Esther 4
1 But Mardochaeus having perceived what was done, tore his garments, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself; and having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed.
Lè Mardochée te vin aprann tout sa ki te fèt yo, li te chire rad li. Li te mete twal sak avèk sann sou li, te ale deyò nan mitan lavil la, e te kriye byen fò anlè avèk amètim.
2 And he came to the king's gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace, wearing sackcloth and ashes.
Li te rive jis nan pòtay a wa a, paske nanpwen pèsòn ki te abiye an twal sak ki ta kab antre sou pòtay a kay wa a.
3 And in every province where the letters were published, [there was] crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.
Nan chak pwovens kote lòd la avèk dekrè a wa a te rive, te gen gwo doulè pami Jwif yo, avèk fè jèn, gwo kriye avèk lamantasyon. Epi anpil te kouche sou twal sak avèk sann.
4 And the queen's maids and chamberlains went in and told her: and when she had heard what was done, she was disturbed; and she sent to clothe Mardochaeus, and take away his sackcloth; but he consented not.
Konsa, sèvant a Esther yo avèk enik li yo te vin di li sa, e rèn nan te tòde vire ak gwo lapèn. Konsa, li te voye rad pou abiye Mardochée pou l ta kab retire twal sak la sou li, men li te refize.
5 So Esther called for her chamberlain Achrathaeus, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mardochaeus.
Alò, Esther te voye mande prezans a Hathac soti nan enik a wa yo, pou wa a te chwazi okipe li e te pase l lòd pou parèt kote Mardochée pou mande sa ki t ap pase a, e poukisa?
Konsa, Hathac te sòti ale kote Mardochée nan plas lavil la devan pòtay a wa a.
7 And Mardochaeus showed him what was done, and the promise which Aman had made the king of ten thousand talents [to be paid] into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews.
Mardochée te rakonte li tout sa ki te rive li an detay, kantite fòs ajan ke Haman te fè pwomès pou bay nan kès a wa a pou fin detwi tout Jwif yo.
8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew [it] unto Esther, and to declare [it] unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
Anplis, li te bay li yon kopi a dekrè ki te pibliye Suse la pou detwi yo, pou li ta kapab montre Esther pou fè l konnen e bay li lòd pou rive antre kote wa a pou plede pou favè li e plede avè l pou pwoteksyon pèp li a.
9 So Achrathaeus went in and told her all these words.
Hathac te retounen e te fè Esther konnen pawòl a Mardochée yo.
10 And Esther said to Achrathaeus, Go to Mardochaeus, and say,
Esther te pale avèk Hathac e te mande li bay repons a Mardochée:
11 All the nations of the empire know, that whoever, man or woman, shall go in to the king into the inner court uncalled, that person can’t live: only to whoever the king shall stretch out [his] golden sceptre, he shall live: and I have not been called to go into the king, for these thirty days.
“Tout sèvitè a wa yo avèk pèp an pwovens a wa yo byen konnen ke si nenpòt gason oswa fanm antre devan wa a nan lakou enteryè a san envite pa li menm, li gen yon sèl lwa; ke li va mete a lanmò, sof ke wa a lonje baton a wa a pou l kab viv. Epi mwen pa t envite kote wa a pandan trant jou sila yo.”
12 And Achrathaeus reported to Mardochaeus all the words of Esther.
Yo te pataje pawòl a Esther yo avèk Mardochée.
13 Then Mardochaeus said to Achrathaeus, Go, and say to her, Esther, say not to yourself that you alone will escape in the kingdom, more than all the [other] Jews.
Epi Mardochée te di yo reponn a Esther: “Pa imajine ke ou menm nan palè a wa a kab gen chans chape plis ke tout lòt Jwif yo.
14 For if you shall refuse to listen on this occasion, help and protection will be to the Jews from another quarter; but you and your father's house will perish: and who knows, if you have been made queen for this [very] occasion?
Paske, si ou rete an silans nan moman sa a, sekou avèk delivrans va sòti pou Jwif yo soti yon lòt kote, e ou menm avèk lakay papa ou va peri. Kilès ki kab konnen si se pa pou moman sa a ke ou te rive nan pozisyon wayal sila a.”
15 And Esther sent the [man] that came to her to Mardochaeus, saying,
Alò, Esther te di yo prepare reponn Mardochée,
16 Go and assemble the Jews that are in Susa, and fast you for me, and eat not and drink not for three days, night and day: and I also and my maidens will fast; and then I will go in to the king contrary to the law, even if I must die.
“Ale rasanble tout Jwif ki rete Suse yo e fè jèn pou mwen. Pa manje ni bwè pandan twa jou, ni lannwit, ni lajounen. Mwen avèk sèvant mwen yo va fè jèn nan menm jan an. Epi se konsa, mwen va antre kote wa a, ki pa selon lalwa; epi si mwen peri, mwen peri.”
17 So Mardochaeus went and did all that Esther commanded him.
Konsa, Mardochée te sòti ale fè jis sa ke Esther te bay li lòd fè a.
