Ester 12

1Mardoqueu estava então na corte do rei com Ragata e Tara, eunucos do rei, os quais eram porteiros do palácio.

2Tendo entendido os seus pensamentos e reconhecido exactamente os seus desígnios, descobriu que intentavam pôr a mão na pessoa do rei Artaxerxes; avisou disso o rei,

3o qual, feito o processo de ambos, e tendo eles confessado, ordenou que fossem supliciados.

4O rei mandou escrever nas Crônicas o que se tinha passado, e Mardoqueu também o pôs por escrito para conservar a sua memória,

5O rei deu-lhe um lugar no palácio e mandou-lhe presentes pela denúncia.

6Mas Aman, filho de Amadati, o Agagita, gozava de grande crédito junto do rei, e quis perder Mardoqueu e o seu povo, por causa dos dois eunucos do rei, que tinham sido mortos.

1Morabatur autem eo tempore in aula regis cum Bagatha et Thara eunuchis regis, qui janitores erant palatii.

2Cumque intellexisset cogitationes eorum, et curas diligentius pervidisset, didicit quod conarentur in regem Artaxerxem manus mittere, et nuntiavit super eo regi.

3Qui de utroque, habita quæstione, confessos jussit duci ad mortem.

4Rex autem quod gestum erat, scripsit in commentariis: sed et Mardochæus rei memoriam litteris tradidit.

5Præcepitque ei rex, ut in aula palatii moraretur, datis ei pro delatione muneribus.

6Aman vero filius Amadathi Bugæus erat gloriosissimus coram rege, et voluit nocere Mardochæo et populo ejus pro duobus eunuchis regis qui fuerant interfecti. Et diripuerunt bona, vel substantias eorum. Epistolæ autem hoc exemplar fuit.

1And he abode at that time in the king’s court with Bagatha and Thara the king’s eunuchs, who were porters of the palace.

2And when he understood their designs, and had diligently searched into their projects, he learned that they went about to lay violent hands on king Artaxerxes, and he told the king thereof.

3Then the king had them both examined, and after they had confessed, commanded them to be put to death.

4But the king made a record of what was done: and Mardochai also committed the memory of the thing to writing.

5And the king commanded him, to abide in the court of the palace, and gave him presents for the information.

6But Aman the son of Amadathi the Bugite was in great honour with the king, and sought to hurt Mardochai and his people, because of the two eunuchs of the king who were put to death.