Esther 9 Free Bible Version
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1 On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king's order and decree were to be carried out. That day the enemies of the Jews had thought they would crush them, but the exact opposite happened—the Jews crushed their enemies.
1 Y EN el mes duodécimo, que es el mes de Adar, á trece del mismo, en el que tocaba se ejecutase el mandamiento del rey y su ley, el mismo día en que esperaban los enemigos de los Judíos enseñorearse de ellos, fué lo contrario; porque los Judíos se enseñorearon de los que los aborrecían.
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 The Jews gathered in their cities throughout the provinces of King Xerxes to attack those who wanted to destroy them. Nobody could oppose them, because all the other people were afraid of them.
2 Los Judíos se juntaron en sus ciudades en todas las provincias del rey Assuero, para meter mano sobre los que habían procurado su mal: y nadie se puso delante de ellos, porque el temor de ellos había caído sobre todos los pueblos.
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 All the officials of the provinces, the chief officers, the governors, and the king's officials helped the Jews, because they were afraid of Mordecai.
3 Y todos los príncipes de las provincias, y los virreyes, y capitanes, y oficiales del rey, ensalzaban á los Judíos; porque el temor de Mardochêo había caído sobre ellos.
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 Mordecai had a great deal of power in the royal palace, and his reputation spread throughout the provinces as his power increased.
4 Porque Mardochêo era grande en la casa del rey, y su fama iba por todas las provincias; pues el varón Mardochêo iba engrandeciéndose.
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 The Jews attacked their enemies with swords, killing and destroying them, and they did whatever they wanted to their enemies.
5 E hirieron los Judíos á todos sus enemigos con plaga de espada, y de mortandad, y de perdición; é hicieron en sus enemigos á su voluntad.
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 In the fortress of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
6 Y en Susán capital del reino, mataron y destruyeron los Judíos á quinientos hombres.
6 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
7 This included Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
7 Mataron entonces á Phorsandatha, y á Dalphón, y á Asphatha,
7 They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
9 Y á Pharmastha, y á Arisai, y á Aridai, y á Vaizatha,
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
10 the ten sons of Haman, son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not take their possessions.
10 Diez hijos de Amán hijo de Amadatha, enemigo de los Judíos: mas en la presa no metieron su mano.
10 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
11 The same day, when the number of those killed in the fortress of Susa was reported to the king,
11 El mismo día vino la cuenta de los muertos en Susán residencia regia, delante del rey.
11 On that day, the number of those who were slain in the citadel of Susa was brought before the king.
12 he said to Queen Esther, “The Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men in the fortress of Susa, including Haman's ten sons. Imagine what they've done in the rest of the royal provinces! Now what is it you'd like to ask? It will be given to you. What more do you want? It will be granted.”
12 Y dijo el rey á la reina Esther: En Susán, capital del reino, han muerto los Judíos y destruído á quinientos hombres, y á diez hijos de Amán; ¿qué habrán hecho en las otras provincias del rey? ¿Cuál pues es tu petición, y te será concedida? ¿ó qué más es tu demanda, y será hecho?
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 “If it please Your Majesty,” Esther replied, “allow the Jews in Susa be allowed to do the same tomorrow as they did today, following the decree. Also, let the ten sons of Haman be impaled on poles.”
13 Y respondió Esther: Si place al rey, concédase también mañana á los Judíos en Susán, que hagan conforme á la ley de hoy; y que cuelguen en la horca á 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 The king ordered this to be done. A decree was issued in Susa, and they impaled the bodies of Haman's ten sons.
14 Y mandó el rey que se hiciese así: y dióse la orden en Susán, y colgaron á 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 On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa gathered together again and killed three hundred men there, but again they did not take their possessions.
15 Y los Judíos que estaban en Susán, se juntaron también el catorce del mes de Adar, y mataron en Susán trescientos hombres: mas en la presa no metieron su mano.
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 The other Jews in the king's provinces also gathered to defend themselves and get rid of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but did not touch their possessions.
16 En cuanto á los otros Judíos que estaban en las provincias del rey, también se juntaron y pusiéronse [en defensa] de su vida, y tuvieron reposo de sus enemigos, y mataron de sus contrarios setenta y cinco mil; mas en la presa no metieron su mano.
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 This happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made it a day of feasting and celebration.
17 En el día trece del mes de Adar [fué esto]; y reposaron en el día catorce del mismo, é hiciéronlo día de banquete y de 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 However, the Jews in Susa had gathered to fight on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, and made that a day of feasting and celebration.
18 Mas los Judíos que estaban en Susán se juntaron en el trece y en el catorce del mismo [mes]; y al quince del mismo reposaron, é hicieron aquel [día] día de banquete y de regocijo.
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 To this day rural Jews, living in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of celebration and feasting, a holiday when they send gifts to one another.
19 Por tanto los Judíos aldeanos que habitan en las villas sin muro, hacen á los catorce del mes de Adar el día de alegría y de banquete, y buen día, y de enviar porciones cada uno á su vecino.
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 Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces ruled by King Xerxes, near and far,
20 Y escribió Mardochêo estas cosas, y envió letras á todos los Judíos que estaban en todas las provincias del rey Assuero, cercanos y distantes,
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 requiring them to celebrate every year the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
21 Ordenándoles que celebrasen el día décimocuarto del mes de Adar, y el décimoquinto del mismo, cada un año,
21 to enjoin them that they should keep the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month Adar yearly,
22 as the time when the Jews rested from their victory over their enemies, and as the month when their sadness was turned into joy and their mourning into a time of celebration. He wrote them to observe the days as days of feasting and joy and giving gifts of food to one another and presents to the poor.
22 Como días en que los Judíos tuvieron reposo de sus enemigos, y el mes que se les tornó de tristeza en alegría, y de luto en día bueno; que los hiciesen días de banquete y de gozo, y de enviar porciones cada uno á su vecino, y dádivas á 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 The Jews agreed to continue what they had already started doing, following what Mordecai had written to them.
23 Y los Judíos aceptaron hacer, según habían comenzado, lo que les escribió Mardochêo.
23 The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,
24 For Haman, son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted to destroy the Jews, and had cast “pur” (meaning a “lot”) to crush and destroy them.
24 Porque Amán hijo de Amadatha, Agageo, enemigo de todos los Judíos, había ideado contra los Judíos para destruirlos, y echó Pur, que quiere decir suerte, para consumirlos y acabar con ellos.
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 But when it came to the king's attention, he sent out letters ordering that the evil scheme which Haman had planned against the Jews should rebound on him, and that he and his sons should be impaled on poles.
25 Mas como Esther vino á la presencia del rey, él intimó por carta: El perverso designio que aquél trazó contra los Judíos, recaiga sobre su cabeza; y cuélguenlo á él y á sus hijos en la horca.
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 (That's why these days are called Purim, from the word Pur.) As a result of all the instructions in Mordecai's letter, and what they'd seen, and what had happened to them,
26 Por esto llamaron á estos días Purim, del nombre Pur. Por todas las palabras pues de esta carta, y por lo que ellos vieron sobre esto, y lo que llegó á su noticia,
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 the Jews committed themselves to adopt the practice that they and their descendants and all who join them should not forget to celebrate these two days as set down, and at the right time every year.
27 Establecieron y tomaron los Judíos sobre sí, y sobre su simiente, y sobre todos los allegados á ellos, y no será traspasado, el celebrar estos dos días según está escrito en orden á ellos, y conforme á su tiempo cada un año;
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 These days were to be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim would always be observed among the Jews, and they would not be forgotten by their descendants.
28 Y que estos dos días serían en memoria, y celebrados en todas las naciones, y familias, y provincias, y ciudades. Estos días de Purim no pasarán de entre los Judíos, y la memoria de ellos no cesará de su simiente.
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 Then Queen Esther, the daughter of Abihail, wrote a letter, along with Mordecai the Jew, giving in her letter full authority to Mordecai's letter about Purim.
29 Y la reina Esther hija de Abihail, y Mardochêo Judío, escribieron con toda eficacia, para confirmar esta segunda carta de 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 Letters expressing peace and reassurance were also sent all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the empire of King Xerxes.
30 Y envió [Mardochêo] letras á todos los Judíos, á las ciento veintisiete provincias del rey Assuero, con palabras de paz y de 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 They established these days of Purim at their given time as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had ordered, committing themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and mourning.
31 Para confirmar estos días de Purim en sus tiempos señalados, según les había constituído Mardochêo Judío y la reina Esther, y como habían ellos tomado sobre sí y sobre su simiente, [para conmemorar] el fin de los ayunos y de su clamor.
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 In this way Esther's decree confirmed these practices regarding Purim, which were entered in the official record.
32 Y el mandamiento de Esther confirmó estas palabras [dadas] acerca de Purim, y escribióse 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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