Esther · Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Esther 9 Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
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1 El día trece del duodécimo mes, llamado Adar, llegó el momento de cumplir el decreto del rey. Ese era el día en que los enemigos de los judíos esperaban dominarlos. Pero ocurrió lo contrario: los judíos dominaron a sus enemigos.
1 Now in the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the month, when the king’s commandment and his decree came near to be put in execution, on the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to conquer them, (but it turned out that the opposite happened, that the Jews conquered those who hated them),
2 Los judíos se reunieron en sus ciudades, en todas las provincias del reino de Asuero, para atacar a todos los que intentaban hacerles daño. Nadie pudo hacerles frente, porque todos los pueblos les tenían miedo.
2 the Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, to lay hands on those who wanted to harm them. No one could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen on all the people.
3 Todos los jefes de las provincias, los altos funcionarios, los gobernadores y los encargados de los asuntos del rey apoyaron a los judíos, porque tenían miedo de Mardoqueo.
3 All the princes of the provinces, the local governors, the governors, and those who did the king’s business helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen on them.
4 Mardoqueo tenía gran poder en el palacio, y su fama se extendía por todas las provincias del reino. Su poder crecía cada vez más.
4 For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces, for the man Mordecai grew greater and greater.
5 Los judíos mataron a todos sus atacantes a espada y los destruyeron. Hicieron con sus enemigos lo que quisieron.
5 The Jews struck all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and with slaughter and destruction, and did what they wanted to those who hated them.
6 En Susa, los judíos mataron a quinientos hombres.
6 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
7 También mataron a Parsandata, Dalfón, Aspata,
7 They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 Porata, Adalia, Aridata,
8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 Parmasta, Arisai, Aridai y Vaizata,
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
10 los diez hijos de Amán, hijo de Hamedata, el enemigo de los judíos. Pero no se apoderaron de sus bienes.
10 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
11 Aquel día le informaron al rey cuántos habían muerto en la ciudad de Susa.
11 On that day, the number of those who were slain in the citadel of Susa was brought before the king.
12 El rey le dijo a la reina Ester: «Los judíos han matado en Susa a quinientos hombres, además de los diez hijos de Amán. ¡Qué habrán hecho en el resto del reino! ¿Qué deseas pedir ahora? Te lo concederé. ¿Qué otra petición tienes? La cumpliré».
12 The king said to Esther the queen, “The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in the citadel of Susa, including the ten sons of Haman; what then have they done in the rest of the king’s provinces! Now what is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your further request? It shall be done.”
13 Ester respondió: «Si al rey le parece bien, que se permita a los judíos de Susa hacer mañana lo mismo que hoy, y que se ordene colgar los cuerpos de los diez hijos de Amán».
13 Then Esther said, “If it pleases the king, let it be granted to the Jews who are in Susa to do tomorrow also according to today’s decree, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
14 El rey ordenó que así se hiciera. Se anunció el decreto en Susa y colgaron los cuerpos de los diez hijos de Amán.
14 The king commanded this to be done. A decree was given out in Susa; and they hanged Haman’s ten sons.
15 Los judíos de Susa se reunieron también el día catorce del mes de Adar y mataron a trescientos hombres en Susa. Pero no se apoderaron de sus bienes.
15 The Jews who were in Susa gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and killed three hundred men in Susa; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
16 Los demás judíos de las provincias del reino se reunieron para defender sus vidas, se libraron de sus enemigos y mataron a setenta y cinco mil de ellos. Pero no se apoderaron de sus bienes.
16 The other Jews who were in the king’s provinces gathered themselves together, defended their lives, had rest from their enemies, and killed seventy-five thousand of those who hated them; but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
17 Esto sucedió el día trece del mes de Adar. El día catorce descansaron y lo celebraron con banquetes y alegría.
17 This was done on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of that month they rested and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
18 Los judíos de Susa, en cambio, se reunieron los días trece y catorce del mes. El día quince descansaron y lo celebraron con banquetes y alegría.
18 But the Jews who were in Susa assembled together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth days of the month; and on the fifteenth day of that month, they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
19 Por eso los judíos que viven en poblaciones sin murallas celebran el día catorce del mes de Adar con banquetes y alegría. Es un día de fiesta en el que se envían regalos de comida unos a otros.
19 Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the unwalled towns, make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, a holiday, and a day of sending presents of food to one another.
20 Mardoqueo envió cartas a todos los judíos de todas las provincias del reino de Asuero, tanto cercanas como lejanas.
20 Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters to all the Jews who were in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus, both near and far,
21 Les ordenó celebrar cada año los días catorce y quince del mes de Adar.
21 to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly,
22 Eran los días en que los judíos se habían librado de sus enemigos, y el mes en que su tristeza se había convertido en alegría y su llanto en fiesta. Debían celebrarlos con banquetes y alegría, enviarse regalos de comida unos a otros y dar ayuda a los pobres.
22 as the days in which the Jews had rest from their enemies, and the month which was turned to them from sorrow to gladness, and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, and of sending presents of food to one another, and gifts to the needy.
23 Los judíos se comprometieron a continuar la celebración que habían comenzado y a seguir lo que Mardoqueo les había ordenado por escrito.
23 The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,
24 Porque Amán, hijo de Hamedata, el agagueo, enemigo de todos los judíos, había planeado exterminarlos. Había echado el Pur, es decir, la suerte, para decidir cuándo acabar con ellos y destruirlos.
24 because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast “Pur”, that is the lot, to consume them and to destroy them;
25 Pero cuando el asunto llegó ante el rey, este ordenó por escrito que el malvado plan de Amán contra los judíos se volviera contra él mismo, y que lo colgaran a él y a sus hijos.
25 but when this became known to the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked plan, which he had planned against the Jews, should return on his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26 Por eso llamaron a esos días Purim, por el nombre de Pur. Debido a lo que decía aquella carta, a lo que habían visto en este asunto y a lo que les había sucedido,
26 Therefore they called these days “Purim”, from the word “Pur.” Therefore because of all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and that which had come to them,
27 los judíos establecieron una norma y se comprometieron a celebrar siempre esos dos días, según lo escrito en la carta, en las fechas señaladas de cada año. El compromiso también se aplicaba a sus descendientes y a todos los que se unieran a ellos.
27 the Jews established and imposed on themselves, on their descendants, and on all those who joined themselves to them, so that it should not fail that they would keep these two days according to what was written and according to its appointed time every year;
28 Todas las generaciones y todas las familias debían recordar y celebrar esos días, en cada provincia y en cada ciudad. Los judíos nunca debían dejar de celebrar los días de Purim, y sus descendientes nunca debían olvidarlos.
28 and that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor their memory perish from their offspring.
29 La reina Ester, hija de Abihail, y el judío Mardoqueo enviaron una segunda carta, respaldada por toda su autoridad, para confirmar la orden sobre Purim.
29 Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew wrote with all authority to confirm this second letter of Purim.
30 Mardoqueo envió cartas a todos los judíos de las ciento veintisiete provincias del reino de Asuero, con palabras de paz y verdad.
30 He sent letters to all the Jews in the hundred twenty-seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus with words of peace and truth,
31 Las cartas confirmaban la celebración de los días de Purim en las fechas señaladas, tal como lo habían ordenado el judío Mardoqueo y la reina Ester, y de acuerdo con lo que los judíos habían establecido para ellos y sus descendientes en cuanto a los ayunos y los clamores de ayuda.
31 to confirm these days of Purim in their appointed times, as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had decreed, and as they had imposed upon themselves and their descendants in the matter of the fastings and their mourning.
32 La orden de Ester confirmó las normas de Purim, y quedó registrada en el libro.
32 The commandment of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Abihail
Mordecai’s uncle and the father of Esther, who had died, leaving Esther to be adopted by Mordecai.
Cited in the guide: Esther 2:15; Esther 9:29
Adalia
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:8
Aridai
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:9
Aridatha
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:8
Arisai
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:9
Aspatha
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:7
Dalphon
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:7
Hammedatha
Named only as the father of Haman the Agagite.
Cited in the guide: Esther 3:1; Esther 3:10; Esther 9:24
Parmashta
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:9
Parshandatha
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:7
Poratha
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:8
Vaizatha
One of the ten sons of Haman killed in the citadel of Susa on the thirteenth of Adar and hanged the next day at Esther’s request.
Cited in the guide: Esther 9:9
Cross references (25)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Esther 3:13; Esther 8:12; Psalm 30:11; Revelation 11:18; Isaiah 60:14–16
- 2 Esther 8:17; Esther 8:11; Psalm 71:24; Psalm 71:13; Genesis 35:5
- 3 Ezra 8:36; Esther 3:2–6; Esther 8:9; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:5
- 4 2 Samuel 3:1; 1 Chronicles 11:9; Psalm 18:43; Proverbs 4:18; Psalm 1:3
- 5 Psalm 18:47–48; Jeremiah 18:21; Psalm 149:6–9; Psalm 18:34–40; Psalm 20:7–8
- 6 Esther 3:15
- 10 Esther 5:11; Esther 8:11; Genesis 14:23; Job 18:18–19; Job 27:13–15
- 12 Esther 7:2; Esther 5:6
- 13 Esther 8:11; Deuteronomy 21:23; Galatians 3:13; 2 Samuel 21:6; Esther 9:15
- 15 Esther 8:11; Esther 9:10; Esther 9:16; Esther 9:2; Hebrews 13:5
- 16 Esther 8:11; Esther 9:2; Leviticus 26:7–8
- 17 Esther 9:1; Esther 9:21; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:9; Esther 9:18
- 18 Esther 9:21; Esther 9:15; Esther 9:1; Esther 9:13; Esther 9:11
- 19 Esther 8:17; Esther 9:22; Nehemiah 8:10–12; Revelation 11:10; Deuteronomy 16:14
- 20 Psalm 145:4–12; Esther 3:12; Esther 1:22; Exodus 17:14; Psalm 124:1–3
- 22 Psalm 30:11; Isaiah 12:1–2; Esther 9:19; Isaiah 14:3; Galatians 2:10
- 24 Esther 3:5–13; Esther 9:10
- 25 Psalm 7:16; Matthew 21:44; Psalm 141:10; Esther 7:5–8:14; Esther 9:13–14
- 26 Esther 9:20; Numbers 16:40; Ezekiel 39:11
- 27 Isaiah 56:6; Zechariah 2:11; Isaiah 56:3; Esther 8:17; 2 Samuel 21:1–2
- 28 Psalm 78:5–7; Psalm 103:2; Joshua 4:7; Exodus 13:8–9; Zechariah 6:14
- 29 Esther 9:20; Esther 2:15; Esther 8:10; Esther 3:15
- 30 Esther 1:1; Zechariah 8:19; Isaiah 39:8; Esther 8:9
- 31 Esther 4:3; Esther 4:16; Jonah 3:2–9
- 32 Esther 9:26
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