Ester 10

BIBBIA MARTINI	CATHOLIC PUBLIC DOMAIN
1 Or il re Assuero avea renduta tributaria tutta la terra, e tutte le isole del mare:	1 The king passed that night without sleep, and so he ordered the histories and chronicles of former times to be brought to him. And when they were reading them before him,
2 E ne' libri de' Medi, e de' Persiani sta scritto qual fosse la sua possanza, e il dominio, e a quale altezza di grado innalzò Mardocheo;	2 they came to that place where it had been written, how Mordecai had reported the treachery of Bigthan and Teresh the eunuchs, who desired to cut the throat of king Artaxerxes.
3 E come Mardocheo di stirpe Giudea era il secondo dopo il re Assuero, e fu grande presso i Giudei, e amato dalla, moltitudine de' suoi fratelli, premuroso del bene del popol suo, e procurando la prosperità della sua stirpe.	3 When the king had heard this, he said, “What honor and reward has Mordecai been given for this fidelity?” His servants and ministers said to him, “He has received no compensation at all.”
4 E Mardócheo disse: Opera di Dio è questo.	4 And immediately the king said, “Who is in the atrium?” For, you see, Haman was entering the inner atrium of the king’s house to suggest to the king that he should order Mordecai to be hanged on the gallows, which had been prepared for him.
5 Mi ricordo d'un sogno veduto da me, col quale queste stesse cose eran significate, e nissuna è caduta per terra.	5 The servants answered, “Haman is standing in the atrium.” And the king said, “Let him enter.”
6 Vidi un piccol fonte, che crebbe, e si fece un fiume, e si cambiò in un lume, e in un sole, e versò abbondanza grande di acque: questa è Esther, la quale il re prese per moglie, e volle, che fosse regina.	6 And when he had entered, he said to him, “What ought to be done for the man whom the king wishes to honor?” But Haman, thinking in his heart and supposing that the king would honor no one else but himself,
7 I due dragoni, eravamo io, ed Aman.	7 answered, “The man whom the king wishes to honor,
8 Le genti adunate sono quelli, che hanno tentato di sterminare il nome Giudeo.	8 ought to be clothed with the king’s apparel, and be set upon the horse that the king rides, and receive the royal crown upon his head.
9 La mia gente è Israello, il quale alzò le striila al Signore, e il Signore salvò il suo popolo, e ci liberò da tutti i mali, e fece segni grandi, e prodigi tralle nazioni:	9 And let the first of the king’s rulers and sovereigns hold his horse, and, as they advance through the street of the city, proclaim before him and say, ‘Thus shall he be honored, whom the king decides to honor.’ ”
10 E ordinò, che vi fossero due sorti, una pel popolo di Dio, l'altra per tutte le genti.	10 And the king said to him, “Hurry, take the robe and the horse, and do as you have said to Mordecai the Jew, who sits in front of the gate of the palace. Be careful not to omit any of those things which you have mentioned.”
11 E l'una, e l'altra sorte venne fuori per tutte le genti dinanzi al Signore nel dì stabilito fin da quel tempo,	11 And so Haman took the robe and the horse, and arraying Mordecai in the street of the city, and setting him on the horse, he went before him and cried out, “He is worthy of this honor, whom the king has decided to honor.”
12 E il Signore si ricordò del suo popolo, ed ebbe compassione deua sua eredità.	12 And Mordecai returned to the palace door. And Haman hurried to go to his house, mourning and hiding his head.
13 Onde questi giorni, quattordici, e quindici del mese di Adar saranno solennizzati con ogni studio in allegrezza da tutto il popolo adunato insieme, fino a tanto che saravvi discendenza del popolo d'Israele.	13 As they were still speaking, the king’s eunuchs arrived and compelled him to go quickly to the feast, which the queen had prepared.