1 A quella misma noche se le fue el sueño al rey, y pidió que le trajeran el libro de las memorias y crónicas y que las leyeran en su presencia.

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 E ntonces hallaron escrito que Mardoqueo había denunciado el complot de Bigtán y de Teres, dos eunucos del rey, de la guardia de la puerta, que habían planeado matar 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 honra o qué distinción se concedió a Mardoqueo por esto? Los servidores del rey, sus oficiales, respondieron: —Nada se ha hecho en su favor.

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 patio? En aquel momento llegaba Amán al patio exterior de la casa real, para pedirle al rey que ordenara colgar a Mardoqueo en la horca que él le tenía preparada.

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 Y los servidores del rey le respondieron: —Amán está en el patio. —Que entre —dijo el rey.

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

6 E ntró, pues, Amán, y el rey le preguntó: —¿Qué debe hacerse al hombre a quien el rey quiere honrar? Amán dijo en su corazón: «¿A quién deseará 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 R espondió, pues, Amán al rey: —Para el hombre cuya honra desea el rey,

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

8 t raigan un vestido real que el rey haya usado y un caballo en que el rey haya cabalgado, y pongan en su cabeza una corona 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 d en luego el vestido y el caballo a alguno de los príncipes más nobles del rey, vistan a aquel hombre que el rey desea honrar, llévenlo en el caballo por la plaza de la ciudad y pregonen delante de él: “Así se hará al hombre que el rey desea 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: —Date prisa, toma el vestido y el caballo, como tú has dicho, y hazlo así con el judío Mardoqueo, que se sienta a la puerta real; 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 A mán tomó el vestido y el caballo, vistió a Mardoqueo, lo condujo a caballo por la plaza de la ciudad e hizo pregonar delante de él: «Así se hará al hombre que el rey desea 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 de esto, Mardoqueo volvió a la puerta real, y Amán se dio prisa para irse a su casa, apesadumbrado y cubierta su cabeza.

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

13 C ontó luego Amán a Zeres, su mujer, y a todos sus amigos, cuanto le había acontecido; sus consejeros y su mujer Zeres le dijeron: —Si ese Mardoqueo, ante quien has comenzado a declinar, pertenece a la descendencia de los judíos, no lo vencerás, sino que caerás por cierto 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 ellos hablando con él, cuando los eunucos del rey llegaron apresurados, a fin de llevar a Amán al banquete que Ester había dispuesto.

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.