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El rey honra a Mardoqueo

Esa noche el rey no podía dormir, entonces ordenó a un asistente que le trajera el libro de la historia de su reino para que se lo leyeran. En los registros descubrió el relato de cuando Mardoqueo informó del complot que Bigtana y Teres, dos de los eunucos que cuidaban la puerta de las habitaciones privadas del rey, habían tramado para asesinar al rey Jerjes.

—¿Qué recompensa o reconocimiento le dimos a Mardoqueo por este acto?—preguntó el rey.

Sus asistentes contestaron:

—Nunca se ha hecho nada.

—¿Quién está en el patio exterior?—preguntó el rey.

Resulta que Amán acababa de llegar al patio exterior del palacio para pedirle al rey que atravesara a Mardoqueo en el poste que había preparado.

Entonces los asistentes contestaron al rey:

—Es Amán el que está en el patio.

—Háganlo pasar—ordenó el rey.

Entonces Amán entró, y el rey dijo:

—¿Qué debo hacer para honrar a un hombre que verdaderamente me agrada?

Amán pensó para sí: «¿A quién querría honrar el rey más que a mí?». Así que contestó:

—Si el rey desea honrar a alguien, debería sacar uno de los mantos reales que haya usado el rey y también un caballo que el propio rey haya montado, uno que tenga un emblema real en la frente. Que el manto y el caballo sean entregados a uno de los funcionarios más nobles del rey y que esta persona se asegure de que vistan con el manto real al hombre a quien el rey quiere honrar y lo paseen por la plaza de la ciudad en el caballo del rey. Durante el paseo, que el funcionario anuncie a viva voz: “¡Esto es lo que el rey hace a quien él quiere honrar!”.

10 —¡Perfecto!—le dijo el rey a Amán—. ¡Rápido! Lleva mi manto y mi caballo, y haz todo lo que has dicho con Mardoqueo, el judío que se sienta a la puerta del palacio. ¡No pierdas ni un detalle de lo que has sugerido!

11 Entonces Amán tomó el manto y se lo puso a Mardoqueo, lo hizo montar el caballo del rey, y lo paseó por la plaza de la ciudad, gritando: «¡Esto es lo que el rey hace a quien él quiere honrar!». 12 Después Mardoqueo regresó a la puerta del palacio, mientras que Amán se apresuró a volver a su casa desalentado y totalmente humillado.

13 Cuando Amán le contó a su esposa, Zeres, y a todos sus amigos lo que había sucedido, sus sabios consejeros y su esposa dijeron: «Ya que Mardoqueo—este hombre que te ha humillado—es de origen judío, jamás tendrás éxito con tus planes contra él. Será tu ruina seguir oponiéndote a él».

14 Mientras estaban hablando, llegaron los eunucos del rey y enseguida se llevaron a Amán al banquete que Ester había preparado.

Mordecai Honored

That night the king could not sleep;(A) so he ordered the book of the chronicles,(B) the record of his reign, to be brought in and read to him. It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes.(C)

“What honor and recognition has Mordecai received for this?” the king asked.

“Nothing has been done for him,”(D) his attendants answered.

The king said, “Who is in the court?” Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to speak to the king about impaling Mordecai on the pole he had set up for him.

His attendants answered, “Haman is standing in the court.”

“Bring him in,” the king ordered.

When Haman entered, the king asked him, “What should be done for the man the king delights to honor?”

Now Haman thought to himself, “Who is there that the king would rather honor than me?” So he answered the king, “For the man the king delights to honor, have them bring a royal robe(E) the king has worn and a horse(F) the king has ridden, one with a royal crest placed on its head. Then let the robe and horse be entrusted to one of the king’s most noble princes. Let them robe the man the king delights to honor, and lead him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming before him, ‘This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!(G)’”

10 “Go at once,” the king commanded Haman. “Get the robe and the horse and do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king’s gate. Do not neglect anything you have recommended.”

11 So Haman got(H) the robe and the horse. He robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city streets, proclaiming before him, “This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!”

12 Afterward Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered(I) in grief, 13 and told Zeresh(J) his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him.

His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, “Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall(K) has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him—you will surely come to ruin!”(L) 14 While they were still talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried Haman away to the banquet(M) Esther had prepared.

On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,

Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.