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1 El día trece del mes doce, es decir, el mes de Adar, el mismo día en que debían cumplirse los dos decretos del rey (día en que los enemigos de los judíos tenían esperanza de vencerlos, y sucedió todo lo contrario),
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, a través de todas las provincias del rey, para defenderse contra los que pudieran tratar de hacerles daño. Pero nadie se atrevió, porque sentían gran temor.
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 Y todos los funcionarios de las provincias, gobernadores, oficiales y cortesanos, ayudaban a los judíos por temor 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 Porque Mardoqueo era ahora un hombre muy importante en el palacio del rey, y su fama se extendía por todas las provincias, pues se hacía cada vez más poderoso.
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 cumplieron con el decreto el día señalado y mataron a todos sus enemigos.
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 Mataron a quinientos hombres en Susa.
6 In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men.
7 También dieron muerte a diez hijos de Amán hijo de Hamedata, enemigo de los judíos. Estos son sus nombres: Parsandata, Dalfón, Aspata, Porata, Adalías, Aridata, Parmasta, Arisay, Ariday y Vaizata, pero no se apoderaron de sus bienes.
7 They killed Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8 Not in this translation
8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9 Not in this translation
9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
10 Not in this translation
10 the ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Jews’ enemy, but they didn’t lay their hand on the plunder.
11 Ese mismo día el rey se enteró del número de personas muertas en Susa.
11 On that day, the number of those who were slain in the citadel of Susa was brought before the king.
12 Entonces llamó a la reina Ester y le dijo: ―Tan solo en la ciudad de Susa los judíos han dado muerte a quinientos hombres y también mataron a los diez hijos de Amán. Si esto han hecho aquí, me pregunto ¿qué habrá ocurrido en el resto de las provincias? ¿Qué más deseas? También te será concedido. Dímelo y te lo daré.
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 Y Ester dijo: ―Si Su Majestad está de acuerdo, le pido que permita que los judíos que están en Susa hagan mañana nuevamente lo que han hecho hoy, y ordene que los diez hijos de Amán sean colgados en horcas.
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 le concedió la petición. El decreto fue promulgado en Susa, y colgaron los cadáveres 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 Entonces los judíos de Susa se reunieron también el día catorce del mes de Adar, y dieron muerte a otros trescientos hombres, pero no se apoderaron de sus propiedades.
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 Mientras tanto, los judíos de las demás provincias del imperio se habían reunido también para defender sus vidas y habían destruido a sus enemigos, dando muerte a setenta y cinco mil personas que los odiaban. 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 ocurrió el día trece del mes de Adar, y al día siguiente reposaron, y celebraron la victoria con fiestas 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 Pero los judíos de Susa siguieron dando muerte a sus enemigos el segundo día también, así que descansaron el día quince, y lo celebraron con una gran fiesta.
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 esto es que los judíos de los pueblos sin murallas de todo Israel celebran la fiesta el día catorce del mes de Adar, y es entonces cuando se alegran y se hacen regalos 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 escribió la historia de todos estos sucesos, y envió cartas a los judíos de cerca y de lejos, a través de todas las provincias del rey,
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 pidiéndoles que establecieran una festividad anual 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 para celebrar con fiestas, alegría y regalos este día histórico en que los judíos fueron salvados de sus enemigos, cuando su llanto se convirtió en alegría, y sus lamentos en felicidad.
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 adoptaron la sugerencia de Mardoqueo y comenzaron esta festividad anual
23 The Jews accepted the custom that they had begun, as Mordecai had written to them,
24 como recordatorio de la ocasión en que Amán hijo de Hamedata, el agagueo, enemigo de todos los judíos, había tramado destruirlos en una fecha que determinaron tras haber echado suertes, y para recordar que cuando Ester se lo contó al rey, este emitió un edicto a fin de que el plan de Amán se volviera en su contra, y él y sus hijos fueron colgados en la horca.
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 Not in this translation
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 Esta fiesta se llama «Purim», porque la palabra pur, en idioma persa, significa «echar suertes». Así que los judíos acordaron celebrar esta fiesta de acuerdo con lo ordenado por Mardoqueo, y por todo lo que habían tenido que sufrir y ver.
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 Todos los judíos del reino estuvieron de acuerdo en comenzar esta tradición y comunicarla a sus descendientes y a todos los que se convirtieran en judíos. Declararon que jamás dejarían de celebrar estos dos días.
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 Sería un acontecimiento que celebrarían anualmente, de generación en generación, todas las familias judías del mundo, para que la comunidad judía no olvidara jamás lo que ocurrió.
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 Abijaíl, y Mardoqueo escribieron esta segunda carta, para confirmar plenamente los días en que debía celebrarse la fiesta anual de Purim. Las cartas fueron enviadas a todos los judíos que vivían en las ciento veintisiete provincias del reino de Asuero, con mensajes de buena voluntad y de aliento para confirmar la celebración anual de estos dos días de Purim, decretada por Mardoqueo el judío y por la reina Ester. Además, les daban instrucciones en cuanto a la obligación de ayunar y de guardar luto.
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 Not in this translation
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 Not in this translation
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 Así que el decreto de Ester confirmó estas fechas, y fue registrado como ley.
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 (21)
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
- 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
- 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
- 32 Esther 9:26
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