Esther 4
1 Now when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry:
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 even before the king’s gate: for none might enter within the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
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, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in 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 Esther’s maidens and her chamberlains came and told it her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take his sackcloth from off him: but he received it 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 Then called Esther for Hathach, one of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and charged him to go to Mordecai, to know what this was, and why it was.
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?
6 So Hathach went forth to Mordecai unto the broad place of the city, which was before the king’s gate.
Konsa, Hathac te sòti ale kote Mardochée nan plas lavil la devan pòtay a wa a.
7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
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 out in 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 And Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Hathac te retounen e te fè Esther konnen pawòl a Mardochée yo.
10 Then Esther spake unto Hathach, and gave him a message unto Mordecai, [saying]:
Esther te pale avèk Hathac e te mande li bay repons a Mardochée:
11 All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king 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 they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
Yo te pataje pawòl a Esther yo avèk Mardochée.
13 Then Mordecai bade them return answer unto Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the 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 thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall relief and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place, but thou and thy father’s house shall perish: and who knoweth whether thou art not come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
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 Then Esther bade them return answer unto Mordecai,
Alò, Esther te di yo prepare reponn Mardochée,
16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast in like manner; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
“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 Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Konsa, Mardochée te sòti ale fè jis sa ke Esther te bay li lòd fè a.
