Ehetere 4

1 No te mohiotanga o Mororekai ki nga mea katoa i meatia, haehaea ana e Mororekai ona kakahu, kei te kakahu i te kakahu taratara, kei te mea i te pungarehu ki a ia: haere ana ki waenganui o te pa, he nui, he tiwerawera tana tangi.

When Mordecai perceived 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;

2 Na haere ana ia ki mua i te kuwaha o te kingi; e kore hoki e ahei kia haere ki roto i te kuwaha o te kingi ki te mea he taratara te kakahu.

And came even before the king’s gate: for none [might] enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.

3 Na, i nga kawanatanga katoa, i nga wahi i tae atu ai te kupu a te kingi me tana ture, nui atu te tangi o nga Hurai, te nohopuku, te aue, me te uhunga: a he tokomaha he kakahu taratara to ratou whariki, he pungarehu.

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.

4 Na kua tae nga kotiro a Ehetere me ana rangatira ruma, kei te whakaatu ki a ia. Na tino mamae rawa te kuini. Hoatu ana e ia he kakahu kia kawea hei kakahu mo Mororekai, kia tangohia hoki ona kakahu taratara i a ia: otiia kihai ia i tango atu.

So Esther’s maids and her chamberlains came and told [it] her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received [it] not.

5 Katahi a Ehetere ka karanga ki a Hataka, ki tetahi o nga rangatira ruma a te kingi i whakaritea nei e ia kia tu ki tona aroaro, a ka whakahau i a ia kia haere ki a Mororekai, kia mohiotia he aha ra tenei mea, a na te aha hoki.

Then called Esther for Hatach, [one] of the king’s chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it [was], and why it [was].

6 Heoi haere ana a Hataka ki a Mororekai, ki te waharoa o te pa, ara ki te aronga o te kuwaha o te kingi.

So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which [was] before the king’s gate.

7 A whakaaturia ana e Mororekai ki a ia nga mea katoa i pa ki a ia, me te tuturu o te moni i kiia e Hamana kia paunatia e ia ki roto ki nga whare taonga o te kingi hei mea mo nga Hurai kia whakangaromia.

And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

8 I homai ano e ia ki a ia nga kupu o te ture i tuhituhia, i homai nei i Huhana kia whakangaromia ratou, a mana e whakakite ki a Ehetere, e whakaatu ki a ia, mana hoki ia e whakahau kia haere ki te kingi wawao ai; kia rapua hoki i tona aroaro he me a mo tona iwi.

Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at 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.

9 Na haere ana a Hataka, whakaaturia ana e ia ki a Ehetere nga kupu a Mororekai.

And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

10 Katahi a Ehetere ka korero ki a Hataka, a hoatu ana e ia he kupu ki a Mororekai, hei mea:

Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;

11 E mohio ana nga tangata katoa a te kingi, me te iwi o nga kawanatanga a te kingi, ko nga tangata katoa, ahakoa tane, ahakoa wahine, e haere ana ki to roto marae, ki te kingi, i te mea kihai i karangatia, kotahi tonu tana ture kia whakamatea, ki te kahore ia e torona atu e te kingi te hepeta koura ki a ia kia ora ai. Engari ko ahau, ka toru tekau enei ra oku kihai i karangatia kia haere ki te kingi.

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 of his to put [him] 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.

12 Na korerotia ana e ratou ki a Mororekai nga kupu a Ehetere.

And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.

13 Katahi a Mororekai ka ki atu kia whakahokia tenei kupu ki a Ehetere, Kei mahara koe na ka ora koe i te whare o te kingi, i nga Hurai katoa.

Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.

14 Ki te wahangu rawa hoki koe i tenei wa, tera e puta ake he tanga manawa, he whakaoranga mo nga Hurai i tetahi atu wahi. Na ko koe, ko te whare hoki o tou papa, ka ngaro; ko wai hoki ka mohio mo te wa penei pea i tae mai ai koe ki te kingitanga?

For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, [then] shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for [such] a time as this?

15 Katahi ka ki a Ehetere kia whakahokia tenei kupu ki a Mororekai,

Then Esther bade [them] return Mordecai [this answer],

16 Tikina, huihuia nga Hurai katoa e kitea ki Huhana, ka nohopuku ai koutou, hei mea moku; kaua hoki e kai, kaua e inu, kia toru nga ra, po, ao, ko ahau hoki, ko matou ko aku kotiro ka nohopuku ano; ko reira ahau haere ai ki te kingi; he mea kahore nei e rite ki te ture. A ki te mea ka huna ahau, ka huna ahau.

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 likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which [is] not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

17 Heoi haere ana a Mororekai, meatia ana e ia nga mea katoa i whakahaua ki a ia e Ehetere.

So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.