Estè 4
1 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.
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.
2 Li rive devan pòtay palè a. Li pa antre, paske moun pa gen dwa antre anndan kay wa a ak rad sak sou yo.
He stood outside the gate of the palace, because no one who was wearing sackcloth was allowed to enter the palace.
3 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.
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].
4 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.
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.
5 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.
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.
6 Atach al jwenn Madoche sou plas piblik ki te devan pòtay palè wa a.
Hathach went to Mordecai, who was in the plaza in front of the palace gate.
7 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.
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.
8 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.
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.
9 Atach al di Estè tou sa Madoche te di l'.
So Hathach returned to Esther and told her what Mordecai said.
10 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.
Then Esther told Hathach to [return to] Mordecai [and] tell this [to him]:
11 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.
“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?]”
12 Lè Atach bay Madoche mesaj Estè a,
So Hathach [went back to] Mordecai [and] told [him] what Esther had said.
13 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.
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].
14 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.
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]
15 Estè voye reponn Madoche:
Then [after Hathach told this to] Esther, [she] told him to return to Mordecai and say this to him:
16 -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.
“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”].
17 Madoche ale, li fè tou sa Estè te di l' fè a.
So [after Hathach told this to Mordecai, ] Mordecai went and did what Esther told him to do.
