Ester 4
1 Quando Mardoqueo soube tudo quanto havia passado, rasgou Mardoqueo os seus vestidos, e vestiu-se de um sacco com cinza, e saiu pelo meio da cidade, e clamou com grande e amargo clamor;
Now when Mordecai saw what was done, pulling off his robe, he put on haircloth, with dust on his head, and went out into the middle of the town, crying out with a loud and bitter cry.
2 E chegou até diante da porta do rei: porque ninguem vestido de sacco podia entrar pelas portas do rei.
And he came even before the king's doorway; for no one might come inside the king's door clothed in haircloth.
3 E em todas as provincias aonde a palavra do rei e a sua lei chegava, havia entre os judeos grande luto, com jejum, e choro, e lamentação: e muitos estavam deitados em sacco e em cinza.
And in every part of the kingdom, wherever the king's word and his order came, there was great sorrow among the Jews, and weeping and crying and going without food; and numbers of them were stretched on the earth covered with dust and haircloth.
4 Então vieram as moças de Esther, e os seus eunuchos, e fizeram-lh'o saber, do que a rainha muito se doeu: e mandou vestidos para vestir a Mardoqueo, e tirar-lhe o seu sacco; porém elle os não acceitou.
And Esther's women and her servants came and gave her word of it. Then great was the grief of the queen: and she sent robes for Mordecai, so that his clothing of haircloth might be taken off; but he would not have them.
5 Então Esther chamou a Hathach (um dos eunuchos do rei, que este tinha posto na presença d'ella), e deu-lhe mandado para Mardoqueo; para saber que era aquillo; e para que.
Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's unsexed servants whom he had given her for waiting on her, and she gave him orders to go to Mordecai and see what this was and why it was.
6 E, saindo Hathach a Mardoqueo, á praça da cidade, que estava diante da porta do rei,
So Hathach went out and saw Mordecai in the open square of the town before the king's doorway.
7 Mardoqueo lhe fez saber tudo quanto lhe tinha succedido; como tambem a offerta da prata, que Haman dissera que daria para os thesouros do rei, pelos judeos, para os lançar a perder.
And Mordecai gave him an account of what had taken place, and of the amount of money which Haman had said he would put into the king's store for the destruction of the Jews.
8 Tambem lhe deu a copia da lei escripta, que se publicara em Susan, para os destruir, para a mostrar a Esther, e a fazer saber: e para lhe ordenar que, se fosse ter com o rei, e lhe pedisse e supplicasse na sua presença pelo seu povo.
And he gave him the copy of the order which had been given out in Shushan for their destruction, ordering him to let Esther see it, and to make it clear to her; and to say to her that she was to go in to the king, requesting his mercy, and making prayer for her people.
9 Veiu pois Hathach, e fez saber a Esther as palavras de Mardoqueo.
And Hathach came back and gave Esther an account of what Mordecai had said.
10 Então disse Esther a Hathach, e mandou-lhe dizer a Mardoqueo:
Then Esther sent Hathach to say to Mordecai:
11 Todos os servos do rei, e o povo das provincias do rei, bem sabem que todo o homem ou mulher que entrar no pateo interior ao rei sem ser chamado não ha senão uma sentença, que morra, salvo se o rei estender para elle o sceptro d'oiro, para que viva; e eu estes trinta dias não sou chamada para entrar ao rei
It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days.
12 E fizeram saber a Mardoqueo as palavras d'Esther.
And they said these words to Mordecai.
13 Então disse Mardoqueo que tornassem a dizer a Esther: Não imagines em teu animo que escaparás na casa do rei, mais do que todos os outros judeos.
Then Mordecai sent this answer back to Esther: Do not have the idea that you in the king's house will be safe from the fate of all the Jews.
14 Porque, se de todo te calares n'este tempo, soccorro e livramento d'outra parte sairá para os judeos, mas tu e a casa de teu pae perecereis: e quem sabe se para tal tempo como este chegaste a este reino?
If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this?
15 Então disse Esther que tornassem a dizer a Mardoqueo:
Then Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer:
16 Vae, ajunta a todos os judeos que se acharem em Susan, e jejuae por mim, e não comaes nem bebaes por tres dias, nem de dia nem de noite, e eu e as minhas moças tambem assim jejuaremos: e assim entrarei a ter com o rei, ainda que não é segundo a lei; e, perecendo, pereça.
Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.
17 Então Mardoqueo foi, e fez conforme a tudo quanto Esther lhe ordenou.
So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had said.
