Jestira 4
1 A Mardohej doznav sve šta bi, razdrije haljine svoje i obuèe se u kostrijet i posu se pepelom i poðe po gradu vièuæi iza glasa gorko.
When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his clothes and put on sackcloth and strewed ashes on his head, and went out into the city and raised a loud and bitter cry of lamentation.
2 I doðe do pred vrata careva, jer ne bješe slobodno uæi na vrata careva u kostrijeti.
He went as far as the king’s gate, but no one could enter the gate clothed with sackcloth.
3 I u svijem zemljama, u koje god mjesto doðe rijeè careva i zapovijest njegova, bi velika žalost meðu Jevrejima i post i plaè i jauk, i mnogi u kostrijeti i pepelu ležahu.
In every province, wherever the king’s command and decree went, there was great mourning, fasting, weeping, and wailing among the Jews. Many of them sat in sackcloth and ashes.
4 I doðoše djevojke Jestirine i dvorani njezini, i javiše joj: i carica se ožalosti veoma, i posla haljine da preobuku Mardoheja i da skinu s njega kostrijet; ali on ne primi.
When Esther’s maids and attendants told her about Mordecai’s behavior, she was greatly troubled. She sent garments for Mordecai to put on, so that he could take off his sack-cloth, but he would not accept them.
5 Tada dozva Jestira Ataha dvoranina careva, kojega joj bješe dao da joj služi, i zapovjedi mu za Mardoheja da razbere šta mu je i zašto.
So Esther called Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs whom he had appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what it all meant and the reason for it.
6 I otide Atah k Mardoheju na ulicu gradsku koja bijaše pred vratima carevijem.
So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square in front of the king’s gate.
7 I Mardohej mu kaza sve što mu se dogodilo i za srebro što je obrekao Aman dati u carevu riznicu za Judejce da ih istrijebi;
Mordecai told him all that had happened to him and the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king’s treasury for the destruction of the Jews.
8 I prijepis od zapovijesti koja bi proglašena u Susanu da se istrijebe, dade mu da je pokaže Jestiri i javi, i da joj naruèi da otide k caru i da ga umilostivi i da ga moli za svoj narod.
Also he gave him a copy of the decree to destroy them, that had been published in Susa, to show to Esther for her information. He also told her to go to the king and implore his mercy and to plead with him in behalf of her people.
9 I vrativši se Atah kaza Jestiri rijeèi Mardohejeve.
When Hathach came and told Esther what Mordecai had said,
10 A Jestira reèe Atahu i zapovjedi mu da kaže Mardoheju:
she instructed Hathach to go and say to Mordecai,
11 Znaju sve sluge careve i narod po zemljama carevijem da ko bi god, èovjek ili žena, ušao k caru unutra u dvor ne buduæi pozvan, jedan je zakon za nj, da se pogubi, osim kome bi car pružio zlatnu palicu, taj ostaje živ; a ja nijesam zvana da uðem k caru, ovo je trideset dana.
“All the king’s courtiers and the people of the king’s provinces know that for every man or woman who goes to the king into the inner court without being called there is one penalty, death, unless the king holds out the golden sceptre signifying that they may live. It has been thirty days since I have been called to go in to the king.”
12 I kazane biše Mardoheju rijeèi Jestirine.
When Mordecai was told what Esther had said,
13 A Mardohej opet poruèi Jestiri: nemoj misliti da æeš se mimo sve Judejce izbaviti u domu carevu.
he sent back this reply to Esther, “Don’t imagine that you alone of all the Jews will escape because you belong to the king’s household.
14 Jer ako ti uzmuèiš sada, doæi æe pomoæ i izbavljenje Judejcima s druge strane, a ti i dom oca tvojega poginuæete; i ko zna nijesi li za ovako vrijeme došla do carstva.
If you persist in remaining silent at this time, relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another quarter, but you and your family will perish. Who knows? Maybe you have been raised to the throne for a time like this!”
15 Tada reèe Jestira da odgovore Mardoheju:
Then Esther sent this message to Mordecai:
16 Idi, skupi sve Judejce što se nalaze u Susanu, i postite za me, i ne jedite ni pijte za tri dana ni danju ni noæu; i ja æu sa svojim djevojkama postiti takoðer, pa æu onda otiæi k caru, ako i nije po zakonu, i ako poginem, neka poginem.
“Go, gather all the Jews in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat nor drink anything for three days and nights. My maids and I will fast as well. Then I will go in to the king, although it is contrary to the law, and if I die, I die.”
17 Tada otide Mardohej i uèini sve kako mu zapovjedi Jestira.
Mordecai did everything Esther had directed.
