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Ester 8
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Ester 8
La Palabra (Hispanoamérica)
Triunfo de los judíos
8 Ese mismo día el rey Asuero dio a la reina Ester las posesiones de Amán, el enemigo de los judíos, y Mardoqueo fue presentado al rey, porque ya Ester le había revelado el parentesco que los unía. 2 El rey se quitó el anillo que había recobrado de Amán y se lo dio a Mardoqueo a quien Ester nombró administrador de las posesiones que habían sido de Amán.
3 Volvió luego Ester a interceder ante el rey; echándose a sus pies y llorando le suplicó que anulase los perversos planes ideados por Amán, de Agag, contra los judíos.
4 Cuando el rey extendió hacia Ester el cetro de oro, ella se levantó, y de pie ante el rey 5 dijo:
— Si me he ganado el favor del rey y cree que mi petición es justa, si está contento conmigo, haga revocar por escrito los decretos que mandó redactar Amán, hijo de Hamdatá, de Agag, para exterminar a los judíos de todas las provincias del reino. 6 Porque no puedo soportar la tragedia que se cierne sobre mi pueblo. ¿Cómo podría contemplar el exterminio de los de mi raza?
7 Entonces el rey Asuero les dijo a Ester y a Mardoqueo, el judío:
— Miren, he mandado ahorcar a Amán por sus maquinaciones contra los judíos, y sus posesiones ya están en manos de Ester. 8 Pero un decreto escrito en mi nombre y sellado con mi anillo es irrevocable. Así pues, redacten ahora, en mi nombre, otro decreto en favor de los judíos, como ustedes consideren más adecuado y séllenlo con mi anillo real.
9 Inmediatamente se llamó a los escribas reales. Era el día veintitrés del mes tercero, es decir, el mes de Siván. Todo lo que ordenó Mardoqueo fue puesto por escrito para los judíos, los sátrapas reales, los gobernadores y los altos funcionarios de las ciento veintisiete provincias, desde la India hasta Etiopía, en la escritura de cada provincia y en la lengua de cada pueblo. A los judíos también se les escribió en su escritura y lengua. 10 Los decretos se escribieron en nombre del rey Asuero, se sellaron con el anillo real y se enviaron por medio de mensajeros reales, que montaban veloces corceles de las caballerizas reales.
11 El edicto real concedía permiso a los judíos, en cualquier ciudad donde estuvieran, a organizarse y defenderse, a destruir y matar, aniquilar y apoderarse de los bienes de toda la gente armada, de cualquier pueblo o provincia que los atacase, sin respetar a mujeres ni a niños. 12 Para llevar todo esto a cabo en todas las provincias del rey Asuero se fijo una fecha: el día trece del duodécimo mes, es decir, el mes de Adar.
13 El texto de este edicto debía ser promulgado como una ley en todas las provincias, y dado a conocer en cada pueblo a fin de que los judíos estuvieran preparados ese día para vengarse de sus enemigos.
14 Los mensajeros, según la orden real, partieron de inmediato montando veloces corceles de las caballerizas reales. El decreto se promulgó también en la ciudad de Susa.
15 Mardoqueo salió del palacio real con vestiduras regias de color violeta y blanco, con una gran corona de oro y un manto de lino fino de color púrpura. En la ciudad de Susa se escucharon gritos de alegría, 16 pues para los judíos fue tiempo de luz y alegría, de fiesta y triunfo. 17 En cada provincia y en cada ciudad, a medida que iba llegando el decreto real, los judíos se llenaban de alegría y felicidad, y celebraban fiestas y banquetes. Muchos habitantes del país se hicieron judíos por miedo a ellos.
Ester 8
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Ester 8
Traducción en lenguaje actual
Ester suplica al rey por los judíos
8 Ese mismo día el rey Asuero le regaló a la reina Ester la casa de Amán, el enemigo de los judíos. Y Mardoqueo se presentó ante el rey, pues Ester ya le había contado a Asuero que ellos eran parientes. 2 Entonces el rey tomó el anillo que antes le había dado a Amán, y se lo entregó a Mardoqueo. Ester, por su parte, le dijo a Mardoqueo que se hiciera cargo de todo lo que antes era de Amán.
3 Ester se arrodilló ante el rey y le rogó, una vez más, que hiciera algo para impedir que se llevara a cabo el plan de Amán en contra de los judíos. 4 El rey la señaló con el cetro de oro, 5 y entonces ella se puso de pie y le dijo:
—Si a Su Majestad le parece bien y justo, y si en verdad me ama, escriba una orden que anule el documento que Amán dictó para destruir a los judíos. 6 ¡No podría yo soportar la tragedia que amenaza a mi pueblo! ¡No podré resistir que se destruya a mi familia!
7 Entonces el rey Asuero les dijo a Ester y a Mardoqueo:
—Yo le he regalado a Ester las propiedades de Amán, el cual ha sido colgado en la horca por querer matar a los judíos. 8 Escriban ustedes cartas ordenando lo que quieren que se haga en favor de los judíos, y pónganles mi sello. Nadie puede anular una orden escrita y sellada en mi nombre.
9 Ester y Mardoqueo llamaron enseguida a los secretarios, y éstos escribieron todo lo que Mardoqueo les ordenó acerca de los judíos. Era el día veintitrés del mes de Siván.[a] La orden fue enviada a todos los gobernadores y principales autoridades de las ciento veintisiete provincias, desde la India hasta Etiopía. A cada provincia se le escribió en su propio idioma, y también a los judíos. 10 Las cartas fueron escritas en nombre del rey, selladas con su anillo y enviadas por medio de mensajeros que montaban veloces caballos criados en los establos del rey.
La orden que salvaría a los judíos
11 Las cartas daban permiso a los judíos de reunirse en todas las ciudades para defenderse, matar y destruir totalmente a quienes los atacaran, sin importar de dónde vinieran y sin respetar a las mujeres y a los niños. Además, les daba el derecho de apoderarse de sus pertenencias. 12 Esta orden debía cumplirse en todas las provincias del reino, el mismo día trece del mes de Adar.[b] 13 Una copia de la orden debía ser publicada en todas las provincias, y ese día los judíos debían estar listos para vengarse de sus enemigos.
14 Los mensajeros salieron rápidamente en sus veloces caballos. Una copia de la orden también fue publicada en la ciudad de Susa.
15 Cuando Mardoqueo salió del palacio, tenía puesto un traje azul y blanco, y lucía una gran corona de oro y un manto de lino y de fina tela roja. Mientras tanto, en la ciudad de Susa todos daban gritos de alegría. 16 Los judíos estaban tan alegres que hicieron una gran fiesta. 17 A medida que se iba conociendo la orden del rey y su documento, en cada provincia y ciudad, los judíos festejaban con gran alegría.
Y tanto era el miedo que les tenían a los judíos, que muchos en el país aceptaron su religión.
Footnotes
- Ester 8:9 Siván: Tercer mes del calendario lunar judío. En nuestro calendario solar corresponde al período que va de mediados de mayo a mediados de junio.
- Ester 8:12 Adar. Véase nota en 3.7.
Esther 8
New International Version
Esther 8
New International Version
The King’s Edict in Behalf of the Jews
8 That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman,(A) the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. 2 The king took off his signet ring,(B) which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman’s estate.(C)
3 Esther again pleaded with the king, falling at his feet and weeping. She begged him to put an end to the evil plan of Haman the Agagite,(D) which he had devised against the Jews. 4 Then the king extended the gold scepter(E) to Esther and she arose and stood before him.
5 “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if he regards me with favor(F) and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces. 6 For how can I bear to see disaster fall on my people? How can I bear to see the destruction of my family?”(G)
7 King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “Because Haman attacked the Jews, I have given his estate to Esther, and they have impaled(H) him on the pole he set up. 8 Now write another decree(I) in the king’s name in behalf of the Jews as seems best to you, and seal(J) it with the king’s signet ring(K)—for no document written in the king’s name and sealed with his ring can be revoked.”(L)
9 At once the royal secretaries were summoned—on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush.[a](M) These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language.(N) 10 Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes, sealed the dispatches with the king’s signet ring, and sent them by mounted couriers, who rode fast horses especially bred for the king.
11 The king’s edict granted the Jews in every city the right to assemble and protect themselves; to destroy, kill and annihilate the armed men of any nationality or province who might attack them and their women and children,[b] and to plunder(O) the property of their enemies. 12 The day appointed for the Jews to do this in all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.(P) 13 A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued as law in every province and made known to the people of every nationality so that the Jews would be ready on that day(Q) to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14 The couriers, riding the royal horses, went out, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa.(R)
The Triumph of the Jews
15 When Mordecai(S) left the king’s presence, he was wearing royal garments of blue and white, a large crown of gold(T) and a purple robe of fine linen.(U) And the city of Susa held a joyous celebration.(V) 16 For the Jews it was a time of happiness and joy,(W) gladness and honor.(X) 17 In every province and in every city to which the edict of the king came, there was joy(Y) and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many people of other nationalities became Jews because fear(Z) of the Jews had seized them.(AA)
Footnotes
- Esther 8:9 That is, the upper Nile region
- Esther 8:11 Or province, together with their women and children, who might attack them;
Esther 8
King James Version
Esther 8
King James Version
8 On that day did the king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' enemy unto Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was unto her.
2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it unto Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 And Esther spake yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device that he had devised against the Jews.
4 Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. So Esther arose, and stood before the king,
5 And said, If it please the king, and if I have favour in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which are in all the king's provinces:
6 For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
7 Then the king Ahasuerus said unto Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he laid his hand upon the Jews.
8 Write ye also for the Jews, as it liketh you, in the king's name, and seal it with the king's ring: for the writing which is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, may no man reverse.
9 Then were the king's scribes called at that time in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth day thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded unto the Jews, and to the lieutenants, and the deputies and rulers of the provinces which are from India unto Ethiopia, an hundred twenty and seven provinces, unto every province according to the writing thereof, and unto every people after their language, and to the Jews according to their writing, and according to their language.
10 And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus' name, and sealed it with the king's ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries:
11 Wherein the king granted the Jews which were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that would assault them, both little ones and women, and to take the spoil of them for a prey,
12 Upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, namely, upon the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
13 The copy of the writing for a commandment to be given in every province was published unto all people, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14 So the posts that rode upon mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the palace.
15 And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a garment of fine linen and purple: and the city of Shushan rejoiced and was glad.
16 The Jews had light, and gladness, and joy, and honour.
17 And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Esther 8
New King James Version
Esther 8
New King James Version
Esther Saves the Jews
8 On that day King Ahasuerus gave Queen Esther the house of Haman, the (A)enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had told (B)how he was related to her. 2 So the king took off (C)his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai; and Esther appointed Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 Now Esther spoke again to the king, fell down at his feet, and implored him with tears to counteract the evil of Haman the Agagite, and the scheme which he had devised against the Jews. 4 And (D)the king held out the golden scepter toward Esther. So Esther arose and stood before the king, 5 and said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight and the thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to revoke the (E)letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to annihilate the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces. 6 For how can I endure to see (F)the evil that will come to my people? Or how can I endure to see the destruction of my countrymen?”
7 Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and Mordecai the Jew, “Indeed, (G)I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he tried to lay his hand on the Jews. 8 You yourselves write a decree concerning the Jews, [a]as you please, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s signet ring; for whatever is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring (H)no one can revoke.”
9 (I)So the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces (J)from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all, to every province (K)in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language. 10 (L)And he wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback, riding on royal horses [b]bred from swift steeds.
11 By these letters the king permitted the Jews who were in every city to (M)gather together and protect their lives—to (N)destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province that would assault them, both little children and women, and to plunder their possessions, 12 (O)on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of [c]Adar. 13 (P)A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province and published for all people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies. 14 The couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s command. And the decree was issued in [d]Shushan the [e]citadel.
15 So Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of [f]blue and white, with a great crown of gold and a garment of fine linen and purple; and (Q)the city of [g]Shushan rejoiced and was glad. 16 The Jews had (R)light and gladness, joy and honor. 17 And in every province and city, wherever the king’s command and decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast (S)and a holiday. Then many of the people of the land (T)became Jews, because (U)fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Footnotes
- Esther 8:8 Lit. as is good in your eyes
- Esther 8:10 Lit. sons of the swift horses
- Esther 8:12 LXX adds the text of the letter here
- Esther 8:14 Or Susa
- Esther 8:14 palace
- Esther 8:15 violet
- Esther 8:15 Or Susa
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