Esther (Greek) · World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Esther (Greek) 4 World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
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1 But Mordecai, having perceived what was done, tore his garments, put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself. Having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, “A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed!”
1 LUEGO que supo Mardochêo todo lo que se había hecho, rasgó sus vestidos, y vistióse de saco y de ceniza, y fuése por medio de la ciudad clamando con grande y amargo clamor.
2 He came to the king’s gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace wearing sackcloth and ashes.
2 Y vino hasta delante de la puerta del rey: porque no era lícito pasar adentro de la puerta del rey con vestido de saco.
3 And in every province where the letters were published, there was crying, lamentation, and great mourning on the part of the Jews. They wore sackcloth and ashes.
3 Y en cada provincia y lugar donde el mandamiento del rey y su decreto llegaba, tenían los Judíos grande luto, y ayuno, y lloro, y lamentación: saco y ceniza era la cama de muchos.
4 The queen’s maids and chamberlains went in and told her; and when she had heard what was done, she was deeply troubled. She sent clothes to Mordecai to replace his sackcloth, but he refused.
4 Y vinieron las doncellas de Esther y sus eunucos, y dijéronselo: y la reina tuvo gran dolor, y envió vestidos para hacer vestir á Mardochêo, y hacerle quitar el saco de sobre él; mas él no los recibió.
5 So Esther called for her chamberlain Hathach, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mordecai.
5 Entonces Esther llamó á Atach, uno de los eunucos del rey, que él había hecho estar delante de ella, y mandólo á Mardochêo, con orden de saber qué era aquello, y por qué. 6 Salió pues Atach á Mardochêo, á la plaza de la ciudad que estaba delante de la puerta del rey.
7 Mordecai showed him what was done, and the promise which Haman had made the king of ten thousand talents to be paid into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews.
7 Y Mardochêo le declaró todo lo que le había acontecido, y dióle noticia de la plata que Amán había dicho que pesaría para los tesoros del rey por razón de los Judíos, para destruirlos.
8 And he gave him the copy of what was published in Susa concerning their destruction to show to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and entreat the king, and to beg him for the people. “Remember, he said, the days of your humble condition, how you were nursed by my hand; because Haman, who holds the next place to the king, has spoken against us to cause our death. Call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death.”
8 Dióle también la copia de la escritura del decreto que había sido dado en Susán para que fuesen destruídos, á fin de que la mostrara á Esther y se lo declarase, y le encargara que fuese al rey á suplicarle, y á pedir delante de él por su pueblo.
9 So Hathach went in and told her all these words.
9 Y vino Atach, y contó á Esther las palabras de Mardochêo.
10 Esther said to Hathach, “Go to Mordecai, and say,
10 Entonces Esther dijo á Atach, y mandóle [decir] á Mardochêo:
11 ‘All the nations of the empire know that any man or woman who goes in to the king into the inner court without being called, that person must die, unless the king stretches out his golden sceptre; then he shall live. I haven’t been called to go into the king for thirty days.’”
11 Todos los siervos del rey, y el pueblo de las provincias del rey saben, que cualquier hombre ó mujer que entra al rey al patio de adentro sin ser llamado, por una sola ley ha de morir: salvo aquel á quien el rey extendiere el cetro de oro, el cual vivirá: y yo no he sido llamada para entrar al rey estos treinta días.
12 So Hathach reported to Mordecai all the words of Esther.
12 Y dijeron á Mardochêo las palabras de Esther.
13 Then Mordecai said to Hathach, “Go, and say to her, ‘Esther, don’t say to yourself that you alone will escape in the kingdom, more than all the other Jews.
13 Entonces dijo Mardochêo que respondiesen á Esther: No pienses en tu alma, que escaparás en la casa del rey más que todos los Judíos:
14◆ For if you keep quiet on this occasion, help and protection will come to the Jews from another place; but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you have been made queen for this occasion?’”
14 Porque si absolutamente callares en este tiempo, respiro y libertación tendrán los Judíos de otra parte; mas tú y la casa de tu padre pereceréis. ¿Y quién sabe si para esta hora te han hecho llegar al reino?
15 And Esther sent the messenger who came to her to Mordecai, saying,
15 Y Esther dijo que respondiesen á Mardochêo:
16 “Go and assemble the Jews that are in Susa, and all of you fast for me. Don’t eat or drink for three days, night and day. My maidens and I will also fast. Then I will go in to the king contrary to the law, even if I must die.”
16 Ve, y junta á todos los Judíos que se hallan en Susán, y ayunad por mí, y no comáis ni bebáis en tres días, noche ni día: yo también con mis doncellas ayunaré igualmente, y así entraré al rey, aunque no sea conforme á la ley; y si perezco, que perezca.
17 So Mordecai went and did all that Esther commanded him.
17 Entonces se fué Mardochêo, é hizo conforme á todo lo que le mandó Esther.
18 [He prayed to the Lord, making mention of all the works of the Lord.
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19 He said, “Lord God, you are king ruling over all, for all things are in your power, and there is no one who can oppose you in your purpose to save Israel;
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20 for you have made the sky and the earth and every wonderful thing under the sky.
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21 You are Lord of all, and there is no one who can resist you, Lord.
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22 You know all things. You know, Lord, that it is not in insolence, nor arrogance, nor love of glory, that I have done this, to refuse to bow down to the arrogant Haman.
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23 For I would gladly have kissed the soles of his feet for the safety of Israel.
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24 But I have done this that I might not set the glory of man above the glory of God. I will not worship anyone except you, my Lord, and I will not do these things in arrogance.
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25 And now, O Lord God, the King, the God of Abraham, spare your people, for our enemies are planning our destruction, and they have desired to destroy your ancient inheritance.
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26 Do not overlook your people, whom you have redeemed for yourself out of the land of Egypt.
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27 Listen to my prayer. Have mercy on your inheritance and turn our mourning into gladness, that we may live and sing praise to your name, O Lord. Don’t utterly destroy the mouth of those who praise you, O Lord.”
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28 All Israel cried with all their might, for death was before their eyes.
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29 And queen Esther took refuge in the Lord, being taken as it were in the agony of death.
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30 Having taken off her glorious apparel, she put on garments of distress and mourning. Instead of grand perfumes she filled her head with ashes and dung. She greatly humbled her body, and she filled every place of her glad adorning with her tangled hair.
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31 She implored the Lord God of Israel, and said, “O my Lord, you alone are our king. Help me. I am destitute, and have no helper but you,
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32 for my danger is near at hand.
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33 I have heard from my birth in the tribe of my kindred that you, Lord, took Israel out of all the nations, and our fathers out of all their kindred for a perpetual inheritance, and have done for them all that you have said.
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34 And now we have sinned before you, and you have delivered us into the hands of our enemies,
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35 because we honored their gods. You are righteous, O Lord.
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36 But now they have not been content with the bitterness of our slavery, but have laid their hands on the hands of their idols
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37 to abolish the decree of your mouth, and utterly to destroy your inheritance, and to stop the mouth of those who praise you, and to extinguish the glory of your house and your altar,
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38 and to open the mouth of the Gentiles to speak the praises of vanities, and that a mortal king should be admired forever.
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39 O Lord, don’t surrender your sceptre to those who don’t exist, and don’t let them laugh at our fall, but turn their counsel against themselves, and make an example of him who has begun to injure us.
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40 Remember us, O Lord! Manifest yourself in the time of our affliction. Encourage me, O King of gods, and ruler of all dominion!
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41 Put harmonious speech into my mouth before the lion, and turn his heart to hate him who fights against us, to the utter destruction of those who agree with him.
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42 But deliver us by your hand, and help me who am alone and have no one but you, O Lord.
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43 You know all things, and know that I hate the glory of transgressors, and that I abhor the bed of the uncircumcised and of every stranger.
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44 You know my necessity, for I abhor the symbol of my proud station, which is upon my head in the days of my splendor. I abhor it as a menstruous cloth, and I don’t wear it in the days of my tranquility.
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45 Your handmaid has not eaten at Haman’s table, and I have not honored the banquet of the king, neither have I drunk wine of libations.
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46 Neither has your handmaid rejoiced since the day of my promotion until now, except in you, O Lord God of Abraham.
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47 O god, who has power over all, listen to the voice of the desperate, and deliver us from the hand of those who devise mischief. Deliver me from my fear.]
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People
Hathach
One of the king’s eunuchs appointed to Esther, who carried messages between Esther and Mordecai about the decree against the Jews.
Cited in the guide: Esther 4:5; Esther 4:6; Esther 4:9
Cross references (10)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Daniel 9:3; Ezekiel 27:30–31; 2 Samuel 13:19; 2 Samuel 1:11; Job 42:6
- 3 Isaiah 22:12; Daniel 9:3; Isaiah 37:1–3; Esther 3:12; Esther 4:16
- 4 Psalm 77:2; Genesis 37:35; Jeremiah 31:15; Isaiah 56:3; 1 Samuel 8:15
- 5 1 Corinthians 12:26; Romans 12:15; Esther 1:10; Hebrews 4:15; Philippians 2:4
- 7 Esther 3:2–15
- 8 Ecclesiastes 10:4; Job 9:15; 1 Timothy 6:13; Esther 3:14–15; Esther 2:20
- 11 Esther 5:1–2; Esther 8:4; Daniel 2:9; Esther 2:14; Esther 6:4
- 13 Proverbs 24:10–12; John 12:25; Philippians 2:30; Hebrews 12:3
- 14 Genesis 45:4–8; 1 Samuel 12:22; Deuteronomy 32:36; Isaiah 54:17; Jeremiah 30:11
- 16 Acts 20:24; 2 Chronicles 20:3; Joel 2:12–17; Luke 9:24; Genesis 18:19
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Why does my Bible say something different?
- Esther: the Greek additions
The Hebrew book of Esther never names God. The Greek Septuagint version contains six longer passages, usually lettered A to F, that include Mordecai’s dream, two royal decrees and the prayers of Mordecai and Esther. The Orthodox and Catholic Churches read them as Scripture; most Protestant Bibles leave them out or print them among the Apocrypha.