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Knjiga o Jestiri 4
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Knjiga o Jestiri
Capitolo 4
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A Mardohej doznav sve šta bi, razdre haljine svoje i obuče se u kostret i posu se pepelom i pođe po gradu vičući iza glasa gorko.
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I dođe do pred vrata careva, jer ne beše slobodno ući na vrata careva u kostreti.
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I u svim zemljama, u koje god mesto dođe reč careva i zapovest njegova, bi velika žalost među Jevrejima i post i plač i jauk, i mnogi u kostreti i pepelu ležahu.
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I dođoše devojke Jestirine i dvorani njeni, i javiše joj: i carica se ožalosti veoma, i posla haljine da preobuku Mardoheja i da skinu s njega kostret; ali on ne primi.
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Tada dozva Jestira Ataha, dvoranina carevog, kog joj beše dao da joj služi, i zapovedi mu za Mardoheja da razbere šta mu je i zašto.
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I otide Atah k Mardoheju na ulicu gradsku koja beše pred vratima carevim.
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I Mardohej mu kaza sve što mu se dogodilo i za srebro što je obrekao Aman dati u carevu riznicu za Judejce da ih istrebi;
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i prepis od zapovesti koja bi proglašena u Susanu da se istrebe, dade mu da je pokaže Jestiri i javi, i da joj naruči da otide k caru i da ga umilostivi i da ga moli za svoj narod.
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I vrativši se Atah kaza Jestiri reči Mardohejeve.
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A Jestira reče Atahu i zapovedi mu da kaže Mardoheju:
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Znaju sve sluge careve i narod po zemljama carevim da ko bi god, čovek ili žena, ušao k caru unutra u dvor ne budući pozvan, jedan je zakon za nj, da se pogubi, osim kome bi car pružio zlatnu palicu, taj ostaje živ; a ja nisam zvana da uđem k caru, ovo je trideset dana.
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I kazane biše Mardoheju reči Jestirine.
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A Mardohej opet poruči Jestiri: Nemoj misliti da ćeš se mimo sve Judejce izbaviti u domu carevom.
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Jer ako ti zaćutiš sada, doći će pomoć i izbavljenje Judejcima s druge strane, a ti i dom oca tvog poginućete; i ko zna nisi li za ovako vreme došla do carstva.
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Tada reče Jestira da odgovore Mardoheju:
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Idi, skupi sve Judejce što se nalaze u Susanu, i postite za me, i ne jedite ni pijte za tri dana ni danju ni noću; i ja ću sa svojim devojkama postiti takođe, pa ću onda otići k caru, ako i nije po zakonu, i ako poginem, neka poginem.
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Tada otide Mardohej i učini sve kako mu zapovedi Jestira.
Esther
Capitolo 4
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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;
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And came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
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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.
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¶ 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.
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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.
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So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was before the king’s gate.
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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.
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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.
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And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
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¶ Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
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All the king’s servants, and the people of the king’s provinces, do know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, shall come unto the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is one law of his to put him to death, except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
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And they told to Mordecai Esther’s words.
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Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king’s house, more than all the Jews.
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For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
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¶ Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer,
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Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.
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So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.