Esther 4
1 When Mordecai ascertained all that had been done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth [strewed] with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry;
Lè Madoche pran nouvèl tou sa ki t'ap pase, sa te fè l' lapenn anpil. Li chire rad sou li. Li mete yon rad sak anwo li ak sann dife sou tèt li, li pran lari pou li, li t'ap rele, li t'ap plenn byen fò.
2 And thus he came up to the front of the king's gate; for none dared to enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
Li rive devan pòtay palè a. Li pa antre, paske moun pa gen dwa antre anndan kay wa a ak rad sak sou yo.
3 And in each and every province, in every place whither the king's decree and his law had reached, there was great mourning for the Jews, with fasting and weeping and wailing; and a sackcloth [strewed] with ashes became the bed of the great.
Nan tout pwovens yo, toupatou kote yo te pibliye lòd wa a, se te yon gwo lafliksyon pou jwif yo. Yo fè jèn, yo t'ap kriye, yo t'ap plenn. Anpil ladan yo mete rad sak sou yo, yo kouche nan sann dife.
4 Then came the maidens of Esther with her chamberlains and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly terrified; and she sent garments to clothe Mordecai, and to remove his sackcloth from him, but he accepted them not.
Lè sèvant Estè yo ansanm ak domestik konfyans li yo al di li sa Madoche t'ap fè, sa te boulvèse li anpil. Estè voye bon rad bay Madoche pou li te ka wete rad sak la sou li. Men Madoche derefize.
5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a charge for Mordecai to know what this was, and why this was.
Lè sa a, Estè rele Atach, yonn nan domestik konfyans wa a te ba li pou sèvis li, li voye l' bò kote Madoche pou konnen sa k'ap pase ak poukisa l'ap fè sa.
6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.
Atach al jwenn Madoche sou plas piblik ki te devan pòtay palè wa a.
7 And Mordecai told him all that had happened unto him, and of the fixed sum of money which Haman had promised to weigh out into the treasuries of the king for the Jews, to destroy them.
Madoche rakonte l' tou sa ki te rive l', ki jan Aman te pwomèt pou l' te bay anpil lajan pou mete nan kès wa a si wa a te dakò pou yo masakre tout jwif yo.
8 Also the copy of the writing of the law that had been given out in Shushan to destroy them he gave to him, to show it unto Esther, and to tell her [all], and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, and to make supplication unto him, and to present a request before him for her people.
Li bay Atach yon kopi lòd wa a yo te pibliye lavil Souz la, ki te mande pou yo te detwi tout jwif yo. Madoche mande l' pou l' pote kopi piblikasyon an bay Estè, pou li esplike l' sitiyasyon an, lèfini pou Estè al bò kot wa a pou pale avè l', pou mande l' gras pou pèp li a.
9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Atach al di Estè tou sa Madoche te di l'.
10 And Esther said unto Hatach, and gave him a charge unto Mordecai,
Estè menm voye Atach di Madoche konsa: -Pèsonn, li te mèt fanm li te mèt gason, pa gen dwa antre nan lakou anndan palè a pou wè wa a, si se pa wa a ki voye chache l'. Si yon moun fè sa, y'ap touye l'. Se lalwa.
11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that every one, whether man or woman, who should come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is but one law for him, to put him to death, except the one to whom the king should hold out the golden sceptre, for he will be suffered to live; but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
Tout moun k'ap travay ak wa a ansanm ak tout pèp lòt peyi ki sou lòd li yo konn sa. Sèl jan pou l' pa mouri se si wa a lonje baton an lò a bay moun lan. Mwen menm, gen yon mwa depi wa a pa mande pou mwen.
12 And they told Mordecai the words of Esther.
Lè Atach bay Madoche mesaj Estè a,
13 Then said Mordecai to bring this answer back to Esther, Imagine not in thy soul to be able to escape in the king's house out of all the Jews.
Madoche voye repons sa a bay Estè: -Pa mete nan tèt ou lè y'ap touye jwif yo w'ap chape paske se lakay wa a ou rete.
14 For if thou do indeed maintain silence at this time, enlargement and deliverance will arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house will perish: and who knoweth whether thou hast not for a time like this attained to the royal dignity?
Si ou konprann pou fèmen bouch ou nan yon ka konsa, Bondye ap toujou delivre pèp jwif la. Y'a sove, men ou menm, w'ap mouri epi fanmi ou ap disparèt. Ou pa janm konnen si se pa pou move pa sa a ou larenn jounen jòdi a.
15 Then said Esther to bring this answer back to Mordecai,
Estè voye reponn Madoche:
16 Go, assemble together all the Jews who are now present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, so that ye neither eat nor drink three days, either night or day; also I myself with my maidens will fast in like manner; and then will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I then perish, I perish.
-Ou mèt ale. Reyini dènye jwif ki nan lavil Souz; fè yo fè jèn pou mwen. N'a pase twa jou twa nwit san manje san bwè. Mwen menm bò pa m' ansanm ak sèvant mwen yo, nou pral fè jèn tou. Apre sa, m' aval kote wa a, atout lalwa defann sa. Si se pou m' mouri, m'a mouri.
17 And Mordecai went about, and did in accordance with all that Esther had charged him.
Madoche ale, li fè tou sa Estè te di l' fè a.
