एस्तेर 4
1 १ जे झाले ते सर्व मर्दखयाला समजले, तेव्हा त्याने आपली वस्त्रे फाडली आणि गोणताटाची वस्त्रे परिधान करून डोक्याला राख फासली. तो बाहेर नगरामध्ये आणि मोठयाने आक्रोश करत आणि दुःखाने रडत निघाला.
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 २ पण तो फक्त राजाच्या प्रवेश द्वारापर्यंतच पोचू शकला, कारण गोणताटाची वस्त्रे घातलेल्या कोणालाही राजद्वारातून आत जाण्यास मनाई होती.
He stood outside the gate of the palace, because no one who was wearing sackcloth was allowed to enter the palace.
3 ३ राजाचा हुकूम ज्या ज्या प्रांतात पोचला तेथे तेथे यहूद्यांमध्ये शोककळा पसरली आणि ते आक्रोश करु लागले. उपवास करून आणि मोठयाने ते आकांत करु लागले. डोक्यात राख घालून आणि गोणताटाची वस्त्रे घालून बहुतेक यहूदी राखेत पडून राहिले.
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 ४ जेव्हा एस्तेरच्या दासी आणि तिचे सेवक खोजे तिच्याकडे आले आणि त्यांनी तिला मर्दखयाविषयी सांगितले, तेव्हा राणी एस्तेर अतिशय दु: खी आणि नाराज झाली. गोणताटाच्या ऐवजी घालायला तिने मर्दखयाकडे वस्रे पाठवली, पण त्याने ती स्विकारली नाहीत.
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 ५ एस्तेरने मग हथाकाला बोलावले, हा तिच्या सेवेसाठी निवडलेला राजाच्या खोजांपैकी एकजण होता. हे काय व कशासाठी आहे हे समजावे म्हणून मर्दखयाकडे जाऊन चौकशी करण्याची तिने त्यास आज्ञा दिली.
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.
Hathach went to Mordecai, who was in the plaza in front of the palace gate.
7 ७ मर्दखयाने मग त्यास जे घडले ते सर्व सांगितले. यहूद्यांचा वध करण्याबद्दल राजाच्या खजिन्यात नेमकी किती चांदी जमा करायचे हामानाने वचन दिले आहे ते ही त्याने हथाकला सांगितले.
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 ८ यहूद्यांच्या वधाची आज्ञा शूशन नगरात दिली होती त्या राजाज्ञेची प्रतही तिला दाखवण्यासाठी दिली. एस्तेरने राजाकडे जाऊन आपल्या लोकांसाठी दयेची याचना व विनंती करावी ही जबाबदारी त्याने तिच्यावर सोपवली.
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.
So Hathach returned to Esther and told her what Mordecai said.
Then Esther told Hathach to [return to] Mordecai [and] tell this [to him]:
11 ११ ती म्हणाली, “मर्दखय, राजाचे सर्व अधिकारी आणि राजाच्या प्रदेशातील सर्व लोक हे जाणून आहेत की न बोलावता जो राजाकडे जाईल त्या व्यक्तीसाठी मग तो पुरुष असो की स्त्री, राजाचा एकच कायदा आहेः तो म्हणजे मृत्यूदंड. मात्र राजाने आपला सुवर्ण राजदंड त्या व्यक्तीपुढे केल्यास हा कायदा अंमलात आणला जात नाही. राजाच्या तेवढ्या कृतीने त्या मनुष्यास जीवदान मिळते. आणि मला तर राजाकडून गेल्या तीस दिवसात बोलावणे आलेले नाही.”
“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?]”
So Hathach [went back to] Mordecai [and] told [him] what Esther had said.
13 १३ मर्दखयाला तिचा निरोप मिळाल्यावर त्याने एस्तेरला आपले उत्तर पाठवले. “राजमहालात राहतेस म्हणून तू यहूदी लोकांतून सुरक्षित सुटशील असे समजू नकोस.
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 १४ तू आत्ता गप्प बसलीस तर यहूद्यांना दुसऱ्या ठिकाणाहून सुटका आणि मुक्ती मिळेल, पण तुझा आणि तुझ्या पित्याच्या घराण्याचा मात्र नाश होईल. कोणी सांगावे, या अशा काळासाठीच कदाचित तुझी राणी म्हणून निवड झाली असेल.”
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]
Then [after Hathach told this to] Esther, [she] told him to return to Mordecai and say this to him:
16 १६ “जा, शूशनमधल्या सर्व यहूद्यांना एकत्र घेऊन ये आणि माझ्यासाठी सर्वजण उपास करा. तीन दिवस आणि तीन रात्र काहीही खाऊ पिऊ नका. मी तुमच्यासारखाच उपास करीन, तसेच माझ्या दासीदेखील करतील. आत जाणे नियमाप्रमाणे नसतानाही मी तशीच राजाकडे जाईन. मग मी मरण पावले तर मरण पावले.”
“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”].
So [after Hathach told this to Mordecai, ] Mordecai went and did what Esther told him to do.
