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;
At that time King Ahasuerus gave the property of Haman the Jews’ enemy to Queen Esther. Mordecai was made one of the king’s personal advisers, for Esther had disclosed his relationship to her.
2 I car snimiv prsten svoj, koji bješe uzeo od Amana, dade ga Mardoheju; a Jestira postavi Mardoheja nad kuæom Amanovom.
The king also drew off his signet ring, which he had taken from Haman. He gave it to Mordecai, and Esther placed Mordecai in charge of Haman’s property.
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.
Then Esther sought another audience with the king and fell at his feet and with tears begged him to avert the evil planned by Haman the Agagite and to frustrate his designs against the Jews.
4 Tada car pruži zlatnu palicu prema Jestiri, i Jestira usta i stade pred carem,
The king held out to her the golden sceptre, and she arose 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.
“If it seems best to the king,” she said, “and if I have won his favor and he thinks it right, and if I please him, let written orders be given to revoke the dispatches devised by Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote ordering the destruction of the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.
6 Jer kako bih mogla gledati zlo koje bi zadesilo moj narod? i kako bih mogla gledati da se potre rod moj?
For how can I bear to look upon the evil that will come to my people? How can I bear to see their destruction?”
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.
Then King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the property of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows, because he laid hands upon 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.
Now you write on behalf of the Jews, as seems best to you, in the king’s name and seal it with the king’s signet ring. For a document that is written in the king’s name and sealed with the king’s signet ring cannot be revoked.”
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.
On the twenty-third day of the third month (that is the month of Sivan), the king’s secretaries were summoned and as Mordecai instructed an edict was issued to the Jews, to the satraps and provincial governors and the rulers of each of the one hundred twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia in their own script and their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
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:
Mordecai wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus. He sealed it with the king’s signet ring. Dispatches were sent by mounted couriers who rode the swift, noble steeds, bred of the royal studs.
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.
In this way the king permitted the Jews who were in every city to gather together and make a stand for their life, to destroy, to kill, and annihilate all the armed forces of any people or province that might be hostile to them, including their children and women, and to take their goods as plunder
12 U isti dan po svijem zemljama cara Asvira, trinaestoga dana mjeseca dvanaestoga, koje je mjesec Adar.
throughout all the provinces of King Ahasuerus on that thirteenth day of the twelfth month (which is called 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.
A copy of the edict was to be published as a decree in every province – publicly displayed so that the Jews might be ready for that day and avenge themselves.
14 Glasnici koji jahahu na brzijem konjma i mazgama otidoše brzo i hitno po zapovijesti carevoj; i zapovijest bi oglašena u Susanu carskom gradu.
So the couriers who rode the swift, noble steeds went out, hastened and impelled by the king’s commands! Meantime the decree had been given out in the royal palace at 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.
and Mordecai had gone out from the presence of the king in royal garments of violet and white and with a great crown of gold and with a robe of fine linen and purple. The people of Susa shouted and were glad.
16 Judejcima doðe svjetlost i veselje i radost i slava.
To the Jews there came light and gladness and joy and honor.
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.
And in every province and city, wherever the king’s command and decree came, there was gladness and joy among the Jews and a holiday. Many of the peoples of the earth professed to be Jews, for fear of the Jews took possession of them.
