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Esther 4
Christian Standard Bible
Esther 4
Christian Standard Bible
Mordecai Appeals to Esther
4 When Mordecai learned all that had occurred,(A) he tore his clothes,(B) put on sackcloth and ashes,(C) went into the middle of the city, and cried loudly and bitterly.(D) 2 He went only as far as the King’s Gate,(E) since the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering the King’s Gate. 3 There was great mourning among the Jewish people in every province where the king’s command and edict(F) reached. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.(G)
4 Esther’s female servants and her eunuchs came and reported the news to her, and the queen was overcome with fear.(H) She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear so that he would take off his sackcloth, but he did not accept them. 5 Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs who attended her, and dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what he was doing and why.[a] 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 as well as the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay the royal treasury for the slaughter of the Jews.(I)
8 Mordecai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa ordering their destruction, so that Hathach might show it to Esther, explain it to her, and command her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead with him personally for her people.(J) 9 Hathach came and repeated Mordecai’s response to Esther.
10 Esther spoke to Hathach and commanded him to tell Mordecai, 11 “All the royal officials and the people of the royal provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner courtyard(K) and who has not been summoned—the death penalty(L)—unless the king extends the gold scepter, allowing that person to live.(M) I have not been summoned to appear before the king(N) for the last[b] thirty days.” 12 Esther’s response was reported to Mordecai.
13 Mordecai told the messenger to reply to Esther, “Don’t think that you will escape the fate of all the Jews because you are in the king’s palace. 14 If you keep silent at this time, relief and deliverance will come to the Jewish people from another place,(O) but you and your father’s family will be destroyed. Who knows, perhaps you have come to your royal position for such a time as this.”(P)
15 Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: 16 “Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa and fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days,(Q) night or day. I and my female servants will also fast(R) in the same way. After that, I will go to the king even if it is against the law.(S) If I perish, I perish.”(T) 17 So Mordecai went and did everything Esther had commanded him.
Esther 4
King James Version
Esther 4
King James Version
4 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and a bitter cry;
2 And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.
3 And in every province, whithersoever 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 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him: but he received it not.
5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.
6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king's gate.
7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.
8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication unto him, and to make request before him for her people.
9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or women, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words.
13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
14 For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
에스더 4
Korean Living Bible
에스더 4
Korean Living Bible
모르드개가 에스더의 도움을 구함
4 모르드개는 이 모든 일을 알고 자기 옷을 찢고 삼베 옷을 입은 다음 티끌을 머리에 뒤집어쓰고 대성 통곡하며 성 가운데를 지나
2 궁전 문 앞까지 가서 멈춰 섰는데 이것은 삼베 옷을 입은 사람이 궁전으로 들어갈 수가 없었기 때문이었다.
3 전국 각 도에 황제의 조서가 공포되자 유다 사람들이 크게 통곡하고 금식하며 울부짖었고 수많은 사람들이 삼베 옷을 입은 채 재에 뒹굴었다.
4 에스더의 시녀들과 내시들이 모르드개에 관한 일을 에스더에게 말하자 그녀는 크게 근심하며 모르드개에게 갈아 입을 옷을 보냈으나 그는 그것을 거절하였다.
5 그래서 에스더는 자기를 보살피는 황제의 내시 하닥을 불러 모르드개가 무슨 일로 그처럼 슬퍼하는지 가서 알아 오라고 지시하였다.
6 하닥이 궁전 문 앞 광장에 있는 모르드개에게 갔을 때
7 모르드개는 자기에게 일어난 일과 하만이 유다 사람들을 몰살시키기 위해 국고에 들여놓겠다고 약속한 돈의 정확한 액수까지 말해 주었다.
8 그리고 유다 사람을 몰살하라고 수산성에 내린 조서 사본을 하닥에게 주며 이 모든 상황을 에스더에게 설명하고 에스더가 황제에게 가서 자기 민족을 구해 달라는 간청을 하게 해 달라고 부탁하였다.
9 하닥이 돌아와서 모르드개가 한 말을 에스더에게 보고하자
10 에스더는 하닥에게 다시 가서 모르드개에게 이렇게 말하라고 일러 주었다.
11 “황제의 신하들과 백성들이 다 아는 일이지만 남자든 여자든 부르지도 않았는데 안뜰에 들어가서 황제에게 나아가면 누구든지 죽음을 당하도록 되어 있습니다. 단 한 가지 예외는 황제가 금홀을 내밀었을 때 그 사람이 사는 경우입니다만 황제가 나를 부르지 않은 지가 30일이나 되었습니다.”
12 그가 모르드개에게 에스더의 말을 전하자
13 모르드개는 에스더에게 이런 회답을 보냈다. “네가 황궁에 있다고 해서 모든 유다 사람들 가운데 너 혼자만 살아 남을 줄로 생각하지 말아라.
14 이런 때에 네가 말없이 가만히 있으면 우리 유다 사람들은 다른 방법으로 구원을 받을 것이지만 너와 네 집안은 패망하게 될 것이다. 네가 황후가 된 것이 이런 때를 위한 것인지 누가 아느냐?”
15 그러자 에스더는 모르드개에게 다시 이런 회답을 보냈다.
16 “수산성에 있는 모든 유다 사람들을 모아 아무것도 먹지 말고 마시지도 말며 나를 위해 밤낮 3일 동안 금식하며 기도해 주십시오. 나도 내 시녀들과 함께 금식하겠습니다. 금식 기간이 끝나면 내가 법을 어기는 한이 있더라도 황제에게 나아가겠습니다. 내가 만일 그 일로 죽어야 한다면 기꺼이 죽겠습니다.”
17 그래서 모르드개는 가서 에스더가 말한 것을 다 수행하였다.
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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