Ester, 6

1. Naquela noite, o rei não conseguiu dormir. Mandou que lhe trouxessem o livro dos Anais, as Crônicas, que lhe foram lidas.

1. On that night the king could not sleep; and he gave orders to bring the book of memorable deeds, the chronicles, and they were read before the king.

2. Achava-se aí consignada a narração da denúncia que tinha feito Mardoqueu (da conjuração) de Gabata e Tares, os dois eunucos do rei que tinham querido levantar sua mão contra o rei.

2. And it was found written how Mor'decai had told about Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, who guarded the threshold, and who had sought to lay hands upon King Ahasu-e'rus.

3. “Que honras – disse então o rei – e que distinções recebeu Mardoqueu por isso?” “Nenhuma” – responderam os servos do rei.

3. And the king said, "What honor or dignity has been bestowed on Mor'decai for this?" The king's servants who attended him said, "Nothing has been done for him."

4. E o rei perguntou: “Quem está no pátio?”. Ora, nesse mesmo instante, entrava Amã no pátio exterior do palácio para pedir ao rei que mandasse suspender Mardoqueu na forca que tinha feito levantar.

4. And the king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the king's palace to speak to the king about having Mor'decai hanged on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

5. Os servos do rei responderam: “É Amã que está no pátio”. “Que entre!” – retornou o rei.

5. So the king's servants told him, "Haman is there, standing in the court." And the king said, "Let him come in."

6. Entrou, pois, Amã e o rei lhe disse: “Que se deveria fazer para um homem que o rei quer honrar?”. “A quem, senão a mim, quererá o rei honrar?” – pensou Amã.

6. So Haman came in, and the king said to him, "What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor?" And Haman said to himself, "Whom would the king delight to honor more than me?"

7. Por isso, respondeu ao rei: “Para um homem a quem o rei deseja honrar

7. and Haman said to the king, "For the man whom the king delights to honor,

8. convém que lhe tragam as vestes com que se adorna o rei, o cavalo que o rei monta e sobre sua cabeça se coloque a coroa real.

8. let royal robes be brought, which the king has worn, and the horse which the king has ridden, and on whose head a royal crown is set;

9. As vestes e o cavalo se darão a um dos se­nhores da corte e este revestirá o homem a quem o rei quer honrar e o passeará a cavalo pela praça da cidade, dizendo em altas vozes diante dele: É assim que é tratado o homem a quem o rei quer honrar”.*

9. and let the robes and the horse be handed over to one of the king's most noble princes; let him array the man whom the king delights to honor, and let him conduct the man on horseback through the open square of the city, proclaiming before him: `Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.'"

10. O rei replicou: “Toma, pois, depressa as vestes e o cavalo, como disseste e faze tudo isso para Mardoqueu, o ju­deu que está assentado em minha ante­câmara. E que nada se omita de tudo o que disseste”.

10. Then the king said to Haman, "Make haste, take the robes and the horse, as you have said, and do so to Mor'decai the Jew who sits at the king's gate. Leave out nothing that you have mentioned."

11. Amã tomou as vestes e o cavalo, revestiu Mardoqueu e o conduziu a cavalo pela praça da cidade, clamando diante dele: “É assim que é tratado o homem a quem o rei quer honrar”.

11. So Haman took the robes and the horse, and he arrayed Mor'decai and made him ride through the open square of the city, proclaiming, "Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor."

12. Depois Mardoqueu voltou à porta do palácio enquanto Amã se retirava precipitadamente para casa, consternado e de cabeça coberta,*

12. Then Mor'decai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house, mourning and with his head covered.

13. para contar a Zares, sua mulher, e a todos os seus amigos o que lhe tinha acontecido. Seus conselheiros e sua mulher, Zares, lhe responderam: “Se Mardoqueu, diante do qual começou tua queda, pertence ao povo judeu, não o vencerás, mas sucumbirás dian­te dele”.

13. And Haman told his wife Zeresh and all his friends everything that had befallen him. Then his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, "If Mor'decai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of the Jewish people, you will not prevail against him but will surely fall before him."

14. Eles falavam ainda, quando sobrevieram os eunucos do rei para levá-lo imediatamente ao banquete que Ester tinha preparado.

14. While they were yet talking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived and brought Haman in haste to the banquet that Esther had prepared.