Ester 4
1 Quando mardoqueu soube tudo quanto havia passado, rasgou mardoqueu os seus vestidos, e vestiu-se de um saco com cinza, e saiu pelo meio da cidade, e clamou com grande e amargo clamor;
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 E chegou até diante da porta do rei: porque ninguém vestido de saco podia entrar pelas portas do rei.
He stood outside the gate of the palace, because no one who was wearing sackcloth was allowed to enter the palace.
3 E em todas as províncias aonde a palavra do rei e a sua lei chegava, havia entre os judeus grande luto, com jejum, e choro, e lamentação: e muitos estavam deitados em saco e em cinza.
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 Então vieram as moças de Esther, e os seus eunucos, e fizeram-lho saber, do que a rainha muito se doeu: e mandou vestidos para vestir a mardoqueu, e tirar-lhe o seu saco; porém ele os não aceitou.
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 Então Esther chamou a Hathach (um dos eunucos do rei, que este tinha posto na presença dela), e deu-lhe mandado para mardoqueu; para saber que era aquilo; e para que.
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.
6 E, saindo Hathach a mardoqueu, à praça da cidade, que estava diante da porta do rei,
Hathach went to Mordecai, who was in the plaza in front of the palace gate.
7 Mardoqueu lhe fez saber tudo quanto lhe tinha sucedido; como também a oferta da prata, que Haman dissera que daria para os tesouros do rei, pelos judeus, para os lançar a perder.
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 Também lhe deu a copia da lei escrita, 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 suplicasse na sua presença pelo seu povo.
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.
9 Veio pois Hathach, e fez saber a Esther as palavras de mardoqueu.
So Hathach returned to Esther and told her what Mordecai said.
10 Então disse Esther a Hathach, e mandou-lhe dizer a mardoqueu:
Then Esther told Hathach to [return to] Mordecai [and] tell this [to him]:
11 Todos os servos do rei, e o povo das províncias do rei, bem sabem que todo o homem ou mulher que entrar no pátio interior ao rei sem ser chamado não há senão uma sentença, que morra, salvo se o rei estender para ele o cetro de ouro, para que viva; e eu estes trinta dias não sou chamada para entrar ao rei
“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?]”
12 E fizeram saber a mardoqueu as palavras de Esther.
So Hathach [went back to] Mordecai [and] told [him] what Esther had said.
13 Então disse mardoqueu que tornassem a dizer a Esther: Não imagines em teu ânimo que escaparás na casa do rei, mais do que todos os outros judeus.
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 Porque, se de todo te calares neste tempo, socorro e livramento doutra parte sairá para os judeus, mas tu e a casa de teu pai perecereis: e quem sabe se para tal tempo como este chegaste a este reino?
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]
15 Então disse Esther que tornassem a dizer a mardoqueu:
Then [after Hathach told this to] Esther, [she] told him to return to Mordecai and say this to him:
16 Vai, ajunta a todos os judeus que se acharem em Susan, e jejuai por mim, e não comais nem bebais por três dias, nem de dia nem de noite, e eu e as minhas moças também assim jejuaremos: e assim entrarei a ter com o rei, ainda que não é segundo a lei; e, perecendo, pereça.
“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”].
17 Então mardoqueu foi, e fez conforme a tudo quanto Esther lhe ordenou.
So [after Hathach told this to Mordecai, ] Mordecai went and did what Esther told him to do.
