Ester · Revised Version (con apócrifos)
Ester 4 Revised Version (con apócrifos)
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1 Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry:
1 LUEGO que supo Mardochêo todo lo que se había hecho, rasgó sus vestidos, y vistióse de saco y de ceniza, y fuése por medio de la ciudad clamando con grande y amargo clamor.
1 Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and wailed loudly and bitterly.
2 and he came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter within the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
2 Y vino hasta delante de la puerta del rey: porque no era lícito pasar adentro de la puerta del rey con vestido de saco.
2 He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
3 And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
3 Y en cada provincia y lugar donde el mandamiento del rey y su decreto llegaba, tenían los Judíos grande luto, y ayuno, y lloro, y lamentación: saco y ceniza era la cama de muchos.
3 In every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
4 And Esther’s maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him: but he received it not.
4 Y vinieron las doncellas de Esther y sus eunucos, y dijéronselo: y la reina tuvo gran dolor, y envió vestidos para hacer vestir á Mardochêo, y hacerle quitar el saco de sobre él; mas él no los recibió.
4 Esther’s maidens and her eunuchs came and told her this, and the queen was exceedingly grieved. She sent clothing to Mordecai, to replace his sackcloth, but he didn’t receive it.
5 Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.
5 Entonces Esther llamó á Atach, uno de los eunucos del rey, que él había hecho estar delante de ella, y mandólo á Mardochêo, con orden de saber qué era aquello, y por qué.
5 Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs, whom he had appointed to attend her, and commanded him to go to Mordecai, to find out what this was, and why it was.
6 So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king’s gate.
6 Salió pues Atach á Mardochêo, á la plaza de la ciudad que estaba delante de la puerta del rey.
6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square which was before the king’s gate.
7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
7 Y Mardochêo le declaró todo lo que le había acontecido, y dióle noticia de la plata que Amán había dicho que pesaría para los tesoros del rey por razón de los Judíos, para destruirlos.
7 Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her; and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him, for her people.
8 Dióle también la copia de la escritura del decreto que había sido dado en Susán para que fuesen destruídos, á fin de que la mostrara á Esther y se lo declarase, y le encargara que fuese al rey á suplicarle, y á pedir delante de él por su pueblo.
8 He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Susa to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to urge her to go in to the king to make supplication to him, and to make request before him for her people.
9 And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
9 Y vino Atach, y contó á Esther las palabras de Mardochêo.
9 Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
10 Then Esther spake unto Hathach, and gave him a message unto Mordecai, [saying]:
10 Entonces Esther dijo á Atach, y mandóle [decir] á Mardochêo:
10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a message to Mordecai:
11 All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
11 Todos los siervos del rey, y el pueblo de las provincias del rey saben, que cualquier hombre ó mujer que entra al rey al patio de adentro sin ser llamado, por una sola ley ha de morir: salvo aquel á quien el rey extendiere el cetro de oro, el cual vivirá: y yo no he sido llamada para entrar al rey estos treinta días.
11 “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”
12 And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
12 Y dijeron á Mardochêo las palabras de Esther.
12 They told Esther’s words to Mordecai.
13 Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
13 Entonces dijo Mardochêo que respondiesen á Esther: No pienses en tu alma, que escaparás en la casa del rey más que todos los Judíos:
13 Then Mordecai asked them to return this answer to Esther: “Don’t think to yourself that you will escape in the king’s house any more than all the Jews.
14◆ For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father’s house shall perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
14 Porque si absolutamente callares en este tiempo, respiro y libertación tendrán los Judíos de otra parte; mas tú y la casa de tu padre pereceréis. ¿Y quién sabe si para esta hora te han hecho llegar al reino?
14 For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
15 Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,
15 Y Esther dijo que respondiesen á Mardochêo:
15 Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai,
16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
16 Ve, y junta á todos los Judíos que se hallan en Susán, y ayunad por mí, y no comáis ni bebáis en tres días, noche ni día: yo también con mis doncellas ayunaré igualmente, y así entraré al rey, aunque no sea conforme á la ley; y si perezco, que perezca.
16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
17 Entonces se fué Mardochêo, é hizo conforme á todo lo que le mandó Esther.
17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
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Hathach
One of the king’s eunuchs appointed to Esther, who carried messages between Esther and Mordecai about the decree against the Jews.
Citado en la guía: Esther 4:5; Esther 4:6; Esther 4:9
Referencias cruzadas (11)
Pasajes relacionados con cada versículo, del Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, tal como los reúnen y ordenan los lectores de OpenBible.info.
- 1 Daniel 9:3; Ezequiel 27:30–31; 2 Samuel 13:19; 2 Samuel 1:11; Job 42:6
- 3 Isaías 22:12; Daniel 9:3; Isaías 37:1–3; Ester 3:12; Ester 4:16
- 4 Salmo 77:2; Génesis 37:35; Jeremías 31:15; Isaías 56:3; 1 Samuel 8:15
- 5 1 Corintios 12:26; Romanos 12:15; Ester 1:10; Hebreos 4:15; Filipenses 2:4
- 6 Ester 4:3; Ester 7:2
- 7 Ester 3:2–15
- 8 Eclesiastés 10:4; Job 9:15; 1 Timoteo 6:13; Ester 3:14–15; Ester 2:20
- 11 Ester 5:1–2; Ester 8:4; Daniel 2:9; Ester 2:14; Ester 6:4
- 13 Proverbios 24:10–12; Juan 12:25; Filipenses 2:30; Hebreos 12:3
- 14 Génesis 45:4–8; 1 Samuel 12:22; Deuteronomio 32:36; Isaías 54:17; Jeremías 30:11
- 16 Hechos 20:24; 2 Crónicas 20:3; Joel 2:12–17; Lucas 9:24; Génesis 18:19
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¿Por qué mi Biblia dice algo distinto?
- Ester: las adiciones griegas
El libro hebreo de Ester nunca nombra a Dios. La versión griega de la Septuaginta contiene seis pasajes más extensos, que suelen marcarse con letras de la A a la F, e incluyen el sueño de Mardoqueo, dos decretos reales y las oraciones de Mardoqueo y de Ester. Las Iglesias ortodoxa y católica los leen como Escritura; la mayoría de las Biblias protestantes los omiten o los imprimen entre los apócrifos.