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;
[;r.qiY;w h'f][;n r,v]a -l'K -t,a [;d'y y;k\D.r'm.W ? aeceY;w r,pea'w q;f v;B.liY;w wy'd'g.B -t,a y;k\D.r'm ? h'r'm.W h'l{d.g h'q'[.z q;[.ziY;w ryi['h .$w{t.B
2
And
came even
before the
king's gate: for none might
enter into the
king's gate clothed with
sackcloth.
!yea yiK .$,l,M;h -r;[;v yen.pil d;[ aw{b'Y;w ? q'f v.Wb.liB .$,l,M;h r;[;v -l,a aw{b'l
3
And in every
province, whithersoever the
king's commandment and his
decree came, there was
great mourning among the
Jews, and
fasting, and
weeping, and
wailing; and
many lay in
sackcloth and
ashes.
.$,l,M;h -r;b.D r,v]a ~w{q.m h'nyid.m.W h'nyid.m -l'k.b.W ? ~w{c.w ~yid.Wh.Y;l lw{d'G l,bea ;[yiG;m w{t'd.w ? ~yiB;r'l [;CUy r,pea'w q;f deP.sim.W yik.b.W
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.
.WdyiG;Y;w 'hy,syir's.w reT.s,a tw{r][;n h'ny,aw{b.T;w ? ~yid'g.B x;l.viT;w d{a.m h'K.l;M;h l;x.l;x.tiT;w H'l ? wy'l'[em w{Q;f ryis'h.l.W y;k\D.r'm -t,a vyiB.l;h.l ? leBiq a{l.w
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.
r,v]a .$,l,M;h yesyir'Sim .$'t]h;l reT.s,a a'r.qiT;w ? t;[;d'l y'k\D.r'm -l;[ .Whe.W;c.T;w 'hy,n'p.l dyim/[,h ? h,Z -h;m -l;[.w h,Z -h;m
6
So
Hatach went
forth to
Mordecai unto the
street of the
city, which was
before the
king's gate.
ryi['h bw{x.r -l,a y'k\D.r'm -l,a .$'t]h aeceY;w ? .$,l,M;h -r;[;v yen.pil r,v]a
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.
.Wh'r'q r,v]a -l'K tea y;k\D.r'm w{l -d,G;Y;w ? lw{q.vil !'m'h r;m'a r,v]a @,s,K;h t;v'r'P tea.w ? ~'d.B;a.l ~yiYid.Wh.Y;B .$,l,M;h yez.niG -l;[
8
Also he
gave him the
copy of the
writing of the
decree that was
given at
Shushan to
destroy them, to
shew it unto
Esther, and to
declare it unto her, and to
charge her that she should go
in unto the
king, to make
supplication unto him, and to make
request before him for her
people.
!'v.Wv.B !;Tin -r,v]a t'D;h -b't.K !,g,v.t;P -t,a.w ? reT.s,a -t,a tw{a.r;h.l w{l !;t'n ~'dyim.v;h.l ? .$,l,M;h -l,a aw{b'l 'hy,l'[ tw{.W;c.l.W H'l dyiG;h.l.W ? H'M;[ -l;[ wy'n'p.Lim veQ;b.l.W w{l -n,N;x.tih.l