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, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. 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.
The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. 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.
Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had planned against the Jews.
4 Kralj pruži prema Esteri zlatno žezlo. Estera se diže, stade pred kraljem
Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So 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.
She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seems right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who 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 can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?”
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,
Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he laid his hand on 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 also to the Jews as it pleases you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may not be reversed by any man.”
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 the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the local governors, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in 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.
He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bred from swift steeds.
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;
In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together and to defend their lives—to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,
12 sve istoga dana u svim pokrajinama kraljevstva Ahasverova: trinaestog dana dvanaestoga mjeseca, to jest mjeseca Adara.
on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which 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.
A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for 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.
So the couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.
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.
Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted and was glad.
16 Bio je to za Židove dan svjetla, veselja, kliktanja i slavlja.
The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
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.
In every province and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast and a holiday. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the fear of the Jews had fallen on them.
