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 Mardoqueu soube de tudo quanto havia acontecido, Mordecai rasgou suas vestes, e vestiu-se de saco e de cinza, e saiu andando por meio da cidade, clamando 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 ninguém vestido de saco podia entrar pela porta 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 toda província e lugar onde a palavra do rei e seu decreto chegava, havia entre os judeus grande luto, jejum, choro, e lamentação; e muitos se deitaram em sacos e 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 as virgens de Ester e seus eunucos vieram e a informaram; então a rainha teve grande dor, e enviou roupas para vestir a Mardoqueu, e tirar o saco que estava sobre ele; porém ele não as aceitou.
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 Ester chamou a Hatá, um dos eunucos do rei, que ele tinha posto para a servir, e o mandou a Mardoqueu, para saber o que era aquilo, e por quê.
6 And Athach going out went to Mardochai, who was standing in the street of the city, before the palace gate:
Assim, pois Hatá veio a Mardoqueu à 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.
E Mardoqueu lhe contou tudo o que tinha lhe acontecido, assim como a soma de prata que Hamã havia dito que daria para a tesouraria do rei por causa dos judeus, para os destruir.
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.
Também lhe deu a cópia da escritura do decreto que tinha sido publicado em Susã para que fossem destruídos, a fim de a mostrar a Ester e a ela informar, e lhe mandar que fosse ao rei para lhe pedir e suplicar diante dele em favor de seu povo.
9 And Athach went back and told Esther all that Mardochai had said.
Veio, pois, Hatá, e contou a Ester as palavras de Mardoqueu.
10 She answered him, and bade him say to Mardochai:
Então Ester respondeu a Hatá, e mandou-lhe [dizer] a Mardoqueu:
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 províncias do rei sabem que todo homem ou mulher que entra ao pátio interno na presença rei sem ser chamado, sua sentença é a morte, a não ser se o rei estender o cetro de ouro, para que viva; e eu nestes trinta dias não fui chamada para vir ao rei.
12 And when Mardochai had heard this,
E contaram a Mardoqueu as palavras de Ester.
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 Mardoqueu disse que respondessem a Ester: Não penses em tua alma, que escaparás na casa do rei mais que todos os [outros] judeus;
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 te calares agora, haverá alívio e libertação para os judeus de outra parte; porém tu e a casa de teu pai perecereis. E quem sabe se foi para tempo como este que chegaste a ser rainha?
15 And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words:
Então Ester disse que respondessem a Mardoqueu:
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.
Vai, e junta a todos os judeus que se acham em Susã, e jejuai por mim, e não comais nem bebais durante três dias, nem de noite nem de dia; eu e minhas virgens também assim jejuaremos; e assim virei ao rei, ainda que não seja segundo à lei; e se eu perecer, perecerei.
17 So Mardochai went, and did all that Esther had commanded him.
Então Mardoqueu se foi, e fez conforme tudo quanto Ester lhe mandara.
