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Esther · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)

Esther 1 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)

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  • OT: Masoretic Hebrew (not verified)
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  • Protestant (66 books)
  • Simplified language
  • 2026
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BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Esto sucedió en tiempos de Asuero, el rey que gobernaba ciento veintisiete provincias, desde la India hasta Etiopía.
1 Now in the days of Ahasuerus (this is Ahasuerus who reigned from India even to Ethiopia, over one hundred twenty-seven provinces),
2 En aquellos días, el rey Asuero gobernaba desde la ciudad fortificada de Susa.
2 in those days, when the King Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Susa the palace,
3 En el tercer año de su reinado, ofreció un banquete para todos sus funcionarios y servidores. Estaban presentes los jefes del ejército de Persia y Media, los nobles y los gobernadores de las provincias del reino.
3 in the third year of his reign, he made a feast for all his princes and his servants; the army of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces being before him.
4 Durante ciento ochenta días les mostró las riquezas y la gloria de su reino, así como su gran poder y honor.
4 He displayed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honor of his excellent majesty many days, even one hundred eighty days.
5 Al terminar ese tiempo, el rey ofreció un banquete de siete días para todos los que estaban en Susa, la ciudad real, desde los más importantes hasta los más humildes. El banquete se celebró en el patio exterior del jardín del palacio.
5 When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast for all the people who were present in Susa the palace, both great and small, in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.
6 Había hermosas cortinas blancas, verdes y azules, sujetas con cordones de lino fino y púrpura a anillos de plata y columnas de piedra pulida. Los asientos eran de oro y plata, y el piso era de piedras rojas, blancas, amarillas y negras.
6 There were hangings of white and blue material, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and marble pillars. The couches were of gold and silver, on a pavement of red, white, yellow, and black marble.
7 Les servían vino en copas de oro, todas diferentes. El rey ofrecía generosamente el vino de su reino.
7 They gave them drinks in golden vessels of various kinds, including royal wine in abundance, according to the bounty of the king.
8 Se bebía de acuerdo con la ley, sin obligar a nadie, pues el rey había ordenado a los encargados del palacio que atendieran los deseos de cada invitado.
8 In accordance with the law, the drinking was not compulsory; for so the king had instructed all the officials of his house, that they should do according to every man’s pleasure.
9 La reina Vasti también ofreció un banquete para las mujeres en el palacio del rey Asuero.
9 Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to King Ahasuerus.
10 El séptimo día, cuando el rey estaba alegre por el vino, dio una orden a Mehumán, Bizta, Harbona, Bigta, Abagta, Zetar y Carcas, los siete eunucos que lo atendían.
10 On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcass, the seven eunuchs who served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,
11 Debían traer ante él a la reina Vasti con su corona, para mostrar su belleza al pueblo y a los funcionarios, pues era muy hermosa.
11 to bring Vashti the queen before the king wearing the royal crown, to show the people and the princes her beauty; for she was beautiful.
12 Pero cuando los eunucos le comunicaron la orden del rey, la reina Vasti se negó a ir. El rey se enfureció y ardía de ira.
12 But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king’s commandment by the eunuchs. Therefore the king was very angry, and his anger burned in him.
13 Entonces el rey consultó a los sabios que entendían los asuntos de su tiempo, pues acostumbraba consultar a los expertos en leyes y decisiones judiciales.
13 Then the king said to the wise men, who knew the times (for it was the king’s custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;
14 Los más cercanos a él eran Carsena, Setar, Admata, Tarsis, Meres, Marsena y Memucán, los siete altos funcionarios de Persia y Media. Tenían acceso al rey y ocupaban los primeros puestos del reino.
14 and next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, who saw the king’s face, and sat first in the kingdom),
15 El rey preguntó: «Según la ley, ¿qué debemos hacer con la reina Vasti por no haber obedecido la orden que el rey Asuero le envió por medio de sus eunucos?».
15 “What shall we do to Queen Vashti according to law, because she has not done the bidding of the King Ahasuerus by the eunuchs?”
16 Memucán respondió ante el rey y sus funcionarios: «La reina Vasti no solo ha ofendido al rey, sino también a todos los funcionarios y a todos los pueblos de las provincias del rey Asuero.
16 Memucan answered before the king and the princes, “Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.
17 Todas las mujeres se enterarán de lo que ha hecho la reina y dejarán de respetar a sus esposos cuando sepan que el rey Asuero mandó traer a la reina Vasti y ella no fue.
17 For this deed of the queen will become known to all women, causing them to show contempt for their husbands when it is reported, ‘King Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she didn’t come.’
18 Las esposas de los funcionarios de Persia y Media, al enterarse de lo que hizo la reina, dirán lo mismo a los funcionarios del rey. Esto causará mucha deshonra e ira.
18 Today, the princesses of Persia and Media who have heard of the queen’s deed will tell all the king’s princes. This will cause much contempt and wrath.
19 Si al rey le parece bien, que emita un decreto y lo registre entre las leyes de los persas y los medos, para que no pueda cambiarse. Que Vasti nunca vuelva a presentarse ante el rey Asuero y que el rey dé su puesto de reina a otra mujer mejor que ella.
19 “If it pleases the king, let a royal commandment go from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, so that it cannot be altered, that Vashti may never again come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate to another who is better than she.
20 Cuando el decreto del rey se dé a conocer en todo su gran reino, todas las esposas honrarán a sus esposos, desde los más importantes hasta los más humildes».
20 When the king’s decree which he shall make is published throughout all his kingdom (for it is great), all the wives will give their husbands honor, both great and small.”
21 La propuesta agradó al rey y a sus funcionarios, y el rey hizo lo que dijo Memucán.
21 This advice pleased the king and the princes, and the king did according to the word of Memucan:
22 Envió cartas a todas las provincias del reino, con la escritura propia de cada provincia y en el idioma de cada pueblo. Las cartas ordenaban que cada hombre gobernara su casa y que la orden se anunciara en el idioma de su pueblo.
22 for he sent letters into all the king’s provinces, into every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, that every man should rule his own house, speaking in the language of his own people.

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  • Abagtha

    Eunuch of King Xerxes

    One of the seven eunuchs who served the king and were sent to bring Queen Vashti.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:10

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  • Admatha

    Prince of Persia and Media

    One of the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and advised him on Vashti.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:14

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  • Bigtha

    Eunuch of King Xerxes

    One of the seven eunuchs who served the king and were sent to bring Queen Vashti.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:10

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  • Biztha

    Eunuch of King Xerxes

    One of the seven eunuchs who served the king and were sent to bring Queen Vashti.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:10

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  • Carkas

    Eunuch of King Xerxes

    One of the seven eunuchs who served the king and were sent to bring Queen Vashti.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:10

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  • Carshena

    Prince of Persia and Media

    One of the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and advised him on Vashti.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:14

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  • Harbona

    Eunuch of King Xerxes

    One of the seven eunuchs who served the king and were sent to bring Queen Vashti. A eunuch Harbonah later tells the king of the gallows Haman built for Mordecai, and Haman is…

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:10; Esther 7:9

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  • Marsena

    Prince of Persia and Media

    One of the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and advised him on Vashti.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:14

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  • Mehuman

    Eunuch of King Xerxes

    One of the seven eunuchs who served the king and were sent to bring Queen Vashti.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:10

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  • Memucan

    Prince of Persia and Media

    One of the seven princes who advised the king; he spoke for them in urging that Vashti be banished, and the king followed his counsel.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:14; Esther 1:16; Esther 1:21

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  • Meres

    Prince of Persia and Media

    One of the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and advised him on Vashti.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:14

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  • Shethar

    Prince of Persia and Media

    One of the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and advised him on Vashti.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:14

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  • Tarshish

    Prince of Persia and Media

    One of the seven princes of Persia and Media who had personal access to the king and advised him on Vashti.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:14

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  • Vashti

    Queen of Persia, deposed

    Queen who gave a banquet for the women but refused the king’s command to appear before his guests; she was banished from the king’s presence by royal decree and replaced by Esther.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:9; Esther 1:12; Esther 1:19

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  • Xerxes

    King of Persia, husband of Esther

    King who reigned over 127 provinces from Susa; he deposed Vashti, made Esther queen, honored Mordecai, hanged Haman and allowed the Jews to defend themselves. Ezra 4:6 mentions an…

    Cited in the guide: Ezra 4:6; Esther 1:1; Esther 2:16

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  • Zethar

    Eunuch of King Xerxes

    One of the seven eunuchs who served the king and were sent to bring Queen Vashti.

    Cited in the guide: Esther 1:10

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Cross references (22)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Daniel 9:1; Ezra 4:6; Esther 8:9; Esther 9:30; Daniel 6:1
  2. 2 Nehemiah 1:1; 2 Samuel 7:1; Daniel 8:2; 1 Kings 1:46; Esther 2:3
  3. 3 Mark 6:21; Esther 2:18; Daniel 5:1; 1 Kings 3:15; Isaiah 21:2
  4. 4 Job 40:10; Colossians 1:27; Daniel 4:30; 1 Chronicles 29:25; Psalm 93:1
  5. 5 Esther 7:7–8; 2 Chronicles 30:21–25; 2 Chronicles 7:8–9
  6. 6 Amos 6:4; Ezekiel 23:41; Amos 2:8; Esther 7:8; Esther 8:15
  7. 7 Daniel 5:2–4; 1 Kings 10:21; 2 Chronicles 9:20; Esther 2:18
  8. 8 Habakkuk 2:15–16; Jeremiah 51:7; Jeremiah 35:8
  9. 9 Esther 5:4; Esther 5:8
  10. 10 Esther 7:9; Judges 16:25; 2 Samuel 13:28; Ecclesiastes 7:2–4; Proverbs 20:1
  11. 11 Proverbs 31:30; Mark 6:21–22; Proverbs 16:9; 2 Samuel 14:25; 1 Samuel 25:3
  12. 12 Proverbs 19:12; 1 Peter 3:1; Proverbs 20:2; Deuteronomy 29:20; Exodus 32:22
  13. 13 1 Chronicles 12:32; Daniel 2:2; Jeremiah 10:7; Matthew 16:3; Daniel 2:12
  14. 14 2 Kings 25:19; Matthew 18:10; Ezra 7:14; Revelation 22:4
  15. 15 Esther 6:6
  16. 16 1 Corinthians 6:7–8; Acts 25:10; Acts 18:14
  17. 17 Ephesians 5:33; 2 Samuel 6:16
  18. 18 Judges 5:29; 1 Kings 11:3
  19. 19 1 Samuel 15:28; Esther 8:8; Esther 3:9; Daniel 6:8–15; Daniel 6:17
  20. 20 Colossians 3:18; Ephesians 5:22; 1 Peter 3:1–7; Ephesians 5:33; Deuteronomy 21:21
  21. 21 Esther 2:4; Genesis 41:37; Esther 1:19
  22. 22 Esther 8:9; Esther 3:12; Ephesians 5:22–24; 1 Timothy 2:12; Daniel 4:1

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