Esther 4
1 Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head: and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish of his mind.
Quando Mardoqueo soube tudo quanto havia passado, rasgou Mardoqueo os seus vestidos, e vestiu-se de um sacco com cinza, e saiu pelo meio da cidade, e clamou com grande e amargo clamor;
2 And he came lamenting in this manner even to the gate of the palace: for no one clothed with sackcloth might enter the king’s court.
E chegou até diante da porta do rei: porque ninguem vestido de sacco podia entrar pelas portas do rei.
3 And in all provinces, towns, and places, to which the king’s cruel edict was come, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, wailing, and weeping, many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.
E em todas as provincias aonde a palavra do rei e a sua lei chegava, havia entre os judeos grande luto, com jejum, e choro, e lamentação: e muitos estavam deitados em sacco e em cinza.
4 Then Esther’s maids and her eunuchs went in, and told her. And when she heard it she was in a consternation: and she sent a garment, to clothe him, and to take away the sackcloth: but he would not receive it.
Então vieram as moças de Esther, e os seus eunuchos, e fizeram-lh'o saber, do que a rainha muito se doeu: e mandou vestidos para vestir a Mardoqueo, e tirar-lhe o seu sacco; porém elle os não acceitou.
5 And she called for Athach the eunuch, whom the king had appointed to attend upon her, and she commanded him to go to Mardochai, and learn of him why he did this.
Então Esther chamou a Hathach (um dos eunuchos do rei, que este tinha posto na presença d'ella), e deu-lhe mandado para Mardoqueo; para saber que era aquillo; e para que.
6 And Athach going out went to Mardochai, who was standing in the street of the city, before the palace gate:
E, saindo Hathach a Mardoqueo, á praça da cidade, que estava diante da porta do rei,
7 And Mardochai told him all that had happened, how Aman had promised to pay money into the king’s treasures, to have the Jews destroyed.
Mardoqueo lhe fez saber tudo quanto lhe tinha succedido; como tambem a offerta da prata, que Haman dissera que daria para os thesouros do rei, pelos judeos, para os lançar a perder.
8 He gave him also a copy of the edict which was hanging up in Susan, that he should shew it to the queen, and admonish her to go in to the king, and to entreat him for her people.
Tambem lhe deu a copia da lei escripta, que se publicara em Susan, para os destruir, para a mostrar a Esther, e a fazer saber: e para lhe ordenar que, se fosse ter com o rei, e lhe pedisse e supplicasse na sua presença pelo seu povo.
9 And Athach went back and told Esther all that Mardochai had said.
Veiu pois Hathach, e fez saber a Esther as palavras de Mardoqueo.
10 She answered him, and bade him say to Mardochai:
Então disse Esther a Hathach, e mandou-lhe dizer a Mardoqueo:
11 All the king’s servants, and all the provinces that are under his dominion, know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, cometh into the king’s inner court, who is not called for, is immediately to be put to death without any delay: except the king shall hold out the golden sceptre to him, in token of clemency, that so he may live. How then can I go in to the king, who for these thirty days now have not been called unto him?
Todos os servos do rei, e o povo das provincias do rei, bem sabem que todo o homem ou mulher que entrar no pateo interior ao rei sem ser chamado não ha senão uma sentença, que morra, salvo se o rei estender para elle o sceptro d'oiro, para que viva; e eu estes trinta dias não sou chamada para entrar ao rei
12 And when Mardochai had heard this,
E fizeram saber a Mardoqueo as palavras d'Esther.
13 He sent word to Esther again, saying: Think not that thou mayst save thy life only, because thou art in the king a house, more than all the Jews:
Então disse Mardoqueo que tornassem a dizer a Esther: Não imagines em teu animo que escaparás na casa do rei, mais do que todos os outros judeos.
14 For if thou wilt now hold thy peace, the Jews shall be delivered by some other occasion: and thou, and thy father’s house shall perish. And who knoweth whether thou art not therefore come to the kingdom, that thou mightest be ready in such a time as this?
Porque, se de todo te calares n'este tempo, soccorro e livramento d'outra parte sairá para os judeos, mas tu e a casa de teu pae perecereis: e quem sabe se para tal tempo como este chegaste a este reino?
15 And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words:
Então disse Esther que tornassem a dizer a Mardoqueo:
16 Go, and gather together all the Jews whom thou shalt find in Susan, and pray ye for me. Neither eat nor drink for three days and three nights: and I with my handmaids will fast in like manner, and then I will go in to the king, against the law, not being called, and expose myself to death and to danger.
Vae, ajunta a todos os judeos que se acharem em Susan, e jejuae por mim, e não comaes nem bebaes por tres dias, nem de dia nem de noite, e eu e as minhas moças tambem assim jejuaremos: e assim entrarei a ter com o rei, ainda que não é segundo a lei; e, perecendo, pereça.
17 So Mardochai went, and did all that Esther had commanded him.
Então Mardoqueo foi, e fez conforme a tudo quanto Esther lhe ordenou.
