Esther 4
1 When Mordecai found out all that had happened, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and ashes, and walked through the city, crying and wailing in grief.
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 He went as far as the palace gate, because no one was allowed to enter the palace gate wearing sackcloth.
E chegou até diante da porta do rei: porque ninguem vestido de sacco podia entrar pelas portas do rei.
3 When the king's decree and orders reached all the different provinces the Jews began to mourn in terrible distress. They fasted, they wept, and they wailed; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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 Esther's maids and eunuchs came and told her, and the queen was very upset. She sent clothes to him so he could take off his sackcloth, but he refused to accept them.
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 She called Hathatch, one of the king's eunuchs assigned to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai and find out what he was doing and why.
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 Hathatch went to Mordecai in the city square in front of the palace gate.
E, saindo Hathach a Mardoqueo, á praça da cidade, que estava diante da porta do rei,
7 Mordecai explained to him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews.
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 Mordecai also gave him a copy of the decree that had been issued in Susa for their destruction to show Esther and explain it to her, and asked him to instruct her to go to the king and appeal for mercy and plead before 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 Hathatch went back and told Esther what Mordecai had said.
Veiu pois Hathach, e fez saber a Esther as palavras de Mardoqueo.
10 Then Esther spoke with Hathatch and ordered him to deliver this message to Mordecai.
Então disse Esther a Hathach, e mandou-lhe dizer a Mardoqueo:
11 “All the king's officials, and even the people in the provinces of the king's empire, know that any man or any woman who goes to the king, entering his inner court without being summoned, is sentenced to death—that is the king's one law—unless the king holds out his golden scepter to them so they can live. In my case, I have not been called to go to the king for thirty days.”
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 When Mordecai was told what Esther said,
E fizeram saber a Mardoqueo as palavras d'Esther.
13 Mordecai sent a message back to Esther, saying, “Don't think that just because you live in the king's palace that your life is the only one that will be saved of 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 If you stay silent right now, help and rescue will come to the Jews from some other place, and you and your relatives will die. Who knows—it could be you came to be queen for 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 Esther replied to Mordecai, saying,
Então disse Esther que tornassem a dizer a Mardoqueo:
16 “Have all the Jews in Susa meet together and fast for me. Don't eat or drink anything for three days and nights. I and my girls will also fast. After that, I will go to the king, even though it's against the law, and if I die, I die.”
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 Mordecai went and did everything Esther had told him to do.
Então Mardoqueo foi, e fez conforme a tudo quanto Esther lhe ordenou.
