Estera 4

1 Mordokaj doznade za sve što se dogodilo: razdera na sebi haljine, navuče kostrijet, posu se pepelom i prođe posred grada kukajući glasno i gorko.

And Mordecai hath known all that hath been done, and Mordecai rendeth his garments, and putteth on sackcloth and ashes, and goeth forth into the midst of the city and crieth — a cry loud and bitter,

2 Dođe samo do kraljevih vrata, jer s onom kostrijeti na sebi ne mogaše kroz njih proći.

and he cometh in unto the front of the gate of the king, but none is to come in unto the gate of the king with a sackcloth-garment.

3 U svakoj je pokrajini, svuda gdje se doznala kraljeva riječ i njegov proglas, među Židovima zavladala žalost: postili su, plakali i jadikovali. Mnogima od njih kostrijet i pepeo posta ležaj.

And in every province and province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, a great mourning have the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.

4 Esterine djevojke i njezini eunusi dođoše da je o tome obavijeste. Kraljica se veoma uznemiri. Posla Mordokaju haljine da bi ih obukao a skinuo sa sebe kostrijet, ali on to odbi.

And young women of Esther come in and her eunuchs, and declare [it] to her, and the queen is exceedingly pained, and sendeth garments to clothe Mordecai, and to turn aside his sackcloth from off him, and he hath not received [them].

5 Nato Estera pozva Hataka, jednog od kraljevih eunuha koji joj je bio određen za službu, pa ga posla k Mordokaju da dozna od njega što se dogodilo i zbog čega je takav.

And Esther calleth to Hatach, of the eunuchs of the king, whom he hath stationed before her, and giveth him a charge for Mordecai, to know what this [is], and wherefore this [is].

6 Hatak ode do Mordokaja na gradski trg, pred vrata kraljeva.

And Hatach goeth out unto Mordecai, unto a broad place of the city, that [is] before the gate of the king,

7 Mordokaj mu pripovjedi što mu se dogodilo i podrobno ga obavijesti o novcu koji je Haman obećao položiti u kraljevu riznicu da bi mogao uništiti Židove.

and Mordecai declareth to him all that hath met him, and the explanation of the money that Haman said to weigh to the treasuries of the king for the Jews, to destroy them,

8 Dade mu i prijepis naredbe o njihovu zatoru, koja je objavljena u Suzi, da je pokaže Esteri te da joj javi i naloži neka ide kralju: neka ga moli za milost i posreduje kod njega za svoj narod. a "Sjeti se dana siromaštva svoga kad sam te hranio rukom svojom, jer se Haman, drugi čovjek kraljevstva, dogovorio s kraljem da nas usmrti. b Zazivaj Boga, govori kralju za nas i oslobodi nas od smrti."

and the copy of the writing of the law that had been given in Shushan to destroy them he hath given to him, to shew Esther, and to declare [it] to her, and to lay a charge on her to go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to seek from before him, for her people.

9 Hatak se vrati i donese Esteri Mordokajevu poruku.

And Hatach cometh in and declareth to Esther the words of Mordecai,

10 Estera odvrati Hataku i naredi mu da saopći Mordokaju:

and Esther speaketh to Hatach, and chargeth him for Mordecai:

11 "Svi službenici kraljevi i narod kraljevih pokrajina znaju kako svakoga onoga, bio on muškarac ili žena, koji nepozvan uđe kralju u unutrašnje predvorje čeka jedan jedini zakon: smrtna kazna, osim ako kralj ne pruži takvome svoje zlatno žezlo i poštedi mu život. A ja već trideset dana nisam bila pozvana kralju."

'All servants of the king, and people of the provinces of the king, do know that any man and woman, who cometh in unto the king, unto the inner court, who is not called — one law [of] his [is] to put [them] to death, apart from him to whom the king holdeth out the golden sceptre, then he hath lived; and I — I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.'

12 Mordokaju bjehu saopćene Esterine riječi,

And they declare to Mordecai the words of Esther,

13 pa on poruči Esteri: "Nemoj misliti da ćeš se zato što se nalaziš u kraljevoj palači spasiti jedina od svih Židova:

and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: 'Do not think in thy soul to be delivered [in] the house of the king, more than all the Jews,

14 jer budeš li u ovoj prilici šutjela, doći će Židovima pomoć i spas s druge strane, a ti ćeš s kućom svoga oca propasti. Tko zna nisi li se baš i popela do kraljevske časti zbog časa kao što je ovaj?"

but if thou keep entirely silent at this time, respite and deliverance remaineth to the Jews from another place, and thou and the house of thy fathers are destroyed; and who knoweth whether for a time like this thou hast come to the kingdom?'

15 Estera i opet poruči Mordokaju:

And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai:

16 "Hajde, sakupi sve Židove koji se nalaze u Suzi. Postite za me: tri dana i tri noći ne jedite niti pijte. I ja ću tako postiti sa svojim djevojkama. Tako pripremljena ući ću kralju i unatoč zakonu, pa treba li da poginem, poginut ću."

'Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, by night and by day; also I and my young women do fast likewise, and so I go in unto the king, that [is] not according to law, and when I have perished — I have perished.'

17 Mordokaj se onda povuče i učini što mu je naredila Estera.

And Mordecai passeth on, and doth according to all that Esther hath charged upon him.