Estera 4
1 Nony fantatr’ i Mordekay izay rehetra efa natao, dia nandriatra ny fitafiany izy ka nitafy lamba fisaonana sady nihosin-davenona, dia nankeo afovoan’ ny tanàna ka nitaraina sy nidradradradra mafy;
And Mordecai has known all that has been done, and Mordecai tears his garments, and puts on sackcloth and ashes, and goes forth into the midst of the city and cries—a cry loud and bitter,
2 ary tonga teo anoloan’ ny vavahadin’ ny mpanjaka aza izy; nefa tsy nisy nahazo niditra teo amin’ ny vavahadin’ ny mpanjaka, raha nitafy lamba fisaonana.
and he comes to the front of the gate of the king, but none is to come to the gate of the king with a sackcloth-garment.
3 Ary tany amin’ ny isan-tokony tamin’ ny fanjakana rehetra nalehan’ ny tenin’ ny mpanjaka sy ny didiny dia nalahelo mafy ny Jiosy ka nifady hanina sy nitomany ary nidradradradra, sady maro no nandry tamin’ ny lamba fisaonana aman-davenona.
And in each and every province, the place where the word of the king, even his law, is coming, the Jews have a great mourning, and fasting, and weeping, and lamenting: sackcloth and ashes are spread for many.
4 Ary niditra ny ankizivavin’ i Estera sy ny tsindranolahiny ka nilaza izany taminy. Dia nalahelo indrindra ny vadin’ ny mpanjaka, ka nampanatitra lamba hitafin’ i Mordekay izy mba hanesorany ny lamba fisaonana taminy; nefa tsy nety nandray izy.
And young women of Esther come in and her eunuchs, and declare [it] to her, and the queen is exceedingly pained, and sends garments to clothe Mordecai, and to turn aside his sackcloth from off him, and he has not received [them].
5 Ary Estera niantso an’ i Hatàka, tsindranolahin’ i ny mpanjaka, izay notendreny hanompo azy, ka nampitondra teny azy ho any amin’ i Mordekay, mba hahafantarany izay anton’ izany.
And Esther calls to Hatach, of the eunuchs of the king, whom he has stationed before her, and gives him a charge for Mordecai, to know what this [is], and why this [is].
6 Dia nivoaka Hatàka nankany amin’ i Mordekay ho eo an-kalalahana eo an-tanàna, dia ilay eo anoloan’ ny vavahadin’ ny mpanjaka;
And Hatach goes out to Mordecai, to a broad place of the city, that [is] before the gate of the king,
7 dia nambaran’ i Mordekay taminy izay rehetra efa nanjo azy sy ny isan’ ny vola izay nokasain’ i Hamana haloa ho ao an-trano firaketan’ ny mpanjaka noho ny handringanana ny Jiosy.
and Mordecai declares to him all that has met him, and the explanation of the money that Haman said to weigh to the treasuries of the king for the Jews, to destroy them,
8 Ary nomeny azy koa ny kopen’ ny lalàna, izay nantsoina tany Sosana handringanana azy, mba haseho amin’ i Estera hampahafantatra azy izany sy handidy azy hiditra ao amin’ ny mpanjaka mba hifona aminy sy hangataka eo anatrehany ho an’ ny fireneny.
and the copy of the writing of the law that had been given in Shushan to destroy them he has given to him, to show Esther, and to declare [it] to her, and to lay a charge on her to go in to the king, to make supplication to him, and to seek from before him, for her people.
9 Ary tonga Hatàka ka nanambara ny tenin’ i Mordekay tamin’ i Estera.
And Hatach comes in and declares to Esther the words of Mordecai,
10 Fa Estera naniraka an’ i Hatàka indray hanao amin’ i Mordekay hoe:
and Esther speaks to Hatach, and charges him for Mordecai:
11 Ny mpanompon’ ny mpanjaka rehetra sy ny olona isan-tokony eran’ ny fanjakany dia samy mahalala fa na iza na iza mankeo amin’ ny mpanjaka ho eo an-kianja anatiny, na lehilahy na vehivavy, nefa tsy nantsoina, dia misy lalàna iray ihany hahafaty azy, afa-tsy izay hotondroin’ ny mpanjaka amin’ ny tehim-bolamena hahavelona azy; ary izaho anefa dia tsy mbola nantsoina hiditra ao amin’ ny mpanjaka intsony telo-polo andro izay.
“All servants of the king, and people of the provinces of the king, know that any man and woman who comes to the king, into the inner court, who is not called—one law of his [is] to put [them] to death, apart from him to whom the king holds out the golden scepter, then he has lived; and I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”
12 Dia nolazaina tamin’ i Mordekay ny tenin’ i Estera.
And they declare to Mordecai the words of Esther,
13 Ary Mordekay nampitondra valiny ho amin’ i Estera hoe: Aza manao anakampo fa ho afaka mihoatra noho ny Jiosy rehetra ianao, saingy ao an-tranon’ ny mpanjaka;
and Mordecai commands to send back to Esther: “Do not think in your soul to be delivered [in] the house of the king, more than all the Jews,
14 fa raha hangina mihitsy ianao amin’ izao andro izao, dia hisy fahafahana sy famonjena hiseho avy amin’ ny fitoerana hafa ho an’ ny Jiosy, fa ianao sy ny mpianakavin-drainao kosa dia haringana; ary iza no mahalala, fa angamba ho amin’ izao andro izao mihitsy no nanandratana anao ho amin’ ny fanjakana?
but if you keep entirely silent at this time, respite and deliverance remains to the Jews from another place, and you and the house of your fathers are destroyed; and who knows whether for a time like this you have come to the kingdom?”
15 Dia nampitondra valiny ho any amin’ i Mordekay indray Estera ka nanao hoe:
And Esther commands to send back to Mordecai:
16 Mandehana ary, vorio ny Jiosy rehetra izay mba ato Sosana ary mifadia hanina noho ny amiko, ka aza mihinana na misotro hateloana na andro na alina; ary izaho sy ny ankizivaviko hifady toy izany koa, ary amin’ izany no hidirako ao amin’ ny mpanjaka, na dia tsy araka ny lalàna aza; koa raha tàhiny maty aho, dia maty.
“Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, by night and by day; also I and my young women fast likewise, and so I go in to the king, that [is] not according to law, and when I have perished—I have perished.”
17 Dia lasa Mordekay ka nanao araka izay rehetra nandidian’ i Estera azy.
And Mordecai passes on, and does according to all that Esther has charged on him.
