Ester, 12

1. Morava então Mardoqueu na corte com Gabata e Tares, dois eunucos do rei, porteiros do palácio.

1. Now Mordecai took his rest in the courtyard with Gabatha and Tharra, the two eunuchs of the king who kept watch in the courtyard.

2. Teve conhecimento de seus projetos e penetrou em seus desígnios; descobriu que eles se propunham a levantar a mão contra o rei Assuero e os denunciou.

2. He overheard their conversation and inquired into their purposes, and learned that they were preparing to lay hands upon Artaxerxes the king; and he informed the king concerning them.

3. O rei fez o inquérito. Eles confessaram e foram conduzidos ao suplício.

3. Then the king examined the two eunuchs, and when they confessed they were led to execution.

4. O rei mandou registrar esses acontecimentos na Crônica e Mardoqueu tomou também nota disso.

4. The king made a permanent record of these things, and Mordecai wrote an account of them.

5. O rei lhe assinou uma função no seu palácio e em prêmio de seus serviços lhe fez presentes.

5. And the king ordered Mordecai to serve in the court and rewarded him for these things.

6. Mas Amã, filho de Amadates, o agagita, que gozava da consideração do rei, odiava Mardoqueu e seu povo por causa dos dois eunucos reais que tinham sido condenados à morte.

6. But Haman, the son of Hammedatha, a Bougaean, was in great honor with the king, and he sought to injure Mordecai and his people because of the two eunuchs of the king.