Esther 4
1 When Mordecai had heard this, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head, and he cried out with a loud voice in the main street of the city, revealing the anguish of his soul.
А Мардохеј дознав све шта би, раздре хаљине своје и обуче се у кострет и посу се пепелом и пође по граду вичући иза гласа горко.
2 And he continued with this lamenting, even up to the gate of the palace, for no one clothed with sackcloth is permitted to enter the king’s court.
И дође до пред врата царева, јер не беше слободно ући на врата царева у кострети.
3 Likewise, in all provinces, towns, and places where the king’s cruel decision arrived, there was extraordinary mourning among the Jews with fasting, wailing, and weeping, with many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.
И у свим земљама, у које год место дође реч царева и заповест његова, би велика жалост међу Јеврејима и пост и плач и јаук, и многи у кострети и пепелу лежаху.
4 Then Esther’s maids and eunuchs went in and informed her. When she heard it, she was shocked, and she sent a garment to clothe him and to take away the sackcloth, but he would not accept it.
И дођоше девојке Јестирине и дворани њени, и јавише јој: и царица се ожалости веома, и посла хаљине да преобуку Мардохеја и да скину с њега кострет; али он не прими.
5 And she sent for Hathach the eunuch, whom the king had appointed to minister to her, and she instructed him to go to Mordecai and to discern from him why he was doing this.
Тада дозва Јестира Атаха, дворанина царевог, ког јој беше дао да јој служи, и заповеди му за Мардохеја да разбере шта му је и зашто.
6 And departing, Hathach went to Mordecai, who was standing in the street of the city, in front of the palace entrance.
И отиде Атах к Мардохеју на улицу градску која беше пред вратима царевим.
7 He told him everything that had happened, how Haman had promised to transfer silver into the king’s treasury for the death of the Jews.
И Мардохеј му каза све што му се догодило и за сребро што је обрекао Аман дати у цареву ризницу за Јудејце да их истреби;
8 Also, he gave him a copy of the edict that was hanging up in Susa, so that he would show it to the queen and advise her to go in to the king and beg him on behalf of her people.
И препис од заповести која би проглашена у Сусану да се истребе, даде му да је покаже Јестири и јави, и да јој наручи да отиде к цару и да га умилостиви и да га моли за свој народ.
9 And Hathach returned and informed Esther of all that Mordecai had said.
И вративши се Атах каза Јестири речи Мардохејеве.
10 She answered him, and ordered him say to Mordecai:
А Јестира рече Атаху и заповеди му да каже Мардохеју:
11 “All the servants of the king and all the provinces that are under his realm understand that anyone, whether man or woman, who enters the king’s inner court, who has not been summoned, is immediately to be put to death without any delay, unless the king should happen to extend the golden scepter to him, as a sign of clemency, so that he will be able to live. How then can I go in to the king, when, for thirty days now, I have not been called to him?”
Знају све слуге цареве и народ по земљама царевим да ко би год, човек или жена, ушао к цару унутра у двор не будући позван, један је закон за њ, да се погуби, осим коме би цар пружио златну палицу, тај остаје жив; а ја нисам звана да уђем к цару, ово је тридесет дана.
12 And when Mordecai had heard this, he again sent word to Esther, saying, “Do not think that you will save so much as your own soul, just because you are in the king’s house and are above all the Jews.
И казане бише Мардохеју речи Јестирине.
13 And when Mordecai had heard this, he again sent word to Esther, saying, “Do not think that you will save so much as your own soul, just because you are in the king’s house and are above all the Jews.
А Мардохеј опет поручи Јестири: Немој мислити да ћеш се мимо све Јудејце избавити у дому царевом.
14 For, if you remain silent now, the Jews will be delivered through some other opportunity, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for this reason, so that you would be prepared for such a time as this?”
Јер ако ти заћутиш сада, доћи ће помоћ и избављење Јудејцима с друге стране, а ти и дом оца твог погинућете; и ко зна ниси ли за овако време дошла до царства.
15 And again Esther sent to Mordecai in these words:
Тада рече Јестира да одговоре Мардохеју:
16 “Go and gather together all the Jews whom you will find in Susa, and pray for me. Neither eat nor drink for three days and three nights, and I will fast with my handmaids similarly, and then I will go in to the king, doing what is against the law, not having been called, and so expose myself to mortal danger.”
Иди, скупи све Јудејце што се налазе у Сусану, и постите за ме, и не једите ни пијте за три дана ни дању ни ноћу; и ја ћу са својим девојкама постити такође, па ћу онда отићи к цару, ако и није по закону, и ако погинем, нека погинем.
17 And so Mordecai went, and he did everything that Esther had instructed him.
Тада отиде Мардохеј и учини све како му заповеди Јестира.
