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Ester 4
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Ester 4
nuBibeln (Swedish Contemporary Bible)
Mordokaj ber Ester om hjälp
4 När Mordokaj fick höra vad som hade hänt, rev han sönder sina kläder, klädde sig i säck och aska och gick ut i staden och klagade högt och bittert. 2 Han gick till kungens port och stannade utanför den, för dit in fick ingen gå i sorgkläder. 3 Överallt i varje provins dit kungens befallning och förordning kommit rådde stor sorg bland judarna. De fastade och grät och klagade, och många låg i säck och aska.
4 När Esters tjänsteflickor och hovmän kom och berättade detta för henne, blev hon bestört och skickade kläder till Mordokaj att använda i stället för säcktyget, men han vägrade att ta emot dem. 5 Då kallade Ester på Hatak, en av kungens hovmän som hon fått i sin tjänst, och bad honom gå ut till Mordokaj och ta reda på varför han uppträdde som han gjorde. 6 Hatak gick ut till Mordokaj på stadens torg utanför kungens port, 7 och denne berättade för honom om allt som hade hänt honom och om det belopp som Haman hade lovat betala till kungens skattkammare för att få judarna utrotade. 8 Mordokaj gav även Hatak en kopia av förordningen som utfärdats i Susa om deras utrotning och bad honom visa den för Ester och förklara vad som hänt och be henne att gå till kungen och vädja för sitt folk.
9 Hatak gick tillbaka till henne och berättade vad Mordokaj sagt. 10 Ester sa då till Hatak att på nytt gå ut till Mordokaj och säga:
11 ”Alla kungens tjänare och allt folket i kungens provinser vet att för den man eller kvinna som går in till kungen på den inre borggården utan att vara ditkallad, gäller bara en enda lag, nämligen döden, om inte kungen räcker ut sin guldspira som tecken på att han får leva. Jag har inte varit kallad till kungen på trettio dagar.”
12 När man berättade för Mordokaj vad Ester hade sagt 13 skickade Mordokaj tillbaka ett svar till henne: ”Tro inte att du ensam av alla judar ska komma undan därför att du är i kungens palats. 14 Om du nu tiger, kommer befrielse och räddning från något annat håll till judarna, men du och dina släktingar kommer att gå under. Och vem vet om du inte har blivit drottning just för en tid som denna?”
15 Ester sände sitt svar till Mordokaj: 16 ”Gå och kalla samman alla judar i Susa och fasta för min skull. Ät och drick inte under tre dagar och tre nätter. Jag och mina tjänsteflickor ska också fasta, och sedan ska jag gå in till kungen fast det är mot lagen, och om jag då går förlorad så får det bli så.”
17 Mordokaj gick och gjorde precis som Ester hade sagt till honom.
Esther 4
World English Bible
Esther 4
World English Bible
4 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. 2 He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth. 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.
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. 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. 6 So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square which was before the king’s gate. 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. 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.
9 Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. 10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a message to Mordecai: 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.”
12 They told Esther’s words to Mordecai. 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. 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?”
15 Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai, 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.” 17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
Esther 4
New International Version
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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