< Esther 4 >

1 Now when Mordecai perceiued all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackecloth and ashes, and went out into the middes of the citie, and cryed with a great crye, and a bitter.
No te mohiotanga o Mororekai ki nga mea katoa i meatia, haehaea ana e Mororekai ona kakahu, kei te kakahu i te kakahu taratara, kei te mea i te pungarehu ki a ia: haere ana ki waenganui o te pa, he nui, he tiwerawera tana tangi.
2 And he came euen before the Kings gate, but he might not enter within the Kings gate, being clothed with sackecloth.
Na haere ana ia ki mua i te kuwaha o te kingi; e kore hoki e ahei kia haere ki roto i te kuwaha o te kingi ki te mea he taratara te kakahu.
3 And in euery prouince, and place, whither the Kings charge and his commission came, there was great sorowe among the Iewes, and fasting, and weeping and mourning, and many laye in sackecloth and in ashes.
Na, i nga kawanatanga katoa, i nga wahi i tae atu ai te kupu a te kingi me tana ture, nui atu te tangi o nga Hurai, te nohopuku, te aue, me te uhunga: a he tokomaha he kakahu taratara to ratou whariki, he pungarehu.
4 Then Esters maydes and her eunuches came and tolde it her: therefore the Queene was very heauie, and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackecloth from him, but he receiued it not.
Na kua tae nga kotiro a Ehetere me ana rangatira ruma, kei te whakaatu ki a ia. Na tino mamae rawa te kuini. Hoatu ana e ia he kakahu kia kawea hei kakahu mo Mororekai, kia tangohia hoki ona kakahu taratara i a ia: otiia kihai ia i tango atu.
5 Then called Ester Hatach one of the Kings eunuches, whom he had appointed to serue her, and gaue him a commandement vnto Mordecai, to knowe what it was, and why it was.
Katahi a Ehetere ka karanga ki a Hataka, ki tetahi o nga rangatira ruma a te kingi i whakaritea nei e ia kia tu ki tona aroaro, a ka whakahau i a ia kia haere ki a Mororekai, kia mohiotia he aha ra tenei mea, a na te aha hoki.
6 So Hatach went foorth to Mordecai vnto the streete of the citie, which was before the Kings gate.
Heoi haere ana a Hataka ki a Mororekai, ki te waharoa o te pa, ara ki te aronga o te kuwaha o te kingi.
7 And Mordecai tolde him of all that which had come vnto him, and of the summe of the siluer that Haman had promised to pay vnto the Kings treasures, because of the Iewes, for to destroy them.
A whakaaturia ana e Mororekai ki a ia nga mea katoa i pa ki a ia, me te tuturu o te moni i kiia e Hamana kia paunatia e ia ki roto ki nga whare taonga o te kingi hei mea mo nga Hurai kia whakangaromia.
8 Also he gaue him the copy of the writing and commission that was giuen at Shushan, to destroy them, that he might shewe it vnto Ester and declare it vnto her, and to charge her that she should goe in to the King, and make petition and supplication before him for her people.
I homai ano e ia ki a ia nga kupu o te ture i tuhituhia, i homai nei i Huhana kia whakangaromia ratou, a mana e whakakite ki a Ehetere, e whakaatu ki a ia, mana hoki ia e whakahau kia haere ki te kingi wawao ai; kia rapua hoki i tona aroaro he me a mo tona iwi.
9 So when Hatach came, he told Ester the wordes of Mordecai.
Na haere ana a Hataka, whakaaturia ana e ia ki a Ehetere nga kupu a Mororekai.
10 Then Ester sayde vnto Hatach, and commanded him to say vnto Mordecai,
Katahi a Ehetere ka korero ki a Hataka, a hoatu ana e ia he kupu ki a Mororekai, hei mea:
11 All the Kings seruants and the people of the Kings prouinces doe knowe, that whosoeuer, man or woman, that commeth to the King into the inner court, which is not called, there is a law of his, that he shall dye, except him to whom the King holdeth out the golden rodde, that he may liue. Now I haue not bene called to come vnto the King these thirtie dayes.
E mohio ana nga tangata katoa a te kingi, me te iwi o nga kawanatanga a te kingi, ko nga tangata katoa, ahakoa tane, ahakoa wahine, e haere ana ki to roto marae, ki te kingi, i te mea kihai i karangatia, kotahi tonu tana ture kia whakamatea, ki te kahore ia e torona atu e te kingi te hepeta koura ki a ia kia ora ai. Engari ko ahau, ka toru tekau enei ra oku kihai i karangatia kia haere ki te kingi.
12 And they certified Mordecai of Esters wordes.
Na korerotia ana e ratou ki a Mororekai nga kupu a Ehetere.
13 And Mordecai saide, that they should answere Ester thus, Thinke not with thy selfe that thou shalt escape in the Kings house, more then all the Iewes.
Katahi a Mororekai ka ki atu kia whakahokia tenei kupu ki a Ehetere, Kei mahara koe na ka ora koe i te whare o te kingi, i nga Hurai katoa.
14 For if thou holdest thy peace at this time, comfort and deliuerance shall appeare to the Iewes out of another place, but thou and thy fathers house shall perish: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdome for such a time?
Ki te wahangu rawa hoki koe i tenei wa, tera e puta ake he tanga manawa, he whakaoranga mo nga Hurai i tetahi atu wahi. Na ko koe, ko te whare hoki o tou papa, ka ngaro; ko wai hoki ka mohio mo te wa penei pea i tae mai ai koe ki te kingitanga?
15 Then Ester commanded to answere Mordecai,
Katahi ka ki a Ehetere kia whakahokia tenei kupu ki a Mororekai,
16 Goe, and assemble all the Iewes that are found in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and eate not, nor drinke in three dayes, day nor night. I also and my maydes will fast likewise, and so will I go in to the King, which is not according to the lawe: and if I perish, I perish.
Tikina, huihuia nga Hurai katoa e kitea ki Huhana, ka nohopuku ai koutou, hei mea moku; kaua hoki e kai, kaua e inu, kia toru nga ra, po, ao, ko ahau hoki, ko matou ko aku kotiro ka nohopuku ano; ko reira ahau haere ai ki te kingi; he mea kahore nei e rite ki te ture. A ki te mea ka huna ahau, ka huna ahau.
17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Ester had commanded him.
Heoi haere ana a Mororekai, meatia ana e ia nga mea katoa i whakahaua ki a ia e Ehetere.

< Esther 4 >