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Conspiración contra Asuero

19 Mientras las vírgenes se volvían a reunir, Mardoqueo permanecía sentado a la puerta del rey. 20 Ester, por su parte, continuó guardando en secreto sus antecedentes familiares y su nacionalidad, tal como Mardoqueo le había ordenado, ya que seguía cumpliendo las instrucciones de Mardoqueo como cuando estaba bajo su cuidado.

21 En aquellos días, mientras Mardoqueo seguía sentado a la puerta del rey, Bigtán y Teres, los dos eunucos del rey, miembros de la guardia, se enojaron y tramaron el asesinato del rey Asuero.

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Mordecai Uncovers a Conspiracy

19 When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate.(A) 20 But Esther had kept secret her family background and nationality just as Mordecai had told her to do, for she continued to follow Mordecai’s instructions as she had done when he was bringing her up.(B)

21 During the time Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthana[a] and Teresh, two of the king’s officers(C) who guarded the doorway, became angry(D) and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 2:21 Hebrew Bigthan, a variant of Bigthana

19 And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king's gate.

20 Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.

21 In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king's gate, two of the king's chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hands on the king Ahasuerus.

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Mordecai Discovers a Plot

19 Now when the virgins were gathered together (A)the second time, Mordecai was sitting (B)at the king's gate. 20 (C)Esther had not made known her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had commanded her, for Esther obeyed Mordecai just (D)as when she was brought up by him. 21 In those days, as Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, (E)Bigthan and (F)Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, became angry and sought to lay hands on King Ahasuerus.

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