Ester 4 - Bíblia Online

Tendo Mordecai sabido tudo o que havia passado, rasgou os seus vestidos, vestiu-se de saco e de cinza, saiu para o meio da cidade, e clamou com grande e amargo clamor. 
Chegou até diante da porta do rei, pois ninguém, vestido de saco, podia entrar pela porta do rei; 
em todas as províncias aonde chegava a ordem do rei, e o seu decreto, havia grande pranto entre os judeus, e jejum, e choro e lamento; e a maior parte deles se deitava em saco e em cinza. 
As criadas de Ester e os seus eunucos vieram e deram-lhe notícias disso. A rainha ficou em extremo entristecida, e enviou roupa para que, tirando-lhe o saco, vestissem a Mordecai; ele porém não a recebeu. 
Ester mandou chamar a Hatá, um dos eunucos do rei, a quem este tinha apontado para a servir, e ordenou-lhe que fosse ter com Mordecai, a fim de saber que era aquilo e porque era. 
Então Hatá saiu a ter com Mordecai à praça da cidade, que estava diante da porta do rei. 
Mordecai informou-o de tudo o que lhe havia sucedido, e a soma exata de dinheiro que Hamã tinha prometido pagar pelos judeus às tesourarias do rei, a fim de que os lançasse a perder. 
Deu-lhe também a cópia do despacho da lei que foi publicada em Susã para os destruir, a fim de que ele a mostrasse a Ester, e lha explicasse; e que lhe advertisse que fosse ter com o rei para lhe pedir misericórdia e fazer súplicas diante dele a favor do seu povo. 
Tendo voltado Hatá, referiu a Ester as palavras de Mordecai. 
Então Ester respondeu a Hatá, e mandou-o dizer a Mordecai: 
Todos os servos do rei e o povo das províncias do rei sabem que para todo o homem ou mulher que entrar no átrio interior a ter com o rei sem ser chamado, para esse um só castigo está prescrito, o ser morto, salvo se o rei estender para ele o seu cetro de ouro, para que viva. Mas já há trinta dias que não tenho sido chamada para entrar ao rei. 
Referiram a Mordecai as palavras de Ester. 
Então Mordecai mandou-os responder a Ester: Não imagines que, estando na casa do rei, escaparás só tu entre todos os judeus. 
Pois se de todo te calares agora, de outra parte se levantará socorro e livramento para os judeus, mas tu e a casa de teu pai perecereis; quem sabe se não foste elevada a rainha para tal tempo como este? 
De novo Ester mandou-os responder a Mordecai: 
Vai ajuntar todos os judeus que se acham em Susã, e jejuai por mim; não comais nem bebais por três dias nem de noite nem de dia. Da mesma maneira também eu e minhas criadas jejuaremos. Depois irei ter com o rei, ainda que isso não é segundo a lei: se perecer, pereci. 
Foi-se Mordecai, e fez conforme tudo o que Ester lhe havia ordenado. 

Now when Mordecai saw what was done, pulling off his robe, he put on haircloth, with dust on his head, and went out into the middle of the town, crying out with a loud and bitter cry. 
And he came even before the king's doorway; for no one might come inside the king's door clothed in haircloth. 
And in every part of the kingdom, wherever the king's word and his order came, there was great sorrow among the Jews, and weeping and crying and going without food; and numbers of them were stretched on the earth covered with dust and haircloth. 
And Esther's women and her servants came and gave her word of it. Then great was the grief of the queen: and she sent robes for Mordecai, so that his clothing of haircloth might be taken off; but he would not have them. 
Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's unsexed servants whom he had given her for waiting on her, and she gave him orders to go to Mordecai and see what this was and why it was. 
So Hathach went out and saw Mordecai in the open square of the town before the king's doorway. 
And Mordecai gave him an account of what had taken place, and of the amount of money which Haman had said he would put into the king's store for the destruction of the Jews. 
And he gave him the copy of the order which had been given out in Shushan for their destruction, ordering him to let Esther see it, and to make it clear to her; and to say to her that she was to go in to the king, requesting his mercy, and making prayer for her people. 
And Hathach came back and gave Esther an account of what Mordecai had said. 
Then Esther sent Hathach to say to Mordecai: 
It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days. 
And they said these words to Mordecai. 
Then Mordecai sent this answer back to Esther: Do not have the idea that you in the king's house will be safe from the fate of all the Jews. 
If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this? 
Then Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer: 
Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come. 
So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had said. 

Ester 5

Tendo Mordecai sabido tudo o que havia passado, rasgou os seus vestidos, vestiu-se de saco e de cinza, saiu para o meio da cidade, e clamou com grande e amargo clamor. 
Chegou até diante da porta do rei, pois ninguém, vestido de saco, podia entrar pela porta do rei; 
em todas as províncias aonde chegava a ordem do rei, e o seu decreto, havia grande pranto entre os judeus, e jejum, e choro e lamento; e a maior parte deles se deitava em saco e em cinza. 
As criadas de Ester e os seus eunucos vieram e deram-lhe notícias disso. A rainha ficou em extremo entristecida, e enviou roupa para que, tirando-lhe o saco, vestissem a Mordecai; ele porém não a recebeu. 
Ester mandou chamar a Hatá, um dos eunucos do rei, a quem este tinha apontado para a servir, e ordenou-lhe que fosse ter com Mordecai, a fim de saber que era aquilo e porque era. 
Então Hatá saiu a ter com Mordecai à praça da cidade, que estava diante da porta do rei. 
Mordecai informou-o de tudo o que lhe havia sucedido, e a soma exata de dinheiro que Hamã tinha prometido pagar pelos judeus às tesourarias do rei, a fim de que os lançasse a perder. 
Deu-lhe também a cópia do despacho da lei que foi publicada em Susã para os destruir, a fim de que ele a mostrasse a Ester, e lha explicasse; e que lhe advertisse que fosse ter com o rei para lhe pedir misericórdia e fazer súplicas diante dele a favor do seu povo. 
Tendo voltado Hatá, referiu a Ester as palavras de Mordecai. 
Então Ester respondeu a Hatá, e mandou-o dizer a Mordecai: 
Todos os servos do rei e o povo das províncias do rei sabem que para todo o homem ou mulher que entrar no átrio interior a ter com o rei sem ser chamado, para esse um só castigo está prescrito, o ser morto, salvo se o rei estender para ele o seu cetro de ouro, para que viva. Mas já há trinta dias que não tenho sido chamada para entrar ao rei. 
Referiram a Mordecai as palavras de Ester. 
Então Mordecai mandou-os responder a Ester: Não imagines que, estando na casa do rei, escaparás só tu entre todos os judeus. 
Pois se de todo te calares agora, de outra parte se levantará socorro e livramento para os judeus, mas tu e a casa de teu pai perecereis; quem sabe se não foste elevada a rainha para tal tempo como este? 
De novo Ester mandou-os responder a Mordecai: 
Vai ajuntar todos os judeus que se acham em Susã, e jejuai por mim; não comais nem bebais por três dias nem de noite nem de dia. Da mesma maneira também eu e minhas criadas jejuaremos. Depois irei ter com o rei, ainda que isso não é segundo a lei: se perecer, pereci. 
Foi-se Mordecai, e fez conforme tudo o que Ester lhe havia ordenado. 

Now when Mordecai saw what was done, pulling off his robe, he put on haircloth, with dust on his head, and went out into the middle of the town, crying out with a loud and bitter cry. 
And he came even before the king's doorway; for no one might come inside the king's door clothed in haircloth. 
And in every part of the kingdom, wherever the king's word and his order came, there was great sorrow among the Jews, and weeping and crying and going without food; and numbers of them were stretched on the earth covered with dust and haircloth. 
And Esther's women and her servants came and gave her word of it. Then great was the grief of the queen: and she sent robes for Mordecai, so that his clothing of haircloth might be taken off; but he would not have them. 
Then Esther sent for Hathach, one of the king's unsexed servants whom he had given her for waiting on her, and she gave him orders to go to Mordecai and see what this was and why it was. 
So Hathach went out and saw Mordecai in the open square of the town before the king's doorway. 
And Mordecai gave him an account of what had taken place, and of the amount of money which Haman had said he would put into the king's store for the destruction of the Jews. 
And he gave him the copy of the order which had been given out in Shushan for their destruction, ordering him to let Esther see it, and to make it clear to her; and to say to her that she was to go in to the king, requesting his mercy, and making prayer for her people. 
And Hathach came back and gave Esther an account of what Mordecai had said. 
Then Esther sent Hathach to say to Mordecai: 
It is common knowledge among all the king's servants and the people of every part of the kingdom, that if anyone, man or woman, comes to the king in his inner room without being sent for, there is only one law for him, that he is to be put to death; only those to whom the king's rod of gold is stretched out may keep their lives: but I have not been sent for to come before the king these thirty days. 
And they said these words to Mordecai. 
Then Mordecai sent this answer back to Esther: Do not have the idea that you in the king's house will be safe from the fate of all the Jews. 
If at this time you say nothing, then help and salvation will come to the Jews from some other place, but you and your father's family will come to destruction: and who is to say that you have not come to the kingdom even for such a time as this? 
Then Esther sent them back to Mordecai with this answer: 
Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come. 
So Mordecai went away and did everything as Esther had said. 

Ester 5