1 A quella noche el rey no podía dormir y dio orden que trajeran el Libro de las Memorias, las crónicas, y que las leyeran delante del rey.

During that night the king could not sleep. So he had the Book of the Chronicles brought to him, and they were read to the king.

2 Y fue hallado escrito lo que Mardoqueo había informado acerca de Bigtán y Teres, dos de los eunucos del rey, guardianes del umbral, de que ellos habían procurado echar mano al rey Asuero.

And it was found written what Mordecai had told him about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s servants who were door-keepers, who had planned to kill King Ahasuerus.

3 Y el rey preguntó: “¿Qué honor o distinción se le ha dado a Mardoqueo por esto?” Respondieron los siervos del rey que le servían: “Nada se ha hecho por él.”

The king said, “What honor or reward has been given to Mordecai for this?” Then the king’s servants who served him said, “Nothing has been done for him.”

4 E ntonces el rey preguntó: “¿Quién está en el atrio?” Y Amán acababa de entrar al atrio exterior del palacio del rey, para pedir al rey que hiciera ahorcar a Mardoqueo en la horca que él le había preparado.

So the king said, “Who is outside?” Now Haman had just come into the garden outside the king’s special house. He wanted to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the tower he had made ready for him.

5 L os siervos del rey le respondieron: “Amán está en el atrio.” El rey dijo: “Que entre.”

The king’s servants said to him, “See, Haman is standing in the garden.” And the king said, “Let him come in.”

6 C uando Amán entró, el rey le preguntó: “¿Qué se debe hacer para el hombre a quien el rey quiere honrar ?” Y Amán se dijo: “¿A quién desearía el rey honrar más que a mí?”

So Haman came in and the king said to him, “What is to be done for the man whom the king wants to honor?” Haman thought to himself, “Whom would the king want to honor more than me?”

7 A mán respondió al rey: “Para el hombre a quien el rey quiere honrar,

Then Haman said to the king, “For the man whom the king wants to honor,

8 q ue traigan un manto real con que se haya vestido el rey, y un caballo en el cual el rey haya montado y en cuya cabeza se haya colocado una diadema real;

let them bring clothing which the king wears, and the horse on which the king rides, and on whose head a crown has been placed.

9 y el manto y el caballo sean entregados en mano de uno de los príncipes más nobles del rey, y vistan al hombre a quien el rey quiere honrar, lo lleven a caballo por la plaza de la ciudad y anuncian delante de él: ‘Así se hace al hombre a quien el rey quiere honrar.’”

Let the clothing and the horse be handed over to one of the king’s most honored princes. Let them dress the man whom the king wants to honor and lead him on the horse through the center of the city. Have them make it known before him, ‘This is being done to the man whom the king wants to honor.’”

10 E ntonces el rey dijo a Amán: “Toma presto el manto y el caballo como has dicho, y hazlo así con el Judío Mardoqueo, que está sentado a la puerta del rey. No omitas nada de todo lo que has dicho.”

Then the king said to Haman, “Be quick to take the clothing and the horse as you have said. Do this for Mordecai the Jew, who is sitting at the king’s gate. Do not do any less than all that you have said.”

11 Y Amán tomó el manto y el caballo, vistió a Mardoqueo y lo llevó a caballo por la plaza de la ciudad, y anunció delante de él: “Así se hace al hombre a quien el rey quiere honrar.”

So Haman took the clothing and the horse. He dressed Mordecai and led him on the horse through the center of the city. And he made known before him, “This is being done to the man whom the king wants to honor.”

12 D espués Mardoqueo regresó a la puerta del rey, pero Amán se apresuró a volver a su casa, lamentándose, con la cabeza cubierta.

Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman went home in a hurry with his head covered and very sad.

13 Y Amán contó a su mujer Zeres y a todos sus amigos todo lo que le había acontecido. Entonces sus sabios y su mujer Zeres le dijeron: “Si Mardoqueo, delante de quien has comenzado a caer, es de descendencia Judía, no podrás con él, sino que ciertamente caerás delante de él.”

Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you cannot stand against him. For sure you will fall before him.”

14 A ún estaban hablando con él, cuando llegaron los eunucos del rey y llevaron aprisa a Amán al banquete que Ester había preparado.

While they were still talking with him, the king’s servants came and brought Haman in a hurry to the special supper that Esther had made ready.