Esther · Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Esther 8 Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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1 On that day king Assuerus gave the house of Aman, the Jews’ enemy, to queen Esther, and Mardochai came in before the king. For Esther had confessed to him that he was her uncle.
1 EL MISMO día dió el rey Assuero á la reina Esther la casa de Amán enemigo de los Judíos; y Mardochêo vino delante del rey, porque Esther le declaró lo que era respecto de ella.
2 And the king took the ring which he had commanded to be taken again from Aman, and gave it to Mardochai. And Esther set Mardochai over her house.
2 Y quitóse el rey su anillo que había vuelto á tomar de Amán, y diólo á Mardochêo. Y Esther puso á Mardochêo sobre la casa de Amán.
3 And not content with these things, she fell down at the king’s feet and wept, and speaking to him besought him, that he would give orders that the malice of Aman the Agagite, and his most wicked devices which he had invented against the Jews, should be of no effect.
3 Volvió luego Esther á hablar delante del rey, y echóse á sus pies, llorando y rogándole que hiciese nula la maldad de Amán Agageo, y su designio que había formado contra los Judíos.
4 But he, as the manner was, held out the golden sceptre with his hand, which was the sign of clemency: and she arose up and stood before him,
4 Entonces extendió el rey á Esther el cetro de oro, y Esther se levantó, y púsose en pie delante del rey.
5 And said: If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and my request be not disagreeable to him, I beseech thee, that the former letters of Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he commanded that they should be destroyed in all the king’s provinces, may be reversed by new letters.
5 Y dijo: Si place al rey, y si he hallado gracia delante de él, y si la cosa es recta delante del rey, y agradable yo en sus ojos, sea escrito para revocar las letras del designio de Amán hijo de Amadatha Agageo, que escribió para destruir á los Judíos que están en todas las provincias del rey.
6 For how call I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?
6 Porque ¿cómo podré yo ver el mal que alcanzará á mi pueblo? ¿cómo podré yo ver la destrucción de mi nación?
7 And king Assuerus answered Esther the queen, and Mardochai the Jew: I have given Aman’s house to Esther, and I have commanded him to be hanged on a gibbet, because he durst lay hands on the Jews.
7 Y respondió el rey Assuero á la reina Esther, y á Mardochêo Judío: He aquí yo he dado á Esther la casa de Amán, y á él han colgado en la horca, por cuanto extendió su mano contra los Judíos.
8 Write ye therefore to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king’s name, and seal the letters with my ring. For this was the custom, that no man durst gainsay the letters which were sent in the king’s name, and were sealed with his ring.
8 Escribid pues vosotros á los Judíos como bien os pareciere en el nombre del rey, y sellad[lo] con el anillo del rey; porque la escritura que se escribe en nombre del rey, y se sella con el anillo del rey, no es para revocarla.
9 Then the king’s scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear.
9 Entonces fueron llamados los escribanos del rey en el mes tercero, que es Siván, á veintitrés del mismo; y escribióse conforme á todo lo que mandó Mardochêo, á los Judíos, y á los sátrapas, y á los capitanes, y á los príncipes de las provincias que había desde la India hasta la Ethiopía, ciento veintisiete provincias; á cada provincia según su escribir, y á cada pueblo conforme á su lengua, á los Judíos también conforme á su escritura y lengua.
10 And these letters which were sent in the king’s name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run through all the provinces, to prevent the former letters with new messages.
10 Y escribió en nombre del rey Assuero, y selló con el anillo del rey, y envió letras por correos de á caballo, montados en dromedarios, [y] en mulos hijos de yeguas;
11 And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil.
11 [Con intimación] de que el rey concedía á los Judíos que estaban en todas las ciudades, que se juntasen y estuviesen [á la defensa] de su vida, [prontos] á destruir, y matar, y acabar con todo ejército de pueblo ó provincia que viniese contra ellos, [aun] niños y mujeres, y su despojo para presa,
12 And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar.
12 En un mismo día en todas las provincias del rey Assuero, en el trece del mes duodécimo, que es el mes de Adar.
13 And this was the content of the letter, that it should be notified in all lands and peoples that were subject to the empire of king Assuerus, that the Jews were ready to be revenged of their enemies.
13 La copia de la escritura que había de darse por ordenanza en cada provincia, para que fuese manifiesta á todos los pueblos, [decía] que los Judíos estuviesen apercibidos para aquel día, para vengarse de sus enemigos.
14 So the swift posts went out carrying the messages, and the king’s edict was hung up in Susan.
14 Los correos pues, cabalgando en dromedarios [y] en mulos, salieron apresurados y constreñidos por el mandamiento del rey: y la ley fué dada en Susán capital del reino.
15 And Mardochai going forth out of the palace, and from the king’s presence, shone in royal apparel, to wit, of violet and sky colour, wearing a golden crown on his head, and clothed with a cloak of silk and purple. And all the city rejoiced and was glad.
15 Y salió Mardochêo de delante del rey con vestido real de cárdeno y blanco, y una gran corona de oro, y un manto de lino y púrpura: y la ciudad de Susán se alegró y regocijó.
16 But to the Jews a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing.
16 Los Judíos tuvieron luz y alegría, y gozo y honra.
17 And in all peoples, cities, and provinces, whithersoever the king’s commandments came, there was wonderful rejoicing, feasts and banquets, and keeping holy day: insomuch that many of other nations and religion, joined themselves to their worship and ceremonies. For a great dread of the name of the Jews had fallen upon all.
17 Y en cada provincia y en cada ciudad donde llegó el mandamiento del rey, los Judíos tuvieron alegría y gozo, banquete y día de placer. Y muchos de los pueblos de la tierra se hacían Judíos, porque el temor de los Judíos había caído sobre ellos.
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Esther 2:7; Esther 2:15; Proverbs 13:22; Job 27:16–17; Psalm 39:6
- 2 Esther 3:10; Daniel 2:48; Genesis 41:42; Luke 15:22; Psalm 37:34
- 3 Isaiah 38:2; 1 Samuel 25:24; Hebrews 5:7; 2 Kings 4:27; Hosea 12:4
- 4 Esther 5:2; Esther 4:11
- 5 Esther 7:3; Esther 3:12–13; Esther 5:8; 1 Samuel 20:29; Esther 2:17
- 6 Esther 7:4; Romans 10:1; Romans 9:2–3; Luke 19:41–42; Jeremiah 4:19
- 7 Esther 7:10–8:1; Proverbs 13:22; Galatians 3:13
- 8 Esther 1:19; Esther 3:12; Esther 8:5; 1 Kings 21:8; Hebrews 6:17–18
- 9 Esther 1:22; Esther 1:1; 2 Kings 18:26; Daniel 6:1; Esther 3:12–13
- 10 Isaiah 66:20; Isaiah 60:6; Jeremiah 2:23; Jeremiah 51:21; Daniel 4:1
- 11 Esther 3:13; Psalm 37:14–15; Ezekiel 39:10; Psalm 146:6–9; Psalm 137:8
- 12 Esther 9:1; Esther 3:13–15; Exodus 15:9–10; Judges 1:6–7
- 13 Esther 3:14; Revelation 6:10; Psalm 37:14–15; Psalm 68:23; Luke 18:7
- 14 Daniel 8:2; Esther 3:15; Esther 2:3; Ecclesiastes 9:10; Esther 1:2
- 15 Luke 16:19; Esther 6:8; Esther 5:1; Proverbs 29:2; Esther 1:6
- 16 Psalm 97:11; Proverbs 11:10; Psalm 18:28; Esther 4:1–3; Psalm 30:5–11
- 17 Deuteronomy 11:25; Esther 9:19; 1 Samuel 25:8; Esther 9:2; Psalm 18:43
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