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Sabato, 4 maggio 2024 - San Ciriaco ( Letture di oggi)

Ester 6


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BIBLIADOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Aquella misma noche, no pudiendo el rey conciliar el sueño, mandó que trajeran y leyeran en su presencia el libro de las Memorias, o Crónica.1 That night the king passed without sleep, and he commanded the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought him. And when they were reading them before him,
2 Estaba allí, puesta por escrito, la denuncia que Mardoqueo había hecho contra Bigtán y Teres, los dos eunucos del rey, guardianes del umbral, que habían intentado poner las manos sobre el rey Asuero.2 They came to that place where it was written, how Mardochai had discovered the treason of Bagathan and Thares the eunuchs, who sought to kill king Assuerus.
3 Preguntó el rey: «¿Qué honor o dignidad se concedió por esto a Mardoqueo?» Los jóvenes del servicio del rey dijeron: «No se hizo nada en su favor».3 And when the king heard this, he said: What honour and reward hath Mardochai received for this fidelity? His servants and ministers said to him: He hath received no reward at all.
4 Continuó el rey: «Quién está en el atrio?» - Justamente entonces llegaba Amán al atrio exterior de la casa del rey, para pedir al rey que colgaran a Mardoqueo en la horca que él había hecho levantar -.4 And the king said immediately: Who is in the court? for Aman was coming in to the inner court of the king's house, to speak to the king, that he might order Mardochai to be hanged upon the gibbet which was prepared for him.
5 Los jóvenes del servicio del rey le respondieron: «Es Amán el que está en el atrio». Dijo el rey: «Que entre».5 The servants answered: Aman standeth in the court, and the king said: Let him come in.
6 Entró, pues, Amán, y el rey le preguntó: «¿Qué debe hacerse al hombre a quien el rey quiere honrar?» Amán pensó: «¿A quién ha de querer honrar el rey, sino a mí?»6 And when he was come in, he said to him: What ought to be done to the man whom the king is desirous to honour? But Aman thinking in his heart, and supposing that the king would honour no other but himself,
7 Respondió, pues, Amán al rey: «Para el hombre a quien el rey quiere honrar,7 Answered: The man whom the king desireth to honour,
8 deben tomarse regias vestiduras que el rey haya vestido, y un caballo que el rey haya montado, y en cuya cabeza se haya puesto una diadema real.8 Ought to be clothed with the king's apparel, and to be set upon the horse that the king rideth upon, and to have the royal crown upon his head,
9 Deben darse los vestidos, y el caballo a uno de los servidores más principales del rey, para que vista al hombre a quien el rey desea honrar; y le hará cabalgar sobre el caballo por la plaza mayor de la ciudad gritando delante de él: «¡Así se trata al hombre a quien el rey quiere honrar!»9 And let the first of the king's princes and nobles hold his horse, and going through the street of the city, proclaim before him and say: Thus shall he be honoured, whom the king hath a mind to honour.
10 Dijo el rey a Amán: «Toma al momento vestidos y caballo, tal como lo has dicho, y hazlo así con el judío Mardoqueo, que está en la Puerta Real. No dejes de cumplir ni un solo detalle».10 And the king said to him: Make haste and take the robe and the horse, and do as thou hast spoken to Mardochai the Jew, who sitteth before the gates of the palace. Beware thou pass over any of those things which thou hast spoken.
11 Tomó Amán los vestidos y el caballo, vistió a Mardoqueo y le hizo cabalgar por la plaza mayor de la ciudad, gritando delante de él: «¡Así se trata al hombre a quien el rey quiere honrar!»11 So Aman took the robe and the horse, and arraying Mardochai in the street of the city, and setting him on the horse, went before him, and proclaimed: This honour is he worthy of, whom the king hath a mind to honour.
12 Después Mardoqueo se quedó en la Puerta Real, mientras Amán regresaba precipitadamente a su casa, entristecido y con la cabeza encubierta.12 But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered:
13 Contó Amán a su mujer Zeres y a todos sus amigos cuanto había pasado; sus consejeros y su mujer Zeres le dijeron: «Si Mardoqueo, ante el que has comenzado a declinar, pertenece al linaje de los judíos, no podrás vencerle, sino que sin remedio caerás ante él».13 And he told Zares his wife, and his friends, all that had befallen him. And the wise men whom he had in counsel, and his wife answered him: If Mardochai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou canst not resist him, but thou shalt fall in his sight.
14 Estaban aún hablándole cuando llegaron los eunucos del rey y llevaron a Amán rápidamente al banquete preparado por Ester.14 As they were yet speaking, the king's eunuchs came, and compelled him to go quickly to the banquet which the queen had prepared.