Livro de Ester 6

SAGRADA BIBLIA	DOUAI-RHEIMS
1 Naquela noite o rei não pôde conciliar o sono. Mandou que lhe trouxessem o livro dos Anais, as Crônicas, que lhe foram lidas.	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 Achava-se aí consignada a narração da denúncia que tinha feito Mardoqueu {da conjuração} de Bigtã e Tares, os dois eunucos do rei que tinham querido levantar sua mão contra o rei.	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 Que honras, disse então o rei, e que distinções recebeu Mardoqueu por isso? - Nenhuma, responderam os servos do rei.	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 E o rei perguntou: Quem está no pátio? Ora, nesse mesmo instante entrava Amã no pátio exterior do palácio para pedir ao rei que mandasse suspender Mardoqueu na forca que tinha feito 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 Os servos do rei responderam: É Amã que está no pátio. - Que entre!, retornou o rei.	5 The servants answered: Aman standeth in the court, and the king said: Let him come in.
6 Entrou, pois, Amã e o rei lhe disse: Que se deveria fazer para um homem que o rei quer honrar? - A quem, senão a mim, quererá o rei honrar?, pensou Amã.	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 Por isso respondeu ao rei: Para um homem a quem o rei deseja honrar	7 Answered: The man whom the king desireth to honour,
8 convém que lhe tragam as vestes com que se adorna o rei, o cavalo que o rei monta, e sobre sua cabeça se coloque a coroa 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 As vestes e o cavalo se darão a um dos senhores da corte e este revestirá o homem a quem o rei quer honrar e o passeará a cavalo pela praça da cidade, dizendo em altas vozes diante dele: É assim que é tratado o homem a quem o rei quer 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 O rei replicou: Toma, pois, depressa as vestes e o cavalo, como disseste, e faze tudo isso para Mardoqueu, o judeu que está assentado em minha antecâmara. E que nada se omita de tudo o que disseste.	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 Amã tomou as vestes e o cavalo, revestiu Mardoqueu e o conduziu a cavalo pela praça da cidade, clamando diante dele: É assim que é tratado o homem a quem o rei quer 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 Depois Mardoqueu voltou à porta do palácio, enquanto Amã se retirava precipitadamente para casa, consternado e de cabeça coberta,	12 But Mardochai returned to the palace gate: and Aman made haste to go to his house, mourning and having his head covered:
13 para contar a Zarés, sua mulher, e a todos os seus amigos o que lhe tinha acontecido. Seus conselheiros e sua mulher Zarés lhe responderam: Se Mardoqueu, diante do qual começou tua queda, pertence ao povo judeu, não o vencerás, mas sucumbirás diante dele.	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 Eles falavam ainda, quando sobrevieram os eunucos do rei para levá-lo imediatamente ao banquete que Ester tinha preparado.	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.