Mardochai detects the conspiracy of the two eunuchs.
The conspiracie of two eunuches, detected by Mardocheus, is repeted, 6. and Amans malice against him for the same.
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.Or egli in quel tempo stava nella corte del re con Bagatha, e Thara eunuchi del re, che erano uscieri del palazzo.AND he abode that time in the kings court with Bagatha and Thara the kings eunuches, which were porters of the palace.Morabatur autem eo tempore in aula regis cum Bagatha et Thara eunuchis regis, qui janitores erant palatii. 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.Ed egli avendo penetrati i loro pensieri, e diligentemente investigati i loro disegni, si assicurò, che ei cercavano di metter le mani addosso ad Artaserse, e lo rivelò al re.And when he vnderstood their cogitations, and had throughly seene their cares he learned that they went about to lay hands on king Artaxerxes, and he told the king therof.Cumque intellexisset cogitationes eorum, et curas diligentius pervidisset, didicit quod conarentur in regem Artaxerxem manus mittere, et nuntiavit super eo regi. 3Then the king had them both examined, and after they had confessed, commanded them to be put to death.Il quale, fatto il processo ad ambedue, e quegli essendo confessi, ordinò, che fosser condoni alla morte.Who hauing them both in examination, when they had confesssd he commanded them to be led to death.Qui de utroque, habita quæstione, confessos jussit duci ad mortem. 4But the king made a record of what was done: and Mardochai also committed the memory of the thing to writing.E il re fece scrivere nel Diario questo avvenimento; e anche Mardocheo lo descrisse per conservarne memoria.But the king wrote that which was done, in the comentaries: and Mardocheus also committed the memorie of the thing to wriring.Rex autem quod gestum erat, scripsit in commentariis: sed et Mardochæus rei memoriam litteris tradidit. 5And the king commanded him, to abide in the court of the palace, and gave him presents for the information.E il re ordinò, che egli stesse nel palazzo, e gli furon dati dei doni per la scoperta fatta.And the king commanded him, that he should abide in the court of the palace, geuing him giftes for the delation.Præcepitque ei rex, ut in aula palatii moraretur, datis ei pro delatione muneribus. 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.Ma Aman figliuolo di Amadathi, Bugeo, era in grandissima riputazione presso del re, e voleva far del male a Mardocheo, e al suo popolo a causa dei due eunuchi del re puniti di morte.But Aman the sonne of Amadathi the Bugeite was most glorious before the king, and would hurt Mardocheus, and his people, for the two eunuches of the king, which were put to death. Hitherto the proeme. That which foloweth was set in that place, where it is written in the volum: And should spoyle their goodes. VVhich we found in the common edition only.Aman 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.
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Houbigant
At that time, is not in Greek. Capellus therefore argues in vain against the Greek author, as if this event took place in the 2d year. (Houbigant)
Haydock
The expression often occurs in Scripture, without determining the precise time. (Haydock)
12:2
When. Greek, "for he heard their deliberations."
Haydock
Told, by the mouth of Esther, Esther 2:21. (Haydock)
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Palace, as an officer.
Calmet
Presents, of small value. (Calmet)
The king had inquired, (Greek, Esther 6:3.) "What glory or favour have we done to Mardochai? and the ministers replied: Thou hast done nothing to him," to honour him as he deserves.
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Bugite, may refer to some town of Macedon, Esther 3:1.
Haydock
Honour. Yet he might be still more exalted, after the conspiracy was detected; (Houbigant) as the king little suspected that he was concerned in it. (Haydock)
Calmet
Death. It is thought that they wished to place Aman, or some Macedonian, on the throne, Esther 16:12, 14. (Calmet)
Houbigant
This reason for the malevolence of Aman, might be unknown to Mardochai, Esther 13:12. (Houbigant)
Worthington
The former was either a favourer of traitors, or perhaps of the same conspiracy. (Worthington)
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C
12:6
Here it appeareth that Aman was a fauourer of traitors of perhaps of the same conspiracie.
D ch. 3. v. •.
ch. 3. v. 3.
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5. GIFTS GIVEN FOR THE DISCLOSURE — small and of little moment; for later he gave greater ones, as is evident in chapter vi, 3. Or rather it is a prolepsis, or anticipation: for these gifts appear to have been given to Mardochaeus not immediately after the disclosure, but long after, namely when the king reading the Annals understood that no reward had been given to Mardochaeus for the disclosure, as is narrated in chapter vi, 3.
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6. AND AMAN THE SON OF AMADATH THE BUGAEUS WAS MOST GLORIOUS. — Why is Aman called Bugaeus? Some answer: He is called Bugaeus, that is, the son of Bogis. For Xerxes magnified Bogim, as Herodotus testifies, lib. vii and viii; and that Bogis was also a Macedonian, as Aman was, is clear from the fact that Herodotus adds that he was descended from the city of Sion, that is, Amphipolis, which city is in Macedonia, which the river Strymon flowed past. But these things happened before Xerxes under Darius the father of Xerxes, as I showed in the Proem. I say therefore: "Bugaeus," or, as some read secondly, "Ugaeus," is the same as Agagaeus, that is, descended from the line of Agag king of Amalech. That this is so is clear from the fact that τὸ "Bugaeus" is not in the Hebrew, but taken from the Septuagint, who in cap. iii, 1, for "from the line of Agag" translate: Bugaeus. For from Agag, with the first aleph removed by aphaeresis, becomes Gag, or Gog, as the Septuagint translate for Agag, Num. xxiv, 7. Now from Gog comes Gogaeus, and thence Bogaeus or Bugaeus. For the letter b is sometimes exchanged with g, as St. Jerome teaches in the places of Hebrew where Gobel, or Gyblum, which is in Ezechiel in the Hebrew, he says is Byblum, a famous city of Phoenicia. Angelus Caninius brings many similar examples of the exchange of the letter b for g in the Hellenism. Although Aman by proximate descent was a Macedonian, as is said cap. xvi, 10, nevertheless by ancient lineage and origin he was an Amalecite from the line of Agag, as I said cap. iii, 1. Secondly, τὸ "Bugaeus" can be not a proper name, nor a patronymic, but an appellative; whence the Romans write it with a lowercase b, so as to signify a great boaster and glorious one, such as Aman is said to have been here, so that τὸ "Bugaeus" is composed from βού, which particle brings auxesis to the Greeks from βοῦς, that is, ox, as if to say, of bovine magnitude, and γαῖω, that is, I glory, I boast, so that "Bugaeus" is the same as bovinely, that is, immoderately boasting of himself. Whence Plutarch in the Greek Questions: "They lead the buffalo," he says, "for great, as the Poet (Homer of Agamemnon) says βοῶπις, that is, bovine, that is, endowed with great eyes, and bugaeus, one who boasted gloriously." Hence Homer calls βωγαῖον a great boaster. Hence also the Italian bugia, that is, a lie: for glorious braggarts, who boast greatly of themselves, like Aman, lie much; for the Italians receive many words from the Greeks, as those dwelling in Italy. Whence also Calabria, in which Pythagoras taught, was called Great Greece. FOR TWO EUNUCHS — hanged by the denunciation of Mardochaeus. For these were friends and confederates of Aman, as I said cap. ii, 21.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.