Estera 4
1 Ko je Mordohaj zaznal vse, kar je bilo storjeno, je Mordohaj raztrgal svoja oblačila in si nadel vrečevino s pepelom in odšel ven v sredo mesta ter vpil z glasnim in grenkim glasom.
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 Prišel je celo pred kraljeva velika vrata, kajti nihče ne more vstopiti v kraljeva velika vrata, oblečen z vrečevino.
He went as far as the king’s gate, but no one could enter the gate clothed with sackcloth.
3 V vsaki provinci, kamor sta prišla kraljeva zapoved in njegov odlok, je bilo med Judi veliko žalovanje, post, jokanje in tarnanje in mnogi so ležali v vrečevini in pepelu.
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 Tako so Esterine služabnice in njeni glavni dvorni upravitelji prišli in ji to povedali. Potem je bila kraljica silno užaloščena. Poslala je oblačilo, da obleče Mordohaja in da odstrani njegovo vrečevino proč iz njega, toda on tega ni sprejel.
When Esther’s maids and attendants told her about Mordecai’s behaviour, 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 Potem je Estera poklicala po Hatáha, enega izmed kraljevih glavnih dvornih upraviteljev, ki je bil določen, da ji služi in mu dala zapoved za Mordohaja, da izve kaj je bilo to in zakaj je bilo to.
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 Tako je Hatáh odšel k Mordohaju, na mestno ulico, ki je bila pred kraljevimi velikimi vrati.
So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square in front of the king’s gate.
7 Mordohaj mu je povedal o vsem, kar se mu je zgodilo in o vsoti denarja, ki ga je Hamán obljubil plačati v kraljeve zakladnice za Jude, da jih uniči.
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 Dal mu je tudi kopijo pisanja odloka, ki je bil izdan v [mestu] Suze, da jih uniči, da ga pokaže Esteri in da ji to oznani in da jo zadolži, da naj bi šla h kralju, da mu izroči ponižno prošnjo in da pred njim sporoči zahtevo za svoje ljudstvo.
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 Hatáh je prišel in Esteri povedal Mordohajeve besede.
When Hathach came and told Esther what Mordecai had said,
10 Estera je Hatáhu ponovno spregovorila in mu dala zapoved za Mordohaja:
she instructed Hathach to go and say to Mordecai,
11 »Vsi kraljevi služabniki in ljudstvo kraljevih provinc vedo, da kdorkoli, ki ni poklican, bodisi moški ali ženska, pride h kralju na notranji dvor, je zanj ena postava, da ga usmrté, razen tistega, proti kateremu bo kralj iztegnil zlato žezlo, da bo lahko živel. Toda jaz nisem bila poklicana, da pridem h kralju teh trideset dni.«
‘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 Esterine besede so povedali Mordohaju.
When Mordecai was told what Esther had said,
13 Potem je Mordohaj zapovedal odgovoriti Esteri: »Ne misli si, da boš ti v kraljevi hiši ušla bolj kakor vsi Judje.
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 Kajti če ob tem času povsem ohranjaš svoj mir, potem bo povečanje in osvoboditev vstalo k Judom iz drugega kraja, toda ti in hiša tvojega očeta boste uničeni. Kdo ve, ali nisi prišla do kraljestva zaradi tega časa, kakor je ta?«
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 Potem jim je Estera zaukazala vrniti Mordohaju ta odgovor:
Then Esther sent this message to Mordecai:
16 »Pojdi, zberi skupaj vse Jude, ki so prisotni v [mestu] Suze in se postite zame in tri dni niti ne jejte niti ne pijte, ne ponoči ne podnevi. Tudi jaz in moje dekle se bomo prav tako postile in tako bom šla noter h kralju, kar ni glede na postavo, in če umrem, umrem.«
‘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 Tako je Mordohaj odšel svojo pot in storil glede na vse to, kar mu je Estera zapovedala.
Mordecai did everything Esther had directed.
