Esther 4
1 When Mordecai found out about those [letters, he was so anguished that] he tore his clothes and put on [rough] sackcloth and [threw] ashes over himself. Then he went into the city, crying very loudly.
Mardoqueo supo todo lo que se hizo. Entonces Mardoqueo rasgó sus ropas y se vistió de tela áspera con ceniza. Fue al centro de la ciudad, y clamó a gran voz con amargura.
2 He stood outside the gate of the palace, because no one who was wearing sackcloth was allowed to enter the palace.
Luego fue hasta el frente de la puerta del palacio real, pues no era permitido entrar a la puerta del palacio real cubierto de tela áspera.
3 In every province [of the empire], when the letter from the king was read to the Jewish people, they cried and mourned. They (fasted/abstained from eating food), and wailed loudly. Many of them also put on sackcloth and threw ashes on themselves and lay [on the ground].
En cada provincia a donde llegaba la orden del rey y su edicto, hubo gran duelo entre los judíos: ayuno, llanto y lamentación. La tela áspera y la ceniza fueron la cama para muchos.
4 When Esther’s maids and other officials came to her and told her what Mordecai had done, she was very distressed. So she sent to Mordecai [some good] clothes to wear instead of the sackcloth, but he refused to take them.
Las doncellas de Ester y sus eunucos fueron y se lo comunicaron. La reina se estremeció y se afligió muchísimo. Envió ropas para que Mardoqueo se vistiera, y se quitara su tela áspera, pero él no las aceptó.
5 Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s officials whom he had appointed to help take care of Esther. She told him to go [out and talk] to Mordecai to find out what was distressing him and why [he was wearing sackcloth to show] that he was grieving.
Entonces Ester llamó a Hatac, uno de los eunucos que el rey asignó al servicio de ella, y lo envió a Mardoqueo para averiguar qué era lo que sucedía y por qué.
6 Hathach went to Mordecai, who was in the plaza in front of the palace gate.
Hatac salió hacia Mardoqueo, a la plaza de la ciudad, que estaba frente a la puerta del palacio del rey.
7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened. He told him how much money Haman had promised to give to the government if the king commanded that all the Jews be killed.
Mardoqueo le refirió todo lo que le sucedía, y la suma exacta de plata que Amán prometió pesar para los tesoros del rey con el fin de que los judíos fueran destruidos.
8 Mordecai also gave to Hathach a copy of the decree that had been read in Susa, [in which it was stated] that all the Jews must be killed. He told Hathach to show the copy to Esther. He told Hathach to explain to Esther what (it meant/would happen). Then he told him to urge her to go to the king and request the king to act mercifully to her people.
Además le dio una copia del edicto que fue promulgado en Susa para que fueran destruidos. Esperaba que la mostrara a Ester y le contara todo. Le encargó que acudiera al rey e intercediera por su pueblo ante él.
9 So Hathach returned to Esther and told her what Mordecai said.
Y regresó Hatac y declaró a Ester las palabras de Mardoqueo.
10 Then Esther told Hathach to [return to] Mordecai [and] tell this [to him]:
Entonces Ester habló con Hatac y lo envió a Mardoqueo:
11 “There is a law [about people going to talk to the king]. All the king’s officials and all the people in the empire know this law. [In that law it states that] anyone who goes to the king in his inner court without having been summoned by the king must be executed. Only those to whom the king has extended his scepter/staff will not be executed. And a month has passed since the king has summoned me, [so what will happen to me if I try to see him and he doesn’t want to see me?]”
Todos los servidores del rey y la gente de las provincias del rey, saben que para cualquier persona, sea hombre o mujer, que entre al patio interior del rey sin ser llamado, hay una sola ley: Debe morir, excepto aquél a quien el rey extienda el cetro de oro para que viva. Y yo no fui llamada para ir ante el rey en estos 30 días.
12 So Hathach [went back to] Mordecai [and] told [him] what Esther had said.
Él le informó a Mardoqueo lo que dijo Ester.
13 Mordecai replied, “[Go back and] tell this to Esther: 'Do not think that just because you live there in the palace, you will escape when all the other Jews [are killed].
Y Mardoqueo mandó que se respondiera a Ester: No creas dentro de ti que escaparás en la casa del rey, mejor que cualquier otro judío.
14 If you say nothing now, someone from some other place will rescue [many of] us Jews, but you and your relatives will be killed. Furthermore, (perhaps [God]/who knows if [God]) has put you here [as queen] (for a situation like this/to prevent this from happening to us)!'” [RHQ]
Porque, si en este momento callas, socorro y liberación vendrá de alguna otra parte para los judíos, pero tú y la casa de tu padre perecerán, y ¿quién sabe si para un tiempo como éste llegaste al reino?
15 Then [after Hathach told this to] Esther, [she] told him to return to Mordecai and say this to him:
Ester dijo que respondieran a Mardoqueo:
16 “Gather together all the Jews here in Susa, and tell them to (fast/abstain from food) for my sake. Tell them to not eat or drink anything for three days and nights. My maids and I will also fast. Then, I will go to talk to the king. Even if (I am executed/they execute me) for disobeying the law [by seeing him when he does not hold out the scepter/staff toward me, I am willing for that to happen”].
Vé y reúne a todos los judíos que están en Susa. Ayunen por mí, y no coman ni beban durante tres días, ni de noche ni de día. Yo también ayunaré igualmente con mis doncellas, y entonces iré al rey, aunque es contra la ley, ¡y si perezco, que perezca!
17 So [after Hathach told this to Mordecai, ] Mordecai went and did what Esther told him to do.
Entonces Mardoqueo se fue e hizo según todo lo que Ester le encomendó.
