Esther (Greek) · Brenton's English Septuagint
Esther (Greek) 3 Brenton's English Septuagint
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- Square brackets mark words Brenton supplied for English sense.
- Old Testament only (no New Testament). First printed 1844; the 1851 edition added the deuterocanonical books.
1 And after this king Artaxerxes highly honoured Aman [son] of Amadathes, the Bugæan, and exalted him, and set his seat above all his friends.
1 DESPUÉS de estas cosas, el rey Assuero engrandeció á Amán hijo de Amadatha Agageo, y ensalzólo, y puso su silla sobre todos los príncipes que estaban con él.
2 And all in the palace did him obeisance, for so the king had given orders to do: but Mardochæus did not do him obeisance.
2 Y todos los siervos del rey que estaban á la puerta del rey, se arrodillaban é inclinaban á Amán, porque así se lo había mandado el rey; pero Mardochêo, ni se arrodillaba ni se humillaba.
3 And they in the king's palace said to Mardochæus, Mardochæus, why dost thou transgress the commands of the king?
3 Y los siervos del rey que estaban á la puerta, dijeron á Mardochêo: ¿Por qué traspasas el mandamiento del rey?
4 [Thus] they spoke daily to him, but he hearkened not unto them; so they represented to Aman that Mardochæus resisted the commands of the king: and Mardochæus had shewn to them that he was a Jew.
4 Y aconteció que, hablándole cada día de esta manera, y no escuchándolos él, denunciáronlo á Amán, por ver si las palabras de Mardochêo se mantendrían; porque ya él les había declarado que era Judío.
5 And when Aman understood that Mardochæus did not obeisance to him, he was greatly enraged,
5 Y vió Amán que Mardochêo ni se arrodillaba ni se humillaba delante de él; y llenóse de ira.
6 and took counsel to destroy utterly all the Jews who were under the rule of Artaxerxes.
6 Mas tuvo en poco meter mano en solo Mardochêo; que ya le habían declarado el pueblo de Mardochêo: y procuró Amán destruir á todos los Judíos que había en el reino de Assuero, al pueblo de Mardochêo.
7 And he made a decree in the twelfth year of the reign of Artaxerxes, and cast lots daily and monthly, to slay in one day the race of Mardochæus: and the lot fell on the fourteenth [day] of the month which is Adar.
7 En el mes primero, que es el mes de Nisán, en el año duodécimo del rey Assuero, fué echada Pur, esto es, la suerte, delante de Amán, de día en día y de mes en mes; [y salió] el mes duodécimo, que es el mes de Adar.
8 And he spoke to king Artaxerxes, saying, There is a nation scattered among the nations in all thy kingdom, and their laws differ from [those of] all the [other] nations; and they disobey the laws of the king; and it is not expedient for the king to let them alone.
8 Y dijo Amán al rey Assuero: Hay un pueblo esparcido y dividido entre los pueblos en todas las provincias de tu reino, y sus leyes son diferentes de [las de] todo pueblo, y no observan las leyes del rey; y al rey no [viene] provecho de dejarlos.
9 If it seem good to the king, let him make a decree to destroy them: and I will remit into the king's treasury ten thousand talents of silver.
9 Si place al rey, escríbase que sean destruídos; y yo pesaré diez mil talentos de plata en manos de los que manejan la hacienda, para que sean traídos á los tesoros del rey.
10 And the king took off his ring, and gave it into the hands of Aman, to seal the decrees against the Jews.
10 Entonces el rey quitó su anillo de su mano, y diólo á Amán hijo de Amadatha Agageo, enemigo de los Judíos,
11 And the king said to Aman, Keep the silver, and treat the nation as thou wilt.
11 Y díjole: La plata propuesta sea para ti, y asimismo el pueblo, para que hagas de él lo que bien te pareciere.
12 So the king's recorders were called in the first month, on the thirteenth [day], and they wrote as Aman commanded to the captains and governors in every province, from India even to Ethiopia, to a hundred and twenty-seven provinces; and to the rulers of the nations according to their [several] languages, in the name of king Artaxerxes.
12 Entonces fueron llamados los escribanos del rey en el mes primero, á trece del mismo, y fué escrito conforme á todo lo que mandó Amán, á los príncipes del rey, y á los capitanes que estaban sobre cada provincia, y á los príncipes de cada pueblo, á cada provincia según su escritura, y á cada pueblo según su lengua: en nombre del rey Assuero fué escrito, y signado con el anillo del rey.
13 And [the message] was sent by posts throughout the kingdom of Artaxerxes, to destroy utterly the race of the Jews on the first day of the twelfth month, which is Adar, and to plunder their goods.
13 Y fueron enviadas letras por mano de los correos á todas las provincias del rey, para destruir, y matar, y exterminar á todos los Judíos, desde el niño hasta el viejo, niños y mujeres en un día, en el trece del mes duodécimo, que es el mes de Adar, y para apoderarse de su despojo.
13a [And the following is the copy of the letter; The great king Artaxerxes writes thus to the rulers and inferior governors of a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia, who hold authority under [him].
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13b Ruling over many nations, and having obtained dominion over the whole world, I was minded, (not elated by the confidence of power, but ever conducting [myself] with great moderation and with gentleness,) to make the lives of [my] subjects continually tranquil, desiring both to maintain the kingdom quiet and orderly to [its] utmost limits, and to restore the peace desired by all men.
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13c But when I had enquired of my counsellors how this should be brought to pass, Aman, who excels in soundness of judgment among us, and has been manifestly well inclined without wavering and with unshaken fidelity, and has obtained the second post in the kingdom,
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13d informed us that a certain ill-disposed people is mixed up with all the tribes throughout the world, opposed in their laws to every [other] nation, and continually neglecting the commands of the kings, so that the united government blamelessly administered by us is not quietly established.
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13e Having then conceived that this nation alone [of all others] is continually set in opposition to every man, introducing as a change a foreign code of laws, and injuriously plotting to accomplish the worst of evils against our interests, and against the happy establishment of the monarchy;
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13f we have accordingly appointed those who are signified to you in the letters written by Aman, who is set over [the public] affairs and is our second governor, to destroy them all utterly with their wives and children by the swords of the enemies, without pitying or sparing any, on the fourteenth day of the twelfth month Adar, of the present year;
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13g that the people aforetime and now ill-disposed [to us] having been violently consigned to death in one day, may hereafter secure to us continually a well constituted and quiet [state of] affairs.]
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14 And the copies of the letters were published in every province; and an order was given to all the nations to be ready against that day.
14 La copia del escrito que se diese por mandamiento en cada provincia, fué publicada á todos los pueblos, á fin de que estuviesen apercibidos para aquel día.
15 And the business was hastened, and [that] at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.
15 Y salieron los correos de priesa por mandato del rey, y el edicto fué dado en Susán capital del reino. Y el rey y Amán estaban sentados á beber, y la ciudad de Susán estaba conmovida.
Cross references (22)
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- 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
- 13a 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 13b 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 13c 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 13d 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 13e 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 13f 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
- 13g 2 Chronicles 30:6; Esther 9:10; 1 Samuel 15:3; Esther 8:10–14; Job 9:25
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