Ester, 11

1. En el año cuarto del reinado de Tolomeo y Cleopatra, Dositeo, que decía ser sacerdote y levita, y su hijo Tolomeo, trajeron la presente carta relativa a los Purim. Aseguraron que era auténtica y que había sido traducida por Lisímaco, hijo de Tolomeo, de la ciudad de Jerusalén.

1. In the fourth year of the reign of Ptolemeus and Cleopatra, Dositheus, who said he was a priest and Levite, and Ptolemeus his son, brought this epistle of Phurim, which they said was the same, and that Lysimachus the son of Ptolemeus, that was in Jerusalem, had interpreted it.

2. El año segundo del reinado del rey Asuero el Grande, el día uno del mes de Nisán, tuvo un sueño Mardoqueo, hijo de Yaír, hijo de Semeí, hijo de Quis, de la tribu de Benjamín,

2. In the second year of the reign of Artexerxes the great, in the first day of the month Nisan, Mardocheus the son of Jairus, the son of Semei, the son of Cisai, of the tribe of Benjamin, had a dream;

3. judío, que habitaba en la ciudad de Susa, varón ilustre, adscrito al servicio del palacio real.

3. Who was a Jew, and dwelt in the city of Susa, a great man, being a servitor in the king's court.

4. Era uno de los deportados que Nabucodonosor, rey de Babilonia, había llevado cautivos de Jerusalén con Jeconías, rey de Judá.

4. He was also one of the captives, which Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon carried from Jerusalem with Jechonias king of Judea; and this was his dream:

5. El sueño fue así: Voces y estrépito, truenos y terremotos, perturbación en la tierra.

5. Behold a noise of a tumult, with thunder, and earthquakes, and uproar in the land:

6. Dos enormes dragones avanzaron, prestos ambos al combate; lanzaron un gran rugido,

6. And, behold, two great dragons came forth ready to fight, and their cry was great.

7. y a su voz todas las gentes se dispusieron a la guerra para luchar contra el pueblo de los justos.

7. And at their cry all nations were prepared to battle, that they might fight against the righteous people.

8. Día de tinieblas y oscuridad, tribulación y angustia, ruina y gran turbación sobre la tierra.

8. And lo a day of darkness and obscurity, tribulation and anguish, affliction and great uproar, upon earth.

9. Todo el pueblo de los justos, estremecido por el terror de sus desgracias, se disponía a perecer y clamaba a Dios.

9. And the whole righteous nation was troubled, fearing their own evils, and were ready to perish.

10. A su clamor, de una pequeña fuente nació un gran río de abundantes aguas.

10. Then they cried unto God, and upon their cry, as it were from a little fountain, was made a great flood, even much water.

11. La luz y el sol surgieron y los humildes se alzaron y devoraron a los soberbios.

11. The light and the sun rose up, and the lowly were exalted, and devoured the glorious.

12. Despertado Mardoqueo, después de tener este sueño, puso gran empeño y se esforzó, hasta la noche, en alcanzar su sentido y saber lo que Dios quería llevar a cabo.

12. Now when Mardocheus, who had seen this dream, and what God had determined to do, was awake, he bare this dream in mind, and until night by all means was desirous to know it.