Esther 4
1 When Mordecai had heard this, he tore his garments and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head, and he cried out with a loud voice in the main street of the city, revealing the anguish of his soul.
Quando mardoqueu soube tudo quanto havia passado, rasgou mardoqueu os seus vestidos, e vestiu-se de um saco com cinza, e saiu pelo meio da cidade, e clamou com grande e amargo clamor;
2 And he continued with this lamenting, even up to the gate of the palace, for no one clothed with sackcloth is permitted to enter the king’s court.
E chegou até diante da porta do rei: porque ninguém vestido de saco podia entrar pelas portas do rei.
3 Likewise, in all provinces, towns, and places where the king’s cruel decision arrived, there was extraordinary mourning among the Jews with fasting, wailing, and weeping, with many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.
E em todas as províncias aonde a palavra do rei e a sua lei chegava, havia entre os judeus grande luto, com jejum, e choro, e lamentação: e muitos estavam deitados em saco e em cinza.
4 Then Esther’s maids and eunuchs went in and informed her. When she heard it, she was shocked, and she sent a garment to clothe him and to take away the sackcloth, but he would not accept it.
Então vieram as moças de Esther, e os seus eunucos, e fizeram-lho saber, do que a rainha muito se doeu: e mandou vestidos para vestir a mardoqueu, e tirar-lhe o seu saco; porém ele os não aceitou.
5 And she sent for Hathach the eunuch, whom the king had appointed to minister to her, and she instructed him to go to Mordecai and to discern from him why he was doing this.
Então Esther chamou a Hathach (um dos eunucos do rei, que este tinha posto na presença dela), e deu-lhe mandado para mardoqueu; para saber que era aquilo; e para que.
6 And departing, Hathach went to Mordecai, who was standing in the street of the city, in front of the palace entrance.
E, saindo Hathach a mardoqueu, à praça da cidade, que estava diante da porta do rei,
7 He told him everything that had happened, how Haman had promised to transfer silver into the king’s treasury for the death of the Jews.
Mardoqueu lhe fez saber tudo quanto lhe tinha sucedido; como também a oferta da prata, que Haman dissera que daria para os tesouros do rei, pelos judeus, para os lançar a perder.
8 Also, he gave him a copy of the edict that was hanging up in Susa, so that he would show it to the queen and advise her to go in to the king and beg him on behalf of her people.
Também lhe deu a copia da lei escrita, que se publicara em Susan, para os destruir, para a mostrar a Esther, e a fazer saber: e para lhe ordenar que, se fosse ter com o rei, e lhe pedisse e suplicasse na sua presença pelo seu povo.
9 And Hathach returned and informed Esther of all that Mordecai had said.
Veio pois Hathach, e fez saber a Esther as palavras de mardoqueu.
10 She answered him, and ordered him say to Mordecai:
Então disse Esther a Hathach, e mandou-lhe dizer a mardoqueu:
11 “All the servants of the king and all the provinces that are under his realm understand that anyone, whether man or woman, who enters the king’s inner court, who has not been summoned, is immediately to be put to death without any delay, unless the king should happen to extend the golden scepter to him, as a sign of clemency, so that he will be able to live. How then can I go in to the king, when, for thirty days now, I have not been called to him?”
Todos os servos do rei, e o povo das províncias do rei, bem sabem que todo o homem ou mulher que entrar no pátio interior ao rei sem ser chamado não há senão uma sentença, que morra, salvo se o rei estender para ele o cetro de ouro, para que viva; e eu estes trinta dias não sou chamada para entrar ao rei
12 And when Mordecai had heard this, he again sent word to Esther, saying, “Do not think that you will save so much as your own soul, just because you are in the king’s house and are above all the Jews.
E fizeram saber a mardoqueu as palavras de Esther.
13 And when Mordecai had heard this, he again sent word to Esther, saying, “Do not think that you will save so much as your own soul, just because you are in the king’s house and are above all the Jews.
Então disse mardoqueu que tornassem a dizer a Esther: Não imagines em teu ânimo que escaparás na casa do rei, mais do que todos os outros judeus.
14 For, if you remain silent now, the Jews will be delivered through some other opportunity, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for this reason, so that you would be prepared for such a time as this?”
Porque, se de todo te calares neste tempo, socorro e livramento doutra parte sairá para os judeus, mas tu e a casa de teu pai perecereis: e quem sabe se para tal tempo como este chegaste a este reino?
15 And again Esther sent to Mordecai in these words:
Então disse Esther que tornassem a dizer a mardoqueu:
16 “Go and gather together all the Jews whom you will find in Susa, and pray for me. Neither eat nor drink for three days and three nights, and I will fast with my handmaids similarly, and then I will go in to the king, doing what is against the law, not having been called, and so expose myself to mortal danger.”
Vai, ajunta a todos os judeus que se acharem em Susan, e jejuai por mim, e não comais nem bebais por três dias, nem de dia nem de noite, e eu e as minhas moças também assim jejuaremos: e assim entrarei a ter com o rei, ainda que não é segundo a lei; e, perecendo, pereça.
17 And so Mordecai went, and he did everything that Esther had instructed him.
Então mardoqueu foi, e fez conforme a tudo quanto Esther lhe ordenou.
