Књига о Јестири 8

1 Истог дана даде цар Асвир царици Јестири кућу Амана непријатеља јудејског. А Мардохеј изиђе пред цара, јер Јестира каза шта јој је он;

On that day king Assuerus gave the house of Aman, the Jews’ enemy, to queen Esther, and Mardochai came in before the king. For Esther had confessed to him that he was her uncle.

2 И цар снимивши прстен свој, који беше узео од Амана, даде га Мардохеју; а Јестира постави Мардохеја над кућом Амановом.

And the king took the ring which he had commanded to be taken again from Aman, and gave it to Mardochai. And Esther set Mardochai over her house.

3 Потом Јестира опет говори цару и паднувши пред ноге његове и плачући мољаше га да уклони злоћу Амана Агагеја и мисао његову коју беше смислио на Јудејце.

And not content with these things, she fell down at the king’s feet and wept, and speaking to him besought him, that he would give orders that the malice of Aman the Agagite, and his most wicked devices which he had invented against the Jews, should be of no effect.

4 Тада цар пружи златну палицу према Јестири, и Јестира уста и стаде пред царем.

But he, as the manner was, held out the golden sceptre with his hand, which was the sign of clemency: and she arose up and stood before him,

5 И рече: Ако је угодно цару и ако сам нашла милост пред њим, и ако је право пред царем и ако сам му мила, нека се пише да се порекну књиге у којима је мисао Амана сина Амедатиног, Агагеја, које је расписао да се истребе Јудејци што су по свим земљама царевим.

And said: If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and my request be not disagreeable to him, I beseech thee, that the former letters of Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he commanded that they should be destroyed in all the king’s provinces, may be reversed by new letters.

6 Јер како бих могла гледати зло које би задесило мој народ? И како бих могла гледати да се потре род мој?

For how call I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?

7 А цар Асвир рече царици Јестири и Мардохеју Јудејцу: Ето, дао сам кућу Аманову Јестири, а њега су обесили на вешала зато што хтеде дигнути руку своју на Јудејце.

And king Assuerus answered Esther the queen, and Mardochai the Jew: I have given Aman’s house to Esther, and I have commanded him to be hanged on a gibbet, because he durst lay hands on the Jews.

8 Ви дакле пишите за Јудејце како вам је драго у име царево и запечатите прстеном царевим; јер шта се пише у име царево и запечати прстеном царевим не може се порећи.

Write ye therefore to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king’s name, and seal the letters with my ring. For this was the custom, that no man durst gainsay the letters which were sent in the king’s name, and were sealed with his ring.

9 И дозваше писаре цареве у исто време, трећег месеца, који је месец Сиван, двадесет трећег дана, и писа се све, како заповеди Мардохеј, Јудејцима и намесницима и кнезовима и управитељима по земљама, од Индије до Етиопије, сто и двадесет и седам земаља, у сваку земљу њеним писмом и сваком народу његовим језиком, и Јудејцима њиховим писмом и њиховим језиком.

Then the king’s scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear.

10 А написа у име цара Асвира и запечати прстеном царевим, и разасла књиге по гласницима који јахаху на брзим коњима и на младим мазгама:

And these letters which were sent in the king’s name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run through all the provinces, to prevent the former letters with new messages.

11 Да је цар допустио Јудејцима што су у коме год граду да се скупе и бране живот свој, да потру и побију и истребе сваку војску ког му драго народа и земље, који би ударили на њих, и децу њихову и жене њихове, а имање њихово да разграбе.

And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil.

12 У исти дан по свим земљама цара Асвира, тринаестог дана месеца дванаестог, које је месец Адар.

And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar.

13 У књигама се говораше да се огласи заповест по свим земљама и да се објави свим народима да Јудејци буду готови за онај дан да се освете својим непријатељима.

And this was the content of the letter, that it should be notified in all lands and peoples that were subject to the empire of king Assuerus, that the Jews were ready to be revenged of their enemies.

14 Гласници који јахаху на брзим коњима и мазгама отидоше брзо и хитно по заповести царевој; и заповест би оглашена у Сусану, царском граду.

So the swift posts went out carrying the messages, and the king’s edict was hung up in Susan.

15 А Мардохеј отиде од цара у царском оделу љубичасом и белом и под златним венцем великим и у плашту од танког платна и скерлета, и град Сусан радоваше се и весељаше се.

And Mardochai going forth out of the palace, and from the king’s presence, shone in royal apparel, to wit, of violet and sky colour, wearing a golden crown on his head, and clothed with a cloak of silk and purple. And all the city rejoiced and was glad.

16 Јудејцима дође светлост и весеље и радост и слава.

But to the Jews a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing.

17 И у свакој земљи и у сваком граду, где год дође заповест царева и наредба његова, беше радост и весеље међу Јудејцима, гозба и благи дани, и многи из народа земаљских постајаху Јудејци, јер их попаде страх од Јевреја.

And in all peoples, cities, and provinces, whithersoever the king’s commandments came, there was wonderful rejoicing, feasts and banquets, and keeping holy day: insomuch that many of other nations and religion, joined themselves to their worship and ceremonies. For a great dread of the name of the Jews had fallen upon all.