Estè 4
1 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.
And Mordecai he knew all that it had been done and he tore Mordecai clothes his and he put on sackcloth and ash[es] and he went out in [the] midst of the city and he cried a cry loud and bitter.
2 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.
And he went to before [the] gate of the king for not to go into [the] gate of the king in clothing of sackcloth.
3 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.
And in every province and province [the] place where [the] word of the king and law his [were] reaching mourning great [belonged] to the Jews and fasting and weeping and wailing sackcloth and ash[es] it was spread as a bed by many [people].
4 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.
(And they came *Q(k)*) [the] maids of Esther and eunuchs her and they told to her and she agonized the queen exceedingly and she sent garments to clothe Mordecai and to remove sackcloth his from on him and not he accepted [them].
5 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?
And she summoned Esther Hathach one of [the] eunuchs of the king whom he had made stand before her and she commanded him on Mordecai to know what? [was] this and concerning what? [was] this.
6 Konsa, Hathac te sòti ale kote Mardochée nan plas lavil la devan pòtay a wa a.
And he went out Hathach to Mordecai to [the] open place of the city which [was] before [the] gate of the king.
7 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.
And he told to him Mordecai all that it had happened to him and - [the] exact amount of the silver which he had said Haman to weigh out to [the] treasuries of the king (for the Jews *Q(k)*) to destroy them.
8 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.
And copy of [the] writing of the law which it had been given in Susa to annihilate them he gave to him to show Esther and to tell to her and to command to her to go to the king to seek favor to him and to request from to before him on people her.
9 Hathac te retounen e te fè Esther konnen pawòl a Mardochée yo.
And he came Hathach and he told to Esther [the] words of Mordecai.
10 Esther te pale avèk Hathac e te mande li bay repons a Mardochée:
And she said Esther to Hathach and she commanded him to Mordecai.
11 “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.”
All [the] servants of the king and [the] people of [the] provinces of the king [are] knowing that every man and woman who he goes to the king into the court inner who not he is summoned [is] one law his to put to death apart from that he extends to him the king [the] scepter of gold and he will live and I not (I have been summoned *L(abh)*) to go to the king this thirty day[s].
12 Yo te pataje pawòl a Esther yo avèk Mardochée.
And they told to Mordecai [the] words of Esther.
13 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.
And he said Mordecai to bring back to Esther may not you imagine in self your to escape [the] house of the king from all the Jews.
14 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.”
That except certainly you will keep quiet at the time this relief and deliverance it will arise for the Jews from a place another and you and [the] house of father your you will perish and who? [is] knowing if for a time like this you have reached the queenhood.
15 Alò, Esther te di yo prepare reponn Mardochée,
And she said Esther to bring back to Mordecai.
16 “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.”
Go gather all the Jews who are found in Susa and fast on me and may not you eat and may not you drink three days night and day also I and maids my I will fast thus and in such I will go to the king which not [is] according to the law and just as I have perished I have perished.
17 Konsa, Mardochée te sòti ale fè jis sa ke Esther te bay li lòd fè a.
And he passed on Mordecai and he did according to all that she had commanded to him Esther.
