Ester 4

1Nang maalaman nga ni Mardocheo ang lahat na nagawa, hinapak ni Mardocheo ang kaniyang suot, at nanamit ng kayong magaspang na may mga abo, at lumabas sa gitna ng bayan, at humiyaw ng malakas at kalagimlagim na hiyaw: 2At siya'y naparoon hanggang sa harap ng pintuang-daan ng hari: sapagka't walang makapapasok sa loob ng pintuang-daan ng hari na nakapanamit ng magaspang na kayo. 3At sa bawa't lalawigan, na kinararatingan ng utos ng hari at ng kaniyang pasiya, ay nagkaroon ng malakas na panangisan sa gitna ng mga Judio, at ng pagaayuno, at ng iyakan at ng taghuyan; at marami ay nagsipanamit ng kayong magaspang at mga abo. 4At ang mga dalaga ni Esther at ang kaniyang mga kamarero ay nagsiparoon, at isinaysay sa kaniya; at ang reina ay namanglaw na mainam: at siya'y nagpadala ng bihisan upang isuot ni Mardocheo, at upang hubarin ang kaniyang kayong magaspang: nguni't hindi niya tinanggap. 5Nang magkagayo'y tinawag ni Esther si Atach, na isa sa mga kamarero ng hari, na siya niyang inihalal na magingat sa kaniya, at binilinan niyang pumaroon kay Mardocheo, upang maalaman kung ano yaon, at kung bakit gayon. 6Sa gayo'y nilabas nga ni Atach si Mardocheo, sa luwal na dako ng bayan, na nasa harap ng pintuang-daan ng hari. 7At isinaysay sa kaniya ni Mardocheo ang lahat na nangyari sa kaniya, at ang lubos na kabilangan ng salapi na ipinangako ni Aman na ibayad sa mga ingatang-yaman ng hari hinggil sa mga Judio, upang lipulin sila. 8Binigyan din niya siya ng salin ng pasiya na natanyag sa Susan upang lipulin sila, upang ipakilala kay Esther, at ipahayag sa kaniya: at upang ibilin sa kaniya na siya'y paroon sa hari upang mamanhik sa kaniya, at upang hingin sa kaniya, dahil sa kaniyang bayan. 9At si Atach ay naparoon, at isinaysay kay Esther ang mga salita ni Mardocheo. 10Nang magkagayo'y nagsalita si Esther kay Atach, at nagpasabi kay Mardocheo, na sinasabi, 11Lahat ng lingkod ng hari at ang bayan ng mga lalawigan ng hari ay nangakakaalam, na sinoman, maging lalake o babae, na paroroon sa hari sa pinakaloob na looban, na hindi tinatawag, may isang kautusan sa kaniya, na siya'y patayin, liban yaong paglawitan ng hari ng gintong cetro, upang siya'y mabuhay: nguni't hindi ako tinawag na paroon sa hari ng tatlong pung araw na ito. 12At isinaysay nila kay Mardocheo ang mga salita ni Esther. 13Nang magkagayo'y pinapagbalik ng sagot sila ni Mardocheo kay Esther: Huwag mong isipin sa iyong sarili na ikaw ay makatatanan sa bahay ng hari, ng higit kay sa lahat na mga Judio. 14Sapagka't kung ikaw ay lubos na tumahimik sa panahong ito, ay magtataglay nga ng katiwasayan at kaligtasan ang mga Judio sa ibang dako, nguni't ikaw at ang sangbahayan ng iyong magulang ay mapapahamak: at sinong nakakaalam na kung kaya ka pinasapit sa kaharian ay dahil sa bagay na ito? 15Nang magkagayo'y nagpabalik ng sagot si Esther kay Mardocheo: 16Ikaw ay yumaon, pisanin mo ang lahat na Judio, na nangakaharap sa Susan, at ipagayuno ninyo ako, at huwag kayong magsikain o magsiinom man na tatlong araw, gabi o araw; ako naman at ang aking mga dalaga ay mangagaayuno ng gayon ding paraan; at sa gayo'y papasukin ko ang hari, na hindi ayon sa kautusan: at kung ako'y mamatay ay mamatay. 17Sa gayo'y yumaon si Mardocheo at ginawa ang ayon sa lahat na iniutos ni Esther sa kaniya.

1Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and wailed loudly and a bitterly. 2He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth. 3In every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes. 4Esther’s maidens and her eunuchs came and told her this, and the queen was exceedingly grieved. She sent clothing to Mordecai, to replace his sackcloth; but he didn’t receive it. 5Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs, whom he had appointed to attend her, and commanded him to go to Mordecai, to find out what this was, and why it was. 6So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to city square which was before the king’s gate. 7Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews. 8He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Shushan to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to urge her to go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people. 9Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. 10Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a message to Mordecai: 11“All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, know, that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.” 12They told to Mordecai Esther’s words. 13Then Mordecai asked them return answer to Esther, “Don’t think to yourself that you will escape in the king’s house any more than all the Jews. 14For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?” 15Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai, 16“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.” 17So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

1Als Mordechai wist al wat er geschied was, zo verscheurde Mordechai zijn klederen, en hij trok een zak aan met as; en hij ging uit door het midden der stad, en hij riep met een groot en bitter geroep. 2En hij kwam tot voor de poort des konings; want niemand mocht in des konings poort inkomen, bekleed met een zak. 3En in alle en een ieder landschap en plaats, waar het woord des konings en zijn wet aankwam, was een grote rouw onder de Joden, met vasten, en geween, en misbaar; vele lagen in zakken en as. 4Toen kwamen Esthers jonge dochters en haar kamerlingen, en zij gaven het haar te kennen; en het deed de koningin zeer wee; en zij zond klederen om Mordechai aan te doen, en zijn zak van hem af te doen; maar hij nam ze niet aan. 5Toen riep Esther Hatach, een van de kamerlingen des konings, welke hij voor haar gesteld had, en zij gaf hem bevel aan Mordechai, om te weten wat dit, en waarom dit ware. 6Als Hatach uitging tot Mordechai, op de straat der stad, die voor de poort des konings was, 7Zo gaf Mordechai hem te kennen al wat hem wedervaren was, en de verklaring van het zilver, hetwelk Haman gezegd had te zullen wegen in de schatten des konings, voor de Joden, om deszelve om te brengen. 8En hij gaf hem het afschrift der geschrevene wet, die te Susan gegeven was, om hen te verdelgen, dat hij het Esther liet zien, en haar te kennen gaf, en haar gebood, dat zij tot den koning ging, om hem te smeken, en van hem te verzoeken voor haar volk. 9Hatach nu kwam, en gaf Esther de woorden van Mordechai te kennen. 10Toen zeide Esther tot Hatach, en gaf hem bevel aan Mordechai: 11Alle knechten des konings, en het volk, der landschappen des konings, weten wel dat al wie tot den koning ingaat, in het binnenste voorhof, die niet geroepen is, hij zij man of vrouw, zijn enig vonnis zij, dat men hem dode, tenzij dat de koning den gouden scepter hem toereike, opdat hij levend blijve; ik nu ben deze dertig dagen niet geroepen om tot den koning in te komen. 12En zij gaven de woorden van Esther aan Mordechai te kennen. 13Zo zeide Mordechai, dat men Esther wederom zeggen zou: Beeld u niet in, in uw ziel, dat gij zult ontkomen in het huis des konings, meer dan al de andere Joden. 14Want indien gij enigszins zwijgen zult te dezer tijd, zo zal den Joden verkwikking en verlossing uit een andere plaats ontstaan; maar gij en uws vaders huis zult omkomen; en wie weet, of gij niet om zulken tijd als deze is, tot dit koninkrijk geraakt zijt. 15Toen zeide Esther, dat men Mordechai weder aanzeggen zou: 16Ga, vergader al de Joden, die te Susan gevonden worden, en vast voor mij, en eet of drinkt niet, in drie dagen, nacht noch dag; ik en mijn jonge dochters zullen ook alzo vasten, en alzo zal ik tot den koning ingaan, hetwelk niet naar de wet is. Wanneer ik dan omkome, zo kom ik om. 17Toen ging Mordechai henen, en hij deed naar alles, wat Esther aan hem geboden had.