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1 Tres días más tarde, Ester se puso sus vestiduras reales y entró al patio interior, al salón real del palacio, donde el rey estaba sentado en su trono.
1 Now on the third day, Esther put on her royal clothing and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, next to the king’s house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house.
2 Cuando el rey vio a la reina Ester que estaba de pie allí, le agradó y le tendió el cetro de oro. Ester se acercó y tocó la punta del cetro.
2 When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near and touched the top of the scepter.
3 ―¿Qué deseas, reina Ester? —le preguntó el rey—. ¿Cuál es tu petición? Te daré todo lo que quieras, aun cuando sea la mitad del reino.
3 Then the king asked her, “What would you like, queen Esther? What is your request? It shall be given you even to the half of the kingdom.”
4 Y Ester replicó: ―Si de verdad Su Majestad quiere complacerme, le suplico que asista, junto con Amán, esta noche a un banquete que he preparado en su honor.
4 Esther said, “If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him.”
5 El rey se volvió hacia sus sirvientes y les dijo: ―Vayan y díganle a Amán que venga pronto, para que asistamos al banquete que la reina Ester ha preparado. El rey y Amán asistieron al banquete de Ester.
5 Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly, so that it may be done as Esther has said.” So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
6 Mientras bebían vino, el rey le volvió a decir a Ester: ―Ahora dime qué es lo que realmente quieres, y yo te lo daré, aun cuando sea la mitad del reino.
6 The king said to Esther at the banquet of wine, “What is your petition? It shall be granted you. What is your request? Even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.”
7 Ester entonces le contestó: ―Mi petición, mi más profundo deseo, es que si Su Majestad me ama, y quiere concederme mis deseos, venga mañana con Amán a otro banquete que he preparado para ustedes, y allí le explicaré de qué se trata.
7 Then Esther answered and said, “My petition and my request is this.
8 Not in this translation
8 If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said.”
9 ¡Cuán feliz estaba Amán cuando salió del banquete! Pero al pasar por la puerta del palacio notó que Mardoqueo no se puso de pie ni hizo reverencia delante de él, así que se puso furioso.
9 Then Haman went out that day joyful and glad of heart, but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king’s gate, that he didn’t stand up nor move for him, he was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
10 Sin embargo, se refrenó y siguió hasta su casa y reunió a todos sus amigos y a su esposa Zeres,
10 Nevertheless Haman restrained himself, and went home. There, he sent and called for his friends and Zeresh his wife.
11 y se jactó delante de ellos acerca de su riqueza, de sus muchos hijos, y de cómo el rey lo había honrado y lo había convertido en el hombre más poderoso del reino, después del mismo rey.
11 Haman recounted to them the glory of his riches, the multitude of his children, all the things in which the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
12 Enseguida lanzó su exclamación triunfal: ―Sí, y Ester, la reina, me ha invitado a mí solamente para que vaya con el rey al banquete que ella ha preparado para nosotros. ¡Y nos invitó para otro banquete mañana!
12 Haman also said, “Yes, Esther the queen let no man come in with the king to the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and tomorrow I am also invited by her together with the king.
13 Pero todo esto de nada sirve cuando veo que Mardoqueo, el judío que se sienta frente a la puerta del rey, se niega a inclinarse delante de mí.
13 Yet all this avails me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
14 ―Bien— respondió Zeres su esposa, y concordaron con ella todos sus amigos—. Haz preparar una horca de veintidós metros y medio de alto, y en la mañana pídele al rey que haga colgar a Mardoqueo en ella. Cuando esto haya sido realizado, tú podrás seguir alegremente para reunirte con el rey en el banquete. Esto agradó a Amán inmensamente, y ordenó que fuera construida la horca.
14 Then Zeresh his wife and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows be made fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on it. Then go in merrily with the king to the banquet.” This pleased Haman, so he had the gallows made.
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Esther
Hadassah, an orphan raised by her cousin Mordecai, was made queen in place of Vashti; she risked her life to plead for her people, exposed Haman, and with Mordecai confirmed the…
Cited in the guide: Esther 2:7; Esther 2:17; Esther 5:2
Zeresh
Haman’s wife, who with his friends advised building a gallows fifty cubits high for Mordecai and later warned Haman he would fall before him.
Cited in the guide: Esther 5:10; Esther 5:14; Esther 6:13
Cross references (12)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Esther 6:4; Esther 4:16; 1 Peter 3:3–5; Revelation 3:21; Esther 8:15
- 2 Esther 8:4; Esther 4:11; Proverbs 21:1; Esther 2:9; Acts 7:10
- 3 Mark 6:23; Esther 7:2; Esther 9:12; Esther 5:6; Matthew 20:20–22
- 4 Esther 5:8; Proverbs 29:11; 1 Corinthians 14:20; Esther 3:15; Psalm 112:5
- 5 Esther 6:14
- 6 Esther 7:2; Esther 5:3; Esther 9:12
- 9 Esther 3:5; Matthew 2:16; Job 20:5; Amos 6:12–13; Daniel 3:16–19
- 10 Esther 6:13; Ecclesiastes 7:9; Genesis 45:1; 2 Samuel 13:22–23; Genesis 43:30–31
- 11 Esther 9:7–10; Esther 3:1; Luke 12:19–20; Genesis 31:1; 1 Timothy 6:17
- 12 Proverbs 27:1; Psalm 37:35–36; Luke 21:34–35; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Job 20:5–8
- 13 Philippians 4:11–12; Job 15:20; Job 18:4; 1 Kings 21:4–6; Ecclesiastes 1:2
- 14 Esther 6:4; Esther 7:9–10; Psalm 37:14; 1 Kings 21:7; Psalm 37:32
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