Esther · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Esther 3 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 Después de esto, el rey Asuero ascendió a Amán, hijo de Hamedata, el agagueo. Le dio un puesto de honor por encima de todos los demás funcionarios que estaban con él.
1 After these things King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
2 Todos los servidores del rey que estaban a la puerta del palacio se inclinaban y se postraban ante Amán para honrarlo, pues así lo había ordenado el rey. Pero Mardoqueo no se inclinaba ni se postraba ante él.
2 All the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai didn’t bow down or pay him homage.
3 Los servidores del rey que estaban a la puerta del palacio le preguntaron a Mardoqueo: «¿Por qué desobedeces la orden del rey?».
3 Then the king’s servants who were in the king’s gate said to Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the king’s commandment?”
4 Se lo decían día tras día, pero él no les hacía caso. Entonces se lo contaron a Amán para ver si se toleraría la conducta de Mardoqueo, pues él les había dicho que era judío.
4 Now it came to pass, when they spoke daily to him, and he didn’t listen to them, that they told Haman, to see whether Mordecai’s reason would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.
5 Cuando Amán vio que Mardoqueo no se inclinaba ante él ni lo honraba, se llenó de ira.
5 When Haman saw that Mordecai didn’t bow down nor pay him homage, Haman was full of wrath.
6 Pero no se conformó con atacar solo a Mardoqueo. Como le habían dicho a qué pueblo pertenecía, decidió acabar con todos los judíos, el pueblo de Mardoqueo, en todo el reino de Asuero.
6 But he scorned the thought of laying hands on Mordecai alone, for they had made known to him Mordecai’s people. Therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews who were throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasuerus, even Mordecai’s people.
7 En el primer mes, llamado Nisán, del duodécimo año del rey Asuero, echaron el Pur, es decir, la suerte, en presencia de Amán. Probaron día tras día y mes tras mes, hasta que la suerte señaló el día trece del duodécimo mes, llamado Adar.
7 In the first month, which is the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman from day to day, and from month to month, and chose the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
8 Amán le dijo al rey Asuero: «Hay un pueblo disperso en pequeños grupos entre los demás pueblos de todas las provincias de tu reino. Sus leyes son distintas de las de cualquier otro pueblo, y no obedecen las leyes del rey. Por eso no le conviene al rey tolerarlos.
8 Haman said to King Ahasuerus, “There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom, and their laws are different from other people’s. They don’t keep the king’s laws. Therefore it is not for the king’s profit to allow them to remain.
9 Si al rey le parece bien, que se escriba un decreto para exterminarlos. Yo entregaré diez mil talentos de plata a los encargados de los asuntos del rey para que los ingresen en el tesoro real».
9 If it pleases the king, let it be written that they be destroyed; and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who are in charge of the king’s business, to bring it into the king’s treasuries.”
10 El rey se quitó su anillo de sello y se lo dio a Amán, hijo de Hamedata, el agagueo, enemigo de los judíos.
10 The king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews’ enemy.
11 El rey le dijo a Amán: «La plata es tuya, y ese pueblo también. Haz con ellos lo que te parezca bien».
11 The king said to Haman, “The silver is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you.”
12 El día trece del primer mes llamaron a los escribas del rey. Ellos pusieron por escrito las órdenes de Amán para los altos funcionarios del rey, los gobernadores de cada provincia y los jefes de cada pueblo. Escribieron para cada provincia con su propia escritura y para cada pueblo en su propio idioma. El documento se escribió en nombre del rey Asuero y se selló con el anillo del rey.
12 Then the king’s scribes were called in on the first month, on the thirteenth day of the month; and all that Haman commanded was written to the king’s local governors, and to the governors who were over every province, and to the princes of every people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language. It was written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and it was sealed with the king’s ring.
13 Enviaron las cartas por medio de mensajeros a todas las provincias del reino. Ordenaban matar y exterminar a todos los judíos, jóvenes y ancianos, niños pequeños y mujeres, en un solo día: el trece del duodécimo mes, llamado Adar. También ordenaban apoderarse de todos sus bienes.
13 Letters were sent by couriers into all the king’s provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, even on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, and to plunder their possessions.
14 Se envió a todos los pueblos una copia del documento para que se anunciara como decreto en cada provincia y todos estuvieran preparados para aquel día.
14 A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that they should be ready against that day.
15 Los mensajeros salieron de prisa por orden del rey, y el decreto se anunció en Susa. El rey y Amán se sentaron a beber vino, mientras la ciudad de Susa estaba angustiada.
15 The couriers went out in haste by the king’s commandment, and the decree was given out in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Susa was perplexed.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Haman
Son of Hammedatha, promoted above all the princes; enraged when Mordecai would not bow, he cast the Pur and plotted to destroy all the Jews, was exposed by Esther, and was hanged…
Cited in the guide: Esther 3:1; Esther 3:6; Esther 3:7
Hammedatha
Named only as the father of Haman the Agagite.
Cited in the guide: Esther 3:1; Esther 3:10; Esther 9:24
Mordecai
Benjaminite of Susa, exiled with Jeconiah, who raised his cousin Esther, exposed the plot of Bigthan and Teresh, refused to bow to Haman, was honored by the king, and became…
Cited in the guide: Esther 2:5; Esther 2:22; Esther 3:2
Cross references (15)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Numbers 24:7; Esther 5:11; Daniel 6:2; 1 Samuel 15:33; Esther 3:10
- 2 Esther 2:21; Psalm 15:4; Esther 3:5; Esther 5:9; Esther 3:1
- 3 Esther 3:2; Exodus 1:17; Esther 2:19; Matthew 15:2–3
- 4 Genesis 39:10; Daniel 6:20–28; Jonah 1:9; Daniel 6:13; Daniel 3:23–30
- 5 Daniel 3:19; Esther 5:9; Proverbs 21:24; Esther 3:2; Proverbs 12:16
- 6 Psalm 83:4; Revelation 12:12
- 7 Ezra 6:15; Proverbs 16:33; Esther 9:24–26; Ezekiel 21:21–22; Esther 9:17–19
- 8 Ezra 4:12–15; Acts 16:20–21; Jeremiah 50:17; Zechariah 7:14; Leviticus 26:33
- 9 Genesis 23:16; Matthew 18:24
- 10 Genesis 41:42; Esther 8:2; Esther 7:6; Esther 8:8; Esther 3:1
- 11 Jeremiah 40:4; Jeremiah 26:14; Luke 23:25; Psalm 73:7
- 12 1 Kings 21:8; Esther 1:22; Esther 9:27; Daniel 6:8; Ezra 8:36
- 13 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 14 Esther 8:13–14
- 15 Esther 8:15; John 16:20; Proverbs 4:16; Proverbs 1:16; Hosea 7:5
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