Unable to run "@angular/compiler-cli/linker/babel" from ESBuild

[arobinson]

Not sure if this is going to be supported, but I'm trying to be able to run the Angular compiler linker for Babel from ESBuild.

My esbuild config (esbuild.config.mjs file):

import * as path from 'path';
import babel from 'esbuild-plugin-babel';
...
export default {
  plugins: [
    babel({
      filter: /.*/,
      namespace: '',
      config: {
        sourceMaps: true,
        plugins: ['@angular/compiler-cli/linker/babel']
      }
    })
  ]
};

Error:

[BABEL]: You appear to be using a native ECMAScript module plugin, which is only supported when running Babel asynchronously. (While processing: /Users/andrew/.cache/bazel/f355b5a713f2f1fa25bb9ca98af4bac6/sandbox/darwin-sandbox/586/execroot/rules_js_ngc/bazel-out/darwin-fastbuild/bin/node_modules/.aspect_rules_js/@angular+compiler-cli@13.3.11_2bg7cmqgoal4utdjle3uiszux4/node_modules/@angular/compiler-cli/bundles/linker/babel/index.js)