Estera 8
1 Onoga istog dana kralj Ahasver preda kraljici Esteri kuću Hamana, progonitelja Židova, a Mordokaj je stupio pred kraljevo lice, jer je Estera objasnila kralju što joj je on.
On that day did king Ahasuerus give the house of Haman the Jews' oppressor to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
2 Kralj skinu pečatni prsten, koji je već bio oduzeo Hamanu, i dade ga Mordokaju, a Estera postavi Mordokaja nad Hamanovom kućom.
And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
3 Estera tada ponovo progovori kralju. Baci mu se pred noge; rasplaka se i najvruće ga zamoli da osujeti zlo Hamana Agađanina i naum opaki što ga bijaše zasnovao protiv Židova.
And Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet, and besought him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his device which he had devised against the Jews.
4 Kralj pruži prema Esteri zlatno žezlo. Estera se diže, stade pred kraljem
And the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther. And Esther arose and stood before the king,
5 i reče: "Ako je kralju po volji, ako sam našla milost pred licem njegovim, ako je kralju pravo te ako sam mila u njegovim očima, neka pismeno opozove sve što napisa Haman, sin Hamdatin, Agađanin, u opakoj nakani da se pobiju Židovi koji se nalaze u svim pokrajinama kraljevstva.
and said, If it please the king and if I have found grace before him, and the thing seem right to the king, and I be pleasing in his sight, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king's provinces.
6 TÓa kako bih ja mogla gledati nesreću koja bi pogodila moj narod? Kako bih mogla gledati zator roda svoga?"
For how shall I endure to see the evil that shall befall my people? and how shall I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?
7 Kralj Ahasver odgovori kraljici Esteri i Mordokaju Židovu: "Eto, poklonio sam Esteri kuću Hamanovu, a njega sam dao objesiti jer je bio digao svoju ruku na Židove,
And king Ahasuerus said to queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, Behold, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and him they have hanged upon the gallows, because he stretched forth his hand against the Jews.
8 a vi u ime kraljevo napišite o Židovima što vam se sviđa i zapečatite kraljevim prstenom. Jer neopoziv je proglas koji je u kraljevo ime napisan te kraljevim pečatom zapečaćen."
Write ye then for the Jews as seems good to you, in the king's name, and seal [it] with the king's ring. For a writing that is written in the king's name, and sealed with the king's ring, cannot be reversed.
9 Tada, dvadeset i trećeg dana trećega mjeseca, to jest mjeseca Sivana, budu sazvani pisari kraljevi i prema svemu što bijaše naredio Mordokaj napisa se Židovima, namjesnicima, upravljačima i knezovima pokrajina od Indije do Etiopije, a bijaše sto dvadeset i sedam pokrajina, svakoj pokrajini njezinim pismom, svakom narodu njegovim jezikom, pa i Židovima njihovim pismom i njihovim jezikom.
Then were the king's scribes called at that time, in the third month, that is, the month Sivan, on the three and twentieth [day] thereof; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, and to the satraps, and the governors, and the princes of the provinces which are from India even to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language, and to the Jews according to their writing and according to their language.
10 On napisa pisma u ime kralja Ahasvera i zapečati ih kraljevim prstenom pa ih razasla po skorotečama koji su jahali na konjima, pastusima iz kraljevske ergele.
And he wrote in the name of king Ahasuerus, and sealed [it] with the king's ring, and sent letters by couriers on horseback riding on coursers, horses of blood reared in the breeding studs:
11 Kralj je dopustio Židovima po svim gradovima da se mogu sastajati, braniti svoj život te uništiti, ubiti i zatrti svaku vojsku narodnu ili pokrajinsku koja bi ih napala, ne štedeći ni djecu ni žene, a slobodno im je oplijeniti njihova dobra;
[stating] that the king granted the Jews that were in every city to gather themselves together, and to stand for their life, to destroy, to slay, and to cause to perish, all the power of the people and province that might assault them, [their] little ones and women, and to [take] the spoil of them for a prey,
12 sve istoga dana u svim pokrajinama kraljevstva Ahasverova: trinaestog dana dvanaestoga mjeseca, to jest mjeseca Adara.
upon one day in all the provinces of king Ahasuerus, upon the thirteenth of the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar.
13 Prijepis pisma, koje je imalo postati zakonom u svakoj pokrajini, bijaše objavljen među svim narodima, kako bi Židovi toga dana bili spremni osvetiti se svojim neprijateljima.
That the decree might be given in every province, a copy of the writing was published to all the peoples, and that the Jews should be ready against that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14 Skoroteče, konjanici na kraljevskim pastusima, krenuše odmah i pojuriše, po kraljevoj zapovijedi. Naredba je bila objavljena i u tvrđavi Suzi.
The couriers mounted on coursers [and] horses of blood went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment. And the decree was given at Shushan the fortress.
15 Mordokaj izađe od kralja odjeven u grimiznu i lanenu kraljevsku haljinu, s velikom zlatnom krunom i s ogrtačem od fine tkanine i crvena skrleta. Grad je Suza klicao i veselio se.
And Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal apparel of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a mantle of byssus and purple; and the city of Shushan shouted and was glad.
16 Bio je to za Židove dan svjetla, veselja, kliktanja i slavlja.
The Jews had light, and joy, and gladness, and honour.
17 U svakoj pokrajini, u svakom gradu i mjestu do kojega je dopro kraljev ukaz i zakon, zavlada među Židovima veselje, radost, gozba i blagdan, i mnogi među pucima zemlje postadoše Židovi jer ih je spopao strah od Židova.
And in every province, and in every city, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many among the peoples of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
