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Esther 4
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Esther 4
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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.
Ester 4
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Mardoqueu persuade a Ester a intervir
4 Quando Mardoqueu soube do que tinha sido feito, rasgou os vestidos, cobriu-se com pano de saco e cinzas, e chorou amargamente em alta voz. 2 Foi pôr-se diante do portão do palácio, pois não se deixava entrar ninguém vestido daquela maneira. 3 Em todas as províncias, o clamor de angústia era enorme entre os judeus, que jejuavam e choravam desesperados, devido ao decreto do imperador; muitos puseram também roupas de pano de saco e cinzas sobre si.
4 Quando as criadas de Ester e os eunucos vieram contar-lhe como Mardoqueu se encontrava, ela ficou profundamente entristecida e enviou-lhe roupas, para que se vestisse, mas ele recusou. 5 Então Ester mandou chamar Hataque, um dos eunucos do rei que estava ao seu serviço, e disse-lhe que fosse ter com Mardoqueu para saber o que é que o perturbava, e por que razão estava a agir assim.
6 Hataque dirigiu-se à praça em frente ao palácio e encontrou Mardoqueu junto do portão. 7 Ouviu da boca dele toda a história, inclusivamente sobre o dinheiro que Hamã estava de acordo em pagar aos cofres reais para a destruição dos judeus. 8 Mardoqueu deu também a Hataque um exemplar do decreto real que mandava executar todos os judeus, dizendo-lhe que o mostrasse a Ester, pondo-a ao corrente do que estava a acontecer, e avisando-a que deveria interceder junto do rei em favor do seu povo.
9 Hataque voltou para junto de Ester com o recado de Mardoqueu. 10 A rainha enviou-o outra vez a Mardoqueu para lhe dizer o seguinte: 11 “Toda a gente sabe que qualquer homem ou mulher que tente entrar nos aposentos do rei, sem ser convocado, está condenado a morrer, a menos que o rei estenda o seu cetro de ouro. Acontece que o rei não me manda chamar, já faz mais de um mês.” 12 Hataque transmitiu a Mardoqueu o que Ester lhe mandara dizer.
13 Foi esta a resposta de Mardoqueu para Ester: “Pensas tu que por estares no palácio escaparás, quando todos os outros judeus forem mortos? 14 Se te mantiveres calada numa situação destas, os judeus serão salvos de outra maneira, mas tu e os teus parentes morrerão. E quem sabe se não foi para um tempo como este que foste colocada nesta posição?”
15 Ester mandou responder a Mardoqueu: 16 “Manda reunir todos os judeus de Susã para um jejum; não comam nem bebam durante três dias, nem de noite nem de dia; eu e as minhas criadas faremos o mesmo. Ainda que seja estritamente proibido, irei ver o rei; e se tiver de morrer, que morra!” 17 Mardoqueu fez como Ester lhe indicara.
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