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Ester 7
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Ester 7
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Humillación y muerte de Amán
7 El rey y Amán fueron al banquete de la reina Ester, 2 y al segundo día, mientras brindaban, el rey preguntó otra vez:
—Dime qué deseas, reina Ester, y te lo concederé. ¿Cuál es tu petición? ¡Aun cuando fuera la mitad del reino, te lo concedería!
3 Ester respondió:
—Si me he ganado el favor de Su Majestad, y si le parece bien, mi deseo es que me conceda la vida. Mi petición es que se compadezca de mi pueblo. 4 Porque a mí y a mi pueblo se nos ha vendido para exterminio, muerte y aniquilación. Si solo se nos hubiera vendido como esclavos, yo me habría quedado callada, pues tal angustia no sería motivo suficiente para inquietar a Su Majestad.[a]
5 El rey preguntó:
—¿Y quién es ese que se ha atrevido a concebir semejante barbaridad? ¿Dónde está?
6 —¡El adversario y enemigo es este miserable de Amán! —respondió Ester.
Amán quedó aterrorizado ante el rey y la reina. 7 El rey se levantó enfurecido, dejó de beber y salió al jardín del palacio. Pero Amán, dándose cuenta de que el rey ya había decidido su fin, se quedó para implorarle a la reina Ester que le perdonara la vida.
8 Cuando el rey volvió del jardín del palacio a la sala del banquete, Amán estaba inclinado sobre el sofá donde Ester estaba recostada. Al ver esto, el rey exclamó:
—¡Y todavía se atreve este a violar a la reina en mi presencia y en mi casa!
Tan pronto como el rey pronunció estas palabras, cubrieron el rostro de Amán. 9 Y Jarboná, uno de los eunucos que atendían al rey, dijo:
—Hay una horca de cincuenta codos[b] de altura, junto a la casa de Amán. Él mandó colocarla para Mardoqueo, el que intervino en favor del rey.
—¡Cuélguenlo en ella! —ordenó el rey.
10 De modo que colgaron a Amán en la horca que él había mandado levantar para Mardoqueo. Con eso se aplacó la furia del rey.
Esther 7
Lexham English Bible
Esther 7
Lexham English Bible
Esther’s Banquet
7 So the king and Haman went to dine[a] with Queen Esther. 2 And the king again said to Esther, on the second day while they were drinking,[b] “What is your petition, Queen Esther? It will be given to you. What is your request? It will be given to you—even half the kingdom.” 3 Then Queen Esther answered, and she said, “If I have found favor in your eyes,[c] O king, and if it is good to the king, let my life be given to me at my petition and my people at my request; 4 I and my people have been sold to be destroyed and killed, to be annihilated. If we had been sold as male and female slaves I would have kept quiet, because this[d] is not a need sufficient to trouble the king.”[e] 5 And King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther, “Who is he, and where is he, who gave himself the right to do this?”[f] 6 And Esther said, “The adversary and enemy is this evil Haman!” And Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
Haman is Hanged
7 The king rose in his anger from the banquet[g] and went to the palace garden, and Haman stood to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he realized that the king was determined to make an end to his life.[h] 8 And the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall,[i] where Haman was lying prostrate on the couch that Esther was on, and the king said, “Will he also molest the queen with me in the house?” As the words[j] went from the king’s mouth they covered Haman’s face. 9 And Habrona, one of the eunuchs in the presence of the king, said, “Look, the same gallows that Haman had prepared for Mordecai who spoke good for the sake of the king stands at Haman’s house, fifty cubits high.” And the king said, “Hang him on it.” 10 And they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai, and the anger of the king was abated.
Footnotes
- Esther 7:1 Literally “to drink”
- Esther 7:2 Literally “at the meal of wine”
- Esther 7:3 Or “If I have won your favor”
- Esther 7:4 Hebrew “there”
- Esther 7:4 See HALOT 1437, s.v. NRSV translates, “but no enemy can compensate for this damage to the king”
- Esther 7:5 Literally “has filled his heart to do so”
- Esther 7:7 Literally “from the banquet of wine”
- Esther 7:7 Literally “that evil had been determined for him from the king”
- Esther 7:8 Literally “house of the meal of wine”
- Esther 7:8 Hebrew “word”
Esther 7
BRG Bible
Esther 7
BRG Bible
7 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
5 ¶ Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
7 ¶ And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king’s wrath pacified.
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