Ester 2

1 Pasadas estas cosas, reposada ya la ira del rey Asuero, acordóse de Vasti, y de lo que hizo, y de lo que fue sentenciado sobre ella.

After these things, when the king's feelings were calmer, the thought of Vashti and what she had done and the order he had made against her, came back to his mind.

2 Y dijeron los criados del rey, sus oficiales: Busquen al rey mozas vírgenes de buen parecer.

Then the servants who were waiting on the king said to him, Let search be made for some fair young virgins for the king:

3 Y ponga el rey personas en todas las provincias de su reino, que junten todas las mozas vírgenes de buen parecer en Susán la cabecera del reino, en la casa de las mujeres, en poder de Egeo eunuco del rey, guarda de las mujeres, dándoles sus atavíos.

Let the king give authority to certain men in all the divisions of his kingdom, to get together all the fair young virgins and send them to Shushan, the king's town, to the women's house, under the care of Hegai, the king's servant, the keeper of the women: and let the things needed for making them clean be given to them;

4 Y la moza que agradare a los ojos del rey, reine en lugar de Vasti. Y la cosa plugo en ojos del rey, e hízolo así.

And let the girl who is pleasing to the king be queen in place of Vashti. And the king was pleased with this suggestion; and he did so.

5 Había un varón Judío en Susán la cabecera del reino, cuyo nombre era Mardoqueo, hijo de Jair, hijo de Semeí, hijo de Cis, del linaje de Jemini,

Now there was a certain Jew in Shushan named Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

6 Que había sido traspasado de Jerusalem con los cautivos que fueron traspasados con Jeconías rey de Judá, que hizo traspasar Nabucodonosor rey de Babilonia.

Who had been taken away from Jerusalem among those who had been made prisoner with Jeconiah, king of Judah, when Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had taken him away.

7 Y había criado a Edisa, que es Ester, hija de su tio, porque no tenía padre ni madre, y era moza hermosa de forma y de buen parecer: y como su padre y su madre murieron, Mardoqueo se la había tomado por hija.

And he had been a father to Hadassah, that is Esther, the daughter of his father's brother: for she had no father or mother, and she was very beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his daughter.

8 Y fue, que como se divulgó el mandamiento del rey y su ley, y siendo juntadas muchas mozas en Susán la cabecera del reino en poder de Egeo, fue tomada Ester para casa del rey, al cargo de Egeo guarda de las mujeres.

So when the order made by the king was publicly given out, and a number of girls had been placed in the care of Hegai in the king's house in Shushan, Esther was taken into the king's house and put in the care of Hegai, the keeper of the women.

9 Y aquella moza agradó en sus ojos, y hubo gracia delante de él, e hizo apresurar sus atavíos, y sus raciones para darle; y siete mozas convenientes de la casa del rey para darle: y pasóla con sus mozas a lo mejor de la casa de las mujeres.

And he was pleased with the girl and was kind to her; and he quickly gave her what was needed for making her clean, and the things which were hers by right, and seven servant-girls who were to be hers from the king's house: and he had her and her servant-girls moved to the best place in the women's part of the house.

10 Ester no declaró su pueblo, ni su nacimiento, porque Mardoqueo le había mandado, que no lo declarase.

Esther had not said what family or people she came from, for Mordecai had given her orders not to do so.

11 Y cada día Mardoqueo se paseaba delante del patio de la casa de las mujeres, por saber cómo iba a Ester, y qué se hacía de ella.

And every day Mordecai took his walk before the square of the women's house, to see how Esther was and what would be done to her.

12 Y como venía el tiempo de cada una de las mozas para venir al rey Asuero, al cabo que tenía ya doce meses según la ley de las mujeres, porque así se cumplía el tiempo de sus atavíos, seis meses con óleo de mirra, y seis meses con cosas aromáticas y afeites de mujeres;

Now every girl, when her turn came, had to go in to King Ahasuerus, after undergoing, for a space of twelve months, what was ordered by the law for the women (for this was the time necessary for making them clean, that is, six months with oil of myrrh and six months with sweet perfumes and such things as are needed for making women clean):

13 Y con esto la moza venía al rey: todo lo que ella decía, se le daba, para venir con ello de la casa de las mujeres hasta la casa del rey.

And in this way the girl went in to the king; whatever she had a desire for was given to her to take with her from the women's house into the house of the king.

14 Ella venía a la tarde, y a la mañana se volvía a la casa segunda de las mujeres al cargo de Saasgaz eunuco del rey, guarda de las concubinas: no venía más al rey, salvo si el rey la quería: entonces era llamada por nombre.

In the evening she went, and on the day after she came back to the second house of the women, into the keeping of Shaashgaz, one of the king's unsexed servants who had the care of the king's wives: only if the king had delight in her and sent for her by name did she go in to him again.

15 Y como se llegó el tiempo de Ester, hija de Abihail, tio de Mardoqueo, que él se había tomado por hija, para venir al rey, ninguna cosa procuró, sino lo que dijo Egeo eunuco del rey, guarda de las mujeres: y ganaba Ester la gracia de todos los que la veían.

Now when the time came for Esther, the daughter of Abihail, his father's brother, whom Mordecai had taken as his daughter, to go in to the king, she made request for nothing but what Hegai, the king's servant and keeper of the women, had given her. And Esther was looked on kindly by all who saw her.

16 Y fue Ester llevada al rey Asuero a su casa real en el mes décimo, que es el mes de Tebet, en el año séptimo de su reino.

So Esther was taken in to King Ahasuerus in his house in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his rule.

17 Y el rey amó a Ester sobre todas las mujeres, y tuvo gracia y misericordia delante de él más que todas las vírgenes: y puso la corona del reino en su cabeza, e hízola reina en lugar de Vasti.

And Esther was more pleasing to the king than all the women, and to his eyes she was fairer and more full of grace than all the other virgins: so he put his crown on her head and made her queen in place of Vashti.

18 E hizo el rey gran banquete a todos sus príncipes y siervos, el banquete de Ester: e hizo relajación a las provincias; e hizo y dio mercedes conforme a la facultad real.

Then the king gave a great feast for all his captains and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he gave orders through all the divisions of his kingdom for a day of rest from work, and gave wealth from his store.

19 Y cuando eran juntadas las vírgenes la segunda vez, Mardoqueo estaba asentado a la puerta del rey.

And when the virgins came together in the second house of the women, Mordecai took his seat in the doorway of the king's house.

20 Y Ester nunca declaró su nación ni su pueblo, como Mardoqueo le mandó: porque Ester hacía lo que decía Mardoqueo, como cuando estaba en crianza con él.

Esther had still said nothing of her family or her people, as Mordecai had given her orders; for Esther did what Mordecai said, as when she was living with him.

21 En aquellos días, estando Mardoqueo asentado a la puerta del rey, enojáronse Bagatán y Tares, dos eunucos del rey, de la guarda de la puerta, y procuraban poner mano en el rey Asuero.

In those days, while Mordecai was seated at the king's doorway, two of the king's servants, Bigthan and Teresh, keepers of the door, being angry, were looking for a chance to make an attack on King Ahasuerus.

22 Y la cosa fue entendida de Mardoqueo, y él lo denunció a la reina Ester, y Ester lo dijo al rey en nombre de Mardoqueo.

And Mordecai, having knowledge of their purpose, sent word of it to Esther the queen; and Esther gave the news to the king in Mordecai's name.

23 Y fue inquirida la cosa, y fue hallada; y ambos ellos fueron colgados en la horca: y fue escrito en el libro de las cosas de los tiempos delante del rey.

And when the thing had been looked into, it was seen to be true, and the two of them were put to death by hanging on a tree: and it was put down in the records before the king.