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Esther 4:9-17

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9 Hathach came back and told Esther everything Mordecai had said.

9 Hathak went back and reported to Esther what Mordecai had said.

10 Esther talked it over with Hathach and then sent him back to Mordecai with this message:

10 Then she instructed him to say to Mordecai,

11 "Everyone who works for the king here, and even the people out in the provinces, knows that there is a single fate for every man or woman who approaches the king without being invited: death. The one exception is if the king extends his gold scepter; then he or she may live. And it's been thirty days now since I've been invited to come to the king."

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 the king has but one law: that they be put to death unless the king extends the gold scepter to them and spares their lives. But thirty days have passed since I was called to go to the king.”

12 When Hathach told Mordecai what Esther had said,

12 When Esther’s words were reported to Mordecai,

13 Mordecai sent her this message: "Don't think that just because you live in the king's house you're the one Jew who will get out of this alive.

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 If you persist in staying silent at a time like this, help and deliverance will arrive for the Jews from someplace else; but you and your family will be wiped out. Who knows? Maybe you were made queen for just such a time as this."

14 For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance 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?”

15 Esther sent back her answer to Mordecai:

15 Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:

16 "Go and get all the Jews living in Susa together. Fast for me. Don't eat or drink for three days, either day or night. I and my maids will fast with you. If you will do this, I'll go to the king, even though it's forbidden. If I die, I die."

16 “Go, gather together all the Jews who are in Susa, and fast 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.”

17 Mordecai left and carried out Esther's instructions.

17 So Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther’s instructions.