Jestira 8
1 Istoga dana dade car Asvir carici Jestiri kuæu Amana neprijatelja Judejskoga. A Mardohej izide pred cara, jer Jestira kaza šta joj je on;
On that day king, Artaxerxes gave the house of Haman, the adversary of the Jews, to queen Esther, and Mordecai entered before the king. For Esther had confessed to him that he was her paternal uncle.
2 I car snimiv prsten svoj, koji bješe uzeo od Amana, dade ga Mardoheju; a Jestira postavi Mardoheja nad kuæom Amanovom.
And the king took the ring, which he had ordered to be taken from Haman, and he handed it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over her house.
3 Potom Jestira opet govori caru i padnuvši pred noge njegove i plaèuæi moljaše ga da ukloni zloæu Amana Agageja i misao njegovu koju bješe smislio na Judejce.
Not content with these things, she threw herself down at the king’s feet and wept, and, speaking to him, pleaded that he would give orders that the malice of Haman the Agagite, and his most wicked schemes, which he had contrived against the Jews, would be made ineffective.
4 Tada car pruži zlatnu palicu prema Jestiri, i Jestira usta i stade pred carem,
But he, as was the custom, extended the golden scepter with his hand, which was the sign of clemency, and she rose up and stood before him.
5 I reèe: ako je ugodno caru i ako sam našla milost pred njim, i ako je pravo pred carem i ako sam mu mila, neka se piše da se poreku knjige u kojima je misao Amana sina Amedatina, Agageja, koje je raspisao da se istrijebe Judejci što su po svijem zemljama carevijem.
And she said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his eyes, and my request is not seen to be disagreeable to him, I beg you that the former letters of Haman, the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he instructed them to be destroyed in all the king’s provinces, may be corrected by new letters.
6 Jer kako bih mogla gledati zlo koje bi zadesilo moj narod? i kako bih mogla gledati da se potre rod moj?
For how will I be able to endure the murder and execution of my people?”
7 A car Asvir reèe carici Jestiri i Mardoheju Judejcu: eto, dao sam kuæu Amanovu Jestiri a njega su objesili na vješala zato što šæaše dignuti ruku svoju na Judejce.
And king Artaxerxes answered Esther the queen and Mordecai the Jew, “I have granted Haman’s house to Esther, and I have ordered him to be fastened to a cross, because he dared to lay hands on the Jews.
8 Vi dakle pišite za Judejce kako vam je drago u ime carevo i zapeèatite prstenom carevijem; jer što se piše u ime carevo i zapeèati prstenom carevijem ne može se poreæi.
Therefore, write to the Jews, just as it pleases you, in the king’s name, sealing the letters with my ring.” For this was the custom, that letters which were sent in the king’s name and were sealed with his ring, no one would dare to contradict.
9 I dozvaše pisare careve u isto vrijeme, treæega mjeseca, koje je mjesec Sivan, dvadeset treæega dana, i pisa se sve, kako zapovjedi Mardohej, Judejcima i namjesnicima i knezovima i upraviteljima po zemljama, od Indije do Etiopije, sto i dvadeset i sedam zemalja, u svaku zemlju njezinijem pismom i svakom narodu njegovijem jezikom, i Judejcima njihovijem pismom i njihovijem jezikom.
Then the scribes and copyists were brought in, (now it was the time of the third month which is called Sivan, ) on the twenty-third day of the month, and letters were written, as Mordecai wanted, to the Jews, and to the governors, and procurators, and judges, who presided over the one hundred twenty-seven provinces, from India all the way to Ethiopia: to one province and another, to one people and another, in accordance with their languages and letters, and to the Jews, exactly as they were able to read and hear.
10 A napisa u ime cara Asvira i zapeèati prstenom carevijem, i razasla knjige po glasnicima koji jahahu na brzijem konjma i na mladijem mazgama:
And these letters, which were sent in the king’s name, had been signed with his ring, and were sent by swift couriers who were to rush in every direction, through all the provinces, so as to prevent the former letters with new messages.
11 Da je car dopustio Judejcima što su u kome god gradu da se skupe i brane život svoj, da potru i pobiju i istrijebe svaku vojsku kojega mu drago naroda i zemlje, koji bi udarili na njih, i djecu njihovu i žene njihove, a imanje njihovo da razgrabe.
The king commanded them to bring together the Jews throughout each city, and to instruct them to join together, so as to make a stand for their lives, and to execute and destroy all their enemies, with their wives and children and their entire houses, and to plunder their spoil.
12 U isti dan po svijem zemljama cara Asvira, trinaestoga dana mjeseca dvanaestoga, koje je mjesec Adar.
And one day of retribution was established throughout all the provinces, namely, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar.
13 U knjigama se govoraše da se oglasi zapovijest po svijem zemljama i da se objavi svijem narodima da Judejci budu gotovi za onaj dan da se osvete svojim neprijateljima.
And such was the content of the letter, so that it would be made known in all lands and nations, which are subject to the authority of king Artaxerxes, that the Jews have been made ready to be vindicated of their enemies.
14 Glasnici koji jahahu na brzijem konjma i mazgama otidoše brzo i hitno po zapovijesti carevoj; i zapovijest bi oglašena u Susanu carskom gradu.
And so the swift couriers departed in haste, carrying through the announcement, and the king’s edict was hung up in Susa.
15 A Mardohej otide od cara u carskom odijelu ljubièastom i bijelom i pod zlatnijem vijencem velikim i u plaštu od tankoga platna i skerleta, i grad Susan radovaše se i veseljaše se.
But Mordecai, going forth from the palace and from the king’s presence, shone in royal apparel the color of hyacinth and of the sky, wearing a golden crown on his head, and clothed with a cloak of silk and purple. And all the city rejoiced and was joyful.
16 Judejcima doðe svjetlost i veselje i radost i slava.
But for the Jews, a new light seemed to rise; there was joy, honor, and dancing.
17 I u svakoj zemlji i u svakom gradu, gdje god doðe zapovijest careva i naredba njegova, bješe radost i veselje meðu Judejcima, gozba i blagi dani, i mnogi iz naroda zemaljskih postajahu Judejci, jer ih popade strah od Jevreja.
With all the peoples, cities, and provinces, wherever the king’s orders arrived, there was wonderful rejoicing, banquets and feasts, and a solemn holy day, so much so that many of the other nations joined themselves to their religious practices and ceremonies. For a great fear of the name of the Jews had overcome them all.
