Esther 4
1 Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and wailed loudly and bitterly.
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.
2 He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
Prišel je celo pred kraljeva velika vrata, kajti nihče ne more vstopiti v kraljeva velika vrata, oblečen z vrečevino.
3 In every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
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.
4 Esther’s maidens and her eunuchs came and told her this, and the queen was exceedingly grieved. She sent clothing to Mordecai, to replace his sackcloth, but he didn’t receive it.
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.
5 Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs, whom he had appointed to attend her, and commanded him to go to Mordecai, to find out what this was, and why it was.
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.
6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square which was before the king’s gate.
Tako je Hatáh odšel k Mordohaju, na mestno ulico, ki je bila pred kraljevimi velikimi vrati.
7 Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
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.
8 He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Susa to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to urge her to go in to the king to make supplication to him, and to make request before him for her people.
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.
9 Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
Hatáh je prišel in Esteri povedal Mordohajeve besede.
10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a message to Mordecai:
Estera je Hatáhu ponovno spregovorila in mu dala zapoved za Mordohaja:
11 “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”
»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.«
12 They told Esther’s words to Mordecai.
Esterine besede so povedali Mordohaju.
13 Then Mordecai asked them to return this answer to Esther: “Don’t think to yourself that you will escape in the king’s house any more than all the Jews.
Potem je Mordohaj zapovedal odgovoriti Esteri: »Ne misli si, da boš ti v kraljevi hiši ušla bolj kakor vsi Judje.
14 For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
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?«
15 Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai,
Potem jim je Estera zaukazala vrniti Mordohaju ta odgovor:
16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
»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.«
17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Tako je Mordohaj odšel svojo pot in storil glede na vse to, kar mu je Estera zapovedala.
