1
When Mordecai learned all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the midst of the city and wailed loudly and bitterly.
[;r.qiY;wt07167 h'f][;nt06213 r,v]a -l'K -t,a [;d'y y;k\D.r'm.Wt04782 ? aeceY;w r,pea'wt0665 q;ft08242 v;B.liY;wt03847 wy'd'g.Bt0899 -t,a y;k\D.r'mt04782 ? h'r'm.Wt04751 h'l{d.g h'q'[.zt02199 q;[.ziY;w ryi['ht05892 .$w{t.Bt08432
2
He went as far as the king's gate, for no one was to enter the king's gate clothed in sackcloth.
!yea yiK .$,l,M;ht04428 -r;[;vt08179 yen.pilt06440 d;[ aw{b'Y;wt0935 ? q'ft08242 v.Wb.liBt03830 .$,l,M;ht04428 r;[;vt08179 -l,a aw{b'lt0935
3
In each and every province where * the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing; and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.
.$,l,M;ht04428 -r;b.Dt01697 r,v]a ~w{q.mt04725 h'nyid.m.Wt04082 h'nyid.m -l'k.b.W ? ~w{c.w ~yid.Wh.Y;lt03064 lw{d'G l,beat060 ;[yiG;m w{t'd.wt01881 ? ~yiB;r'lt07227 [;CUyt03331 r,pea'wt0665 q;ft08242 deP.sim.Wt04553 yik.b.Wt01065
4
Then Esther's maidens and her eunuchs came and told her, and the queen writhed in great anguish. And she sent garments to clothe Mordecai that he might remove his sackcloth from him, but he did not accept them.
.WdyiG;Y;w 'hy,syir's.wt05631 reT.s,at0635 tw{r][;nt05291 h'ny,aw{b.T;wt0935 ? ~yid'g.Bt0899 x;l.viT;wt07971 d{a.mt03966 h'K.l;M;ht04436 l;x.l;x.tiT;w H'l ? wy'l'[em w{Q;f ryis'h.l.W y;k\D.r'mt04782 -t,a vyiB.l;h.l ? leBiqt06901 a{l.w
5
Then Esther summoned Hathach from the king's eunuchs, whom the king had appointed to attend her, and ordered him to go to Mordecai to learn what this was and why it was.
r,v]a .$,l,M;ht04428 yesyir'Simt05631 .$'t]h;lt02047 reT.s,at0635 a'r.qiT;wt07121 ? t;[;d'l y'k\D.r'mt04782 -l;[ .Whe.W;c.T;w 'hy,n'p.lt06440 dyim/[,h ? h,Z -h;m -l;[.w h,Z -h;m
6
So Hathach went out to Mordecai to the city square in front of the king's gate.
ryi['ht05892 bw{x.r -l,a y'k\D.r'mt04782 -l,a .$'t]ht02047 aeceY;w ? .$,l,M;ht04428 -r;[;vt08179 yen.pilt06440 r,v]a
7
Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, and the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
.Wh'r'qt07136 r,v]a -l'K tea y;k\D.r'mt04782 w{l -d,G;Y;w ? lw{q.vil !'m'h r;m'at0559 r,v]a @,s,K;ht03701 t;v'r'Pt06575 tea.w ? ~'d.B;a.lt06 ~yiYid.Wh.Y;Bt03064 .$,l,M;ht04428 yez.niGt01595 -l;[
8
He also gave him a copy of the text of the edict which had been issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show Esther and inform her, and to order her to go in to the king to implore his favor and to plead with him for her people.
!'v.Wv.Bt06572 !;Tin -r,v]a t'D;ht01881 -b't.Kt03791 !,g,v.t;P -t,a.w ? reT.s,at0635 -t,a tw{a.r;h.l w{l !;t'n ~'dyim.v;h.l ? .$,l,M;ht04428 -l,a aw{b'lt0935 'hy,l'[ tw{.W;c.l.W H'l dyiG;h.l.W ? H'M;[ -l;[ wy'n'p.Limt06440 veQ;b.l.Wt01245 w{l -n,N;x.tih.l
9
Hathach came back and related Mordecai's words to Esther.
y'k\D.r'mt04782 yer.biDt01697 tea reT.s,a.lt0635 deG;Y;w .$'t]ht02047 aw{b'Y;wt0935
10
Then Esther spoke to Hathach and ordered him to reply to Mordecai:
y'k\D.r'mt04782 -l,a .Whe.W;c.T;w .$'t]h;lt02047 reT.s,at0635 r,ma{T;wt0559
11
"All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that for any man or woman who comes to the king to the inner court who is not summoned, he has but one law, that he be put to death, unless * * the king holds out to him the golden scepter so that he may live. And I have not been summoned to come to the king for these thirty days."
.$,l,M;ht04428 tw{nyid.mt04082 -m;[.w .$,l,M;ht04428 yed.b;[t05650 -l'K ? -l,a -aw{b'yt0935 r,v]a h'Via.wt0802 vyiat0376 -l'K r,v]a ~yi[.dw{y ? aer'QIyt07121 -a{l r,v]a tyimyin.P;ht06442 rec'x,ht02691 -l,a .$,l,M;ht04428 ? w{l -jyivw{y r,v]aem d;b.lt0905 tyim'h.l w{t'Dt01881 t;x;a ? a{l yin]a;w h'y'x.wt02421 b'h'Z;ht02091 jyib.r;vt08275 -t,a .$,l,M;ht04428 ? ~yivw{l.v h,z .$,l,M;ht04428 -l,a aw{b'lt0935 yitaer.qint07121 ? ~w{y
12
They related Esther's words to Mordecai.
@ reT.s,at0635 yer.biDt01697 tea y'k\D.r'm.lt04782 .WdyiG;Y;w
13
Then Mordecai told them to reply to Esther, "Do not imagine that you in the king's palace can escape any more than all the Jews.
yiM;d.Tt04782 -l;a reT.s,at0635 -l,a byiv'h.l y;k\D.r'm r,ma{Y;wt0559 ? ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 -l'Kim .$,l,M;ht04428 -tyeBt01004 jel'Mih.lt04422 .$ev.p;n.bt05315
14
"For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place and you and your father's house will perish. And who knows whether you have not attained royalty for such a time as this?"
x;w,rt07305 ta{Z;h te['Bt06256 yivyir]x;T ver]x;ht02790 -mia yiK ? .T;a.w rex;at0312 ~w{q'Mimt04725 ~yid.Wh.Y;lt03064 dw{m][;y h'l'C;h.wt02020 ? te[.lt06256 -mia ;[edw{y yim.W .Wdeba{Tt01 .$yib'a -tyeb.Wt01004 ? t.Wk.l;M;lt04438 .T;[;Gih ta{z'K
15
Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai,
y'k\D.r'mt04782 -l,a byiv'h.l reT.s,at0635 r,ma{T;wt0559
16
"Go, assemble all the Jews who are found in Susa, and fast for me; do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. I and my maidens also will fast in the same way. And thus I will go in to the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish."
~yia.c.miN;ht04672 ~yid.Wh.Y;ht03064 -l'K -t,a sw{n.K .$el ? .WT.viTt08354 -l;a.w .Wl.ka{Tt0398 -l;a.w y;l'[ .Wm.Wc.w !'v.Wv.Bt07800 ? y;t{r][;n.w yin]a -m;G ~w{y'wt03117 h'l.y;lt03915 ~yim'y t,v{l.v ? r,v]a .$,l,M;ht04428 -l,a aw{b'at0935 !ek.b.W !eK ~.Wc'a ? yiT.d'b'at01881 yiT.d;b'at06 r,v]a;k.w t'D;k -a{l
17
So Mordecai went away and did just * as Esther had commanded him.
h't..Wic -r,v]a l{k.K f;[;Y;w y'k\D.r'mt04782 r{b][;Y;wt05674 ? reT.s,at0635 wy'l'[