1 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 woman, 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.
1 Mordekai sho a koneke shoka sha ningwa po, okwa tuula oonguwo dhe moluhodhi. Okwa zala ehahi, i igundu omutoko momutse e te endagula noshilando ta kugu mokule a lulilwa, 2 sigo ta thiki peelo lyuuwa. Ina ya mo muuwa, oshoka ihamu yio muntu a zala ehahi. 3 Kiitopolwa ayihe, nkoka eutho lyomukwaniilwa lya tseyithwa, okwa li elilagano enene mokati kAajuda. Oyi idhilike iikulya, ya lili nokukuga; oyendji oya zala omahahi e taa lala momutoko.
4 Aadhike yaEster naathonwantu oye mu hokololele shoka tashi ningwa kuMordekai. Ester okwa si oluhodhi olunene. Okwa tumine Mordekai oonguwo, e dhi zale peha lyehahi, ihe ine dhi taamba. 5 Nena Ester okwi ithana Hatak, gumwe gwomaathonwantu yomuuwa, ngoka a tulwa po komukwaniilwa a kale omupiya gwe, e te mu lombwele, a ye kuMordekai a uve shoka sha ningwa po nomolwashike. 6 Hatak okwa yi kuMordekai mehalandjandja lyoshilando peelo lyuuwa. 7 Mordekai okwe mu hokololele ashihe shoka she mu ningilwa. Okwe mu tseyithile wo ondjundo yoshisiliveli Haman e yi uvaneka, yi tulwe moompungulilo dhuuwa, ngele Aajuda ayehe oya dhipagwa po. 8 Okwa pe Hatak ombapila yenyolululo lyeutho ndyoka lya gandjwa muSusa lyokudhipaga Aajuda, opo e yi fale kuEster noku mu tseyithila oshinima ashihe. Ester ne ki ikumbe omukwaniilwa noku mu indila, opo a sile ohenda oshigwana she Oshijuda. 9 Hatak okwe shi ningi, 10 naEster okwe mu pe elaka, e li fale kuMordekai, tali ti: 11 “Shaa ngoka, omulumentu nenge omukiintu, ta yi kehale lyomeni a mone omukwaniilwa ye ini ithanwa, oku na okusa. Ndjika ompango; omalenga gomukwaniilwa agehe naantu ayehe miitopolwa yoshilongo she oye yi tseya. Ope na ompito yimwe ayike okukala nomwenyo. Omuntu ngoka omukwaniilwa te mu ganeke nondhimbo ye yuukwaniilwa yoshingoli, ita dhipagwa. Ihe opwa piti omwedhi omukwaniilwa ini ithana ndje, ndi ye kuye.”
12 Mordekai sho u uvu oohapu dhaEster, 13 okwe mu tumine eyamukulo tali ti: “Ino ifundjaleka kutya ou li megameno u vule Aajuda yalwe, sho u li muuwa womukwaniilwa. 14 Ngele to mwenene ompito ndjika, ekwatho otali zile Aajuda palwe e taa ka hupithwa, ihe ngoye nezimo lyaho otamu ka yonuka po. Olye e shi tseya kutya ino ninga omunyekadhi omolwompito ndjika?”
15 Ester okwa tumine Mordekai eyamukulo tali ti: 16 “Inda, u ka gongele Aajuda ayehe muSusa; idhilikeni iikulya ne mu galikanene ndje. Inamu lya ne inamu nwa sha omasiku gatatu, uusiku nomutenya. Nangame osho te ningi pamwe naadhike yandje. Konima yaambika otandi ka ya komukwaniilwa, nando nashi kale sha pingathana nompango. Ngele ote si, nandi se.”
17 Mordekai okwa yi e ta ningi, ngaashi Ester e mu lombwele.
