Ester 4
1 Agora quando Mordecai descobriu tudo o que havia sido feito, Mordecai rasgou suas roupas e se vestiu de saco com cinzas, e saiu para o meio da cidade, e chorou alto e amargo.
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 Ele chegou mesmo antes do portão do rei, pois ninguém pode entrar no portão do rei vestido com pano de saco.
He stood outside the gate of the palace, because no one who was wearing sackcloth was allowed to enter the palace.
3 Em cada província, onde quer que o mandamento do rei e seu decreto chegassem, havia grande luto entre os judeus, e jejum, e choro, e lamento; e muitos jaziam em saco e cinzas.
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 As donzelas de Esther e seus eunucos vieram e lhe disseram isso, e a rainha ficou extremamente aflita. Ela mandou roupas para Mordecai, para substituir seu saco, mas ele não as recebeu.
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 Hathach, um dos eunucos do rei, que ele havia designado para atendê-la, e ordenou que ele fosse a Mordecai, para descobrir o que era isto, e por que era.
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 Então, Hathach saiu para Mordecai, para a praça da cidade que estava diante do portão do rei.
Hathach went to Mordecai, who was in the plaza in front of the palace gate.
7 Mordecai contou a ele tudo o que havia acontecido com ele e a soma exata do dinheiro que Haman havia prometido pagar aos tesouros do rei para a destruição dos judeus.
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 Ele também lhe deu a cópia da redação do decreto que foi entregue em Susa para destruí-los, para mostrá-la a Ester, e para declará-la a ela, e para instá-la a ir até o rei para fazer-lhe súplicas, e para fazer-lhe um pedido para 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 Hathach veio e disse a Esther as palavras de Mordecai.
So Hathach returned to Esther and told her what Mordecai said.
10 Então Esther falou com Hathach, e lhe deu uma mensagem a Mordecai:
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 sabem que quem quer que, seja homem ou mulher, venha ao rei na corte interna sem ser chamado, há uma lei para ele, para que seja morto, exceto aqueles a quem o rei possa estender o cetro de ouro, para que ele possa viver. Eu não fui chamado a entrar para o rei nestes trinta dias”.
“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 They contou as palavras de Esther para Mordecai.
So Hathach [went back to] Mordecai [and] told [him] what Esther had said.
13 Então Mordecai pediu-lhes que devolvessem esta resposta a Esther: “Não pense para si mesmo que você escapará na casa do rei mais do que todos os 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 Pois se você permanecer em silêncio agora, então o alívio e a libertação chegarão aos judeus de outro lugar, mas você e a casa de seu pai perecerão. Quem sabe se você não veio para o reino por um tempo como este”?
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 Esther pediu-lhes que respondessem a Mordecai,
Then [after Hathach told this to] Esther, [she] told him to return to Mordecai and say this to him:
16 “Vai, reúne todos os judeus que estão presentes em Susa, e jejua para mim, e não coma nem beba três dias, noite ou dia. Eu e minhas donzelas também jejuaremos da mesma maneira. Então irei ao rei, o que é contra a lei; e se eu perecer, eu perecerei”.
“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 Mordecai seguiu seu caminho, e fez de acordo com tudo o que Esther lhe havia ordenado.
So [after Hathach told this to Mordecai, ] Mordecai went and did what Esther told him to do.
