Esther 4
1 Now when Mordecai saw what was done, pulling off his robe, he put on haircloth, with dust on his head, and went out into the middle of the town, crying out with a loud and bitter cry.
Lè Mardochée te vin aprann tout sa ki te fèt yo, li te chire rad li. Li te mete twal sak avèk sann sou li, te ale deyò nan mitan lavil la, e te kriye byen fò anlè avèk amètim.
2 And he came even before the king's doorway; for no one might come inside the king's door clothed in haircloth.
Li te rive jis nan pòtay a wa a, paske nanpwen pèsòn ki te abiye an twal sak ki ta kab antre sou pòtay a kay wa a.
3 And in every part of the kingdom, wherever the king's word and his order came, there was great sorrow among the Jews, and weeping and crying and going without food; and numbers of them were stretched on the earth covered with dust and haircloth.
Nan chak pwovens kote lòd la avèk dekrè a wa a te rive, te gen gwo doulè pami Jwif yo, avèk fè jèn, gwo kriye avèk lamantasyon. Epi anpil te kouche sou twal sak avèk sann.
4 And Esther's women and her servants came and gave her word of it. Then great was the grief of the queen: and she sent robes for Mordecai, so that his clothing of haircloth might be taken off; but he would not have them.
Konsa, sèvant a Esther yo avèk enik li yo te vin di li sa, e rèn nan te tòde vire ak gwo lapèn. Konsa, li te voye rad pou abiye Mardochée pou l ta kab retire twal sak la sou li, men li te refize.
5 Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's unsexed servants whom he had given her for waiting on her, and she gave him orders to go to Mordecai and see what this was and why it was.
Alò, Esther te voye mande prezans a Hathac soti nan enik a wa yo, pou wa a te chwazi okipe li e te pase l lòd pou parèt kote Mardochée pou mande sa ki t ap pase a, e poukisa?
6 So Hathach went out and saw Mordecai in the open square of the town before the king's doorway.
Konsa, Hathac te sòti ale kote Mardochée nan plas lavil la devan pòtay a wa a.
7 And Mordecai gave him an account of what had taken place, and of the amount of money which Haman had said he would put into the king's store for the destruction of the Jews.
Mardochée te rakonte li tout sa ki te rive li an detay, kantite fòs ajan ke Haman te fè pwomès pou bay nan kès a wa a pou fin detwi tout Jwif yo.
8 And he gave him the copy of the order which had been given out in Shushan for their destruction, ordering him to let Esther see it, and to make it clear to her; and to say to her that she was to go in to the king, requesting his mercy, and making prayer for her people.
Anplis, li te bay li yon kopi a dekrè ki te pibliye Suse la pou detwi yo, pou li ta kapab montre Esther pou fè l konnen e bay li lòd pou rive antre kote wa a pou plede pou favè li e plede avè l pou pwoteksyon pèp li a.
9 And Hathach came back and gave Esther an account of what Mordecai had said.
Hathac te retounen e te fè Esther konnen pawòl a Mardochée yo.
10 Then Esther sent Hathach to say to Mordecai:
Esther te pale avèk Hathac e te mande li bay repons a Mardochée:
11 It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.
“Tout sèvitè a wa yo avèk pèp an pwovens a wa yo byen konnen ke si nenpòt gason oswa fanm antre devan wa a nan lakou enteryè a san envite pa li menm, li gen yon sèl lwa; ke li va mete a lanmò, sof ke wa a lonje baton a wa a pou l kab viv. Epi mwen pa t envite kote wa a pandan trant jou sila yo.”
12 And they said these words to Mordecai.
Yo te pataje pawòl a Esther yo avèk Mardochée.
13 Then Mordecai sent this answer back to Esther: Do not have the idea that you in the king's house will be safe from the fate of all the Jews.
Epi Mardochée te di yo reponn a Esther: “Pa imajine ke ou menm nan palè a wa a kab gen chans chape plis ke tout lòt Jwif yo.
14 If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?
Paske, si ou rete an silans nan moman sa a, sekou avèk delivrans va sòti pou Jwif yo soti yon lòt kote, e ou menm avèk lakay papa ou va peri. Kilès ki kab konnen si se pa pou moman sa a ke ou te rive nan pozisyon wayal sila a.”
15 Then Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer:
Alò, Esther te di yo prepare reponn Mardochée,
16 Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.
“Ale rasanble tout Jwif ki rete Suse yo e fè jèn pou mwen. Pa manje ni bwè pandan twa jou, ni lannwit, ni lajounen. Mwen avèk sèvant mwen yo va fè jèn nan menm jan an. Epi se konsa, mwen va antre kote wa a, ki pa selon lalwa; epi si mwen peri, mwen peri.”
17 So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had said.
Konsa, Mardochée te sòti ale fè jis sa ke Esther te bay li lòd fè a.
