada allí, y a cada pueblo en el idioma que era suyo, diciendo que cada hombre debía ser el gobernante en su casa, y que esta orden debía darse en el idioma de su pueblo.
And he sent letters to all the provinces of his kingdom, as every nation could hear and read, in divers languages and characters, that the husbands should be rulers and masters in their houses: and that this should be published to every people.
