Ester 4
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Mordokaj beder dronning Ester om hjælp
4 Da Mordokaj hørte om Hamans planer, flængede han i fortvivlelse sit tøj og klædte sig i sæk og aske. Derefter gik han rundt i byen og jamrede højt og hjerteskærende. 2 Da han kom hen på pladsen foran paladsets port, blev han stående dér, for det var forbudt at gå ind i paladset med sørgetøj på. 3 Ud over hele riget reagerede jøderne på samme måde: De græd og jamrede og fastede på grund af den kongelige befaling, og mange af dem klædte sig i sæk og aske.
4 Da Esters hofdamer og tjenere fortalte hende, at Mordokaj stod uden for porten klædt i sæk og aske, blev hun fortvivlet og skyndte sig at sende noget tøj ud til ham, så han kunne komme ind i paladset. Men han nægtede at tage det på. 5 Så gav Ester sin tjener Hatak besked på at gå ud til Mordokaj og finde ud af, hvad der var i vejen. 6 Hatak gik straks ud på den åbne plads foran paladsets port, 7 og Mordokaj fortalte ham om kongens befaling og om de 10.000 sække sølv, som Haman havde garanteret til rigets skatkammer, hvis han fik lov til at udrydde jøderne. 8 Mordokaj gav ham også en kopi af kongens skrivelse med dødsdommen over jøderne og bad ham vise den til Ester, så hun kunne gå i forbøn for sit folk hos kongen. 9 Hatak gik straks tilbage til Ester og fortalte hende det hele, 10 hvorefter hun sendte ham ud til Mordokaj med følgende besked:
11 „Hvordan skulle jeg kunne gå i forbøn hos kongen? Alle og enhver ved, at hvis nogen vover sig ind på kongens private område uden at være tilkaldt, er de dødsens, medmindre kongen rækker sit guldscepter frem og benåder dem. Og det er nu over en måned siden, at jeg sidst blev kaldt ind til kongen!”
12-13 Efter at Mordokaj havde fået den besked, bad han Hatak overbringe Ester følgende svar: „Du skal ikke tro, at du undslipper, bare fordi du er i kongens hus! Du kommer til at dele skæbne med dine landsmænd. 14 Hvis du ikke taler med kongen, vil der komme hjælp og redning til jøderne fra anden side, men du og dine nærmeste skal dø! Hvem ved, om du ikke netop blev dronning for at kunne gøre noget i denne alvorlige situation!”
15 Ester sendte da følgende svar tilbage til Mordokaj: 16 „Kald alle jøder i Susa sammen, så de kan bede og holde total faste for mig i tre dage, dag og nat.[a] Imens vil jeg og mine hofdamer gøre det samme. Derefter vil jeg gå ind til kongen, selvom det er forbudt. Jeg er parat til at dø, hvis det skal være!”
17 Så gik Mordokaj sin vej og gjorde, som Ester havde sagt.
Footnotes
- 4,16 Det svarer til ca. to døgn efter dansk målestok.
Ester 4
Nueva Versión Internacional
Acuerdo entre Mardoqueo y Ester
4 Cuando Mardoqueo se enteró de todo lo que se había hecho, se rasgó las vestiduras, se vistió de luto, se cubrió de ceniza y salió por la ciudad dando gritos de amargura. 2 Pero, como a nadie se le permitía entrar a palacio vestido de luto, solo pudo llegar hasta la puerta del rey. 3 En cada provincia adonde llegaban el edicto y la orden del rey, había gran duelo entre los judíos, con ayuno, llanto y lamentos. Muchos de ellos, vestidos de luto, se tendían sobre la ceniza.
4 Cuando las criadas y los eunucos de la reina Ester llegaron y le contaron lo que pasaba, ella se angustió mucho y envió ropa a Mardoqueo para que se la pusiera en lugar de la ropa de luto; pero él no la aceptó. 5 Entonces Ester mandó llamar a Hatac, uno de los eunucos del rey puesto al servicio de ella, y le ordenó que averiguara qué preocupaba a Mardoqueo y por qué actuaba de esa manera.
6 Así que Hatac salió a ver a Mardoqueo, que estaba en la plaza de la ciudad, frente a la puerta del rey. 7 Mardoqueo contó todo lo que le había sucedido, mencionando incluso la cantidad exacta de dinero que Amán había prometido pagar al tesoro real por la aniquilación de los judíos. 8 También le dio una copia del texto del edicto promulgado en Susa que ordenaba el exterminio, para que se lo mostrara a Ester, se lo explicara y le ordenara que se presentara ante el rey para implorar clemencia e interceder en favor de su pueblo.
9 Hatac regresó e informó a Ester lo que Mardoqueo había dicho. 10 Entonces ella ordenó a Hatac que dijera a Mardoqueo: 11 «Todos los servidores del rey y el pueblo de las provincias del reino saben que para cualquier hombre o mujer que, sin ser invitado por el rey, se acerque a él en el patio interior, hay una sola ley: la pena de muerte. La única excepción es que el rey, extendiendo su cetro de oro, le perdone la vida. En cuanto a mí, hace ya treinta días que el rey no me ha pedido presentarme ante él».
12 Cuando Mardoqueo se enteró de lo que había dicho Ester, 13 mandó a decirle: «No te imagines que por estar en la casa del rey serás la única que escape con vida de entre todos los judíos. 14 Si ahora te quedas absolutamente callada, de otra parte vendrán el alivio y la liberación para los judíos, pero tú y la familia de tu padre perecerán. ¡Quién sabe si precisamente has llegado al trono para un momento como este!».
15 Ester envió a Mardoqueo esta respuesta: 16 «Ve y reúne a todos los judíos que están en Susa, para que ayunen por mí. Durante tres días no coman ni beban ni de día ni de noche. Yo, por mi parte, ayunaré con mis doncellas al igual que ustedes. Cuando cumpla con esto, me presentaré ante el rey, por más que vaya en contra de la ley. ¡Y, si perezco, que perezca!».
17 Entonces Mardoqueo fue y cumplió con todas las instrucciones de Ester.
Esther 4
New American Standard Bible
Esther Learns of Haman’s Plot
4 When Mordecai learned of (A)everything that had been done, [a]he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly. 2 And he came as far as the king’s gate, for no one was to enter the king’s gate clothed in sackcloth. 3 In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with (B)fasting, weeping, and mourning rites; and many had sackcloth and ashes spread out as a bed.
4 Then Esther’s attendants and her eunuchs came and informed her, and the queen was seized by great fear. And she sent garments to clothe Mordecai so that he would remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them. 5 Then Esther summoned Hathach from the king’s eunuchs, whom [b]the king had appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this mourning was and why it was happening. 6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square, in front of the king’s gate. 7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, and (C)the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the elimination of the Jews. 8 He also gave him (D)a copy of the text of the edict which had been issued in Susa for their annihilation, so that he might show Esther and inform her, and to order her to go in to the king to implore his favor and plead with him for her people.
9 So Hathach came back and reported Mordecai’s words to Esther. 10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai: 11 “All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that for any man or woman who (E)comes to the king in the inner courtyard, who is not summoned, (F)he has only one law, that he be put to death, unless the king holds out (G)to him the golden scepter so that he may live. And I have not been summoned to come to the king for these thirty days.” 12 And they reported Esther’s words to Mordecai.
13 Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, “Do not imagine that you in the king’s palace can escape any more than all the other Jews. 14 For if you keep silent at this time, liberation and (H)rescue will arise for the Jews from another place, and you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?”
Esther Plans to Intercede
15 Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai, 16 “Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; (I)do not eat or drink for (J)three days, night or day. I and my attendants also will fast in the same way. And then I will go in to the king, which is not in accordance with the law; and if I perish, I perish.” 17 So Mordecai went away and did just as Esther had commanded him.
Footnotes
- Esther 4:1 Lit Mordecai
- Esther 4:5 Lit he
Esther 4
New International Version
Mordecai Persuades Esther to Help
4 When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes,(A) put on sackcloth and ashes,(B) and went out into the city, wailing(C) loudly and bitterly. 2 But he went only as far as the king’s gate,(D) because no one clothed in sackcloth was allowed to enter it. 3 In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
4 When Esther’s eunuchs and female attendants came and told her about Mordecai, she was in great distress. She sent clothes for him to put on instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them. 5 Then Esther summoned Hathak, one of the king’s eunuchs assigned to attend her, and ordered him to find out what was troubling Mordecai and why.
6 So Hathak went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king’s gate. 7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews.(E) 8 He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict for their annihilation, which had been published in Susa, to show to Esther and explain it to her, and he told him to instruct her to go into the king’s presence to beg for mercy and plead with him for her people.
9 Hathak went back and reported to Esther what Mordecai had said. 10 Then she instructed him to say to Mordecai, 11 “All the king’s officials and the people of the royal provinces know that for any man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned(F) the king has but one law:(G) that they be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter(H) to them and spares their lives. But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the king.”
12 When Esther’s words were reported to Mordecai, 13 he sent back this answer: “Do not think that because you are in the king’s house you alone of all the Jews will escape. 14 For if you remain silent(I) at this time, relief(J) and deliverance(K) for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?”(L)
15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast(M) for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my attendants will fast as you do. When this is done, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish.”(N)
17 So Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther’s instructions.
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