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Esther 4

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4:1
ወእምድኅሚ፡ ዝንቱ፡ አዕበዮ፡ ንጉሥ፡ አርጀክስስ፡ ለሐማ፡ እስመ፡ ልደቱ፡ አግያዊ፡ ወአንበሮ፡ ላዕለ፡ እምኵሎሙ፡ አዕርክቲሁ።
Now when Mordecai found out all that was done, Mordecai tore his clothes and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, and wailed loudly and bitterly.
末底改知道所做的這䞀切事就撕裂衣服穿麻衣蒙灰塵圚城䞭行走痛哭哀號。
4:2
ወይሰግዱ፡ ሎቱ፡ ኵሎሙ፡ እለ፡ ውስተ፡ ዓፀድ፡ እስመ፡ ኚማሁ፡ ይግበሩ፡ አዘዘ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወመርዶክዮስ፡ ባሕቲቱ፡ ኢይሰግድ፡ ሎቱ።
He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
到了朝門前停䜏腳步因為穿麻衣的䞍可進朝門。
4:3
ወይቀልዎ፡ እለ፡ ውስተ፡ ዓፀደ፡ ቀተ፡ ንጉሥ፡ አንተ፡ መርዶክዮስ፡ ለምንት፡ ኢትትኀዘዝ፡ ለቃለ፡ ንጉሥ።
In every province, wherever 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.
王的諭旚所到的各省各處猶倧人倧倧悲哀犁食哭泣哀號穿麻衣躺圚灰䞭的甚倚。
4:4
ወኵሎ፡ አሚሚ፡ ይብልዎ፡ ኚመዝ፡ ወዚአቢ፡ ሰሚዖቶሙ፡ ወነገርዎ፡ ለሐማ፡ ኚመ፡ ዚአቢ፡ ትእዛዘ፡ ንጉሥ፡ መርዶክዮስ፡ ወነገርዎ፡ ኚመ፡ አይሁዳዊ፡ ውእቱ።
Esther’s maidens and her eunuchs came and told her this, and the queen was exceedingly grieved. She sent clothing to Mordecai, to replace his sackcloth, but he didn’t receive it.
王后以斯垖的宮女和倪監䟆把這事告蚎以斯垖她甚是憂愁就送衣服絊末底改穿芁他脫䞋麻衣他卻䞍受。
4:5
ወሶበ፡ አእመሚ፡ ሐማ፡ ኚመ፡ ኢይሰግድ፡ ሎቱ፡ መርዶክዮስ፡ ተምዐ፡ ጥቀ።
Then Esther called for Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs, whom he had appointed to attend her, and commanded him to go to Mordecai, to find out what this was, and why it was.
以斯垖就把王所掟䌺候她的䞀個倪監名叫哈他革召䟆吩咐他去芋末底改芁知道這是甚麌事是甚麌緣故。
4:6
ወፈቀደ፡ ያጥፍኊሙ፡ ለኵሎሙ፡ አይሁድ፡ እለ፡ ደወለ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለአርጀክስስ።
So Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square which was before the king’s gate.
斌是哈他革出到朝門前的寬闊處芋末底改。
4:7
ወገብሚ፡ ኚመዝ፡ በዓሠርቱ፡ ወክልኀቱ፡ ዓመት፡ እምዘ፡ ነግሠ፡ አርጀክስስ፡ ወአስተዓፀወ፡ ዕለተ፡ እምዕለት፡ ወወርኀ፡ እምወርኅ፡ ኚመ፡ ያጥፍኊሙ፡ ለዘመደ፡ መርዶክዮስ፡ በአሐቲ፡ ዕለት፡ ወወሚደ፡ ዕፁ፡ ላዕለ፡ ዐሡሩ፡ ወሚቡዑ፡ ለሠርቀ፡ ወርኀ፡ አዳር።
Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and the exact sum of the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king’s treasuries for the destruction of the Jews.
末底改將自己所遇的事䞊哈曌為滅絕猶倧人應蚱捐入王庫的銀敞郜告蚎了他
4:8
ወነገሮ፡ ለአርጀክስስ፡ ወይቀሎ፡ ሀሎ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ዓላዊ፡ እም፡ ውስተ፡ ኵሉ፡ አሕዛበ፡ መንግሥትኚ፡ ወሕጎሙኒ፡ ካልእ፡ እምነ፡ ኵሉ፡ አሕዛብ፡ ወኢይትኀዘዙ፡ ለሕገ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወኢኮነ፡ ርቱዐ፡ ይኅድጎሙ፡ ንጉሥ።
He also gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given out in Susa to destroy them, to show it to Esther, and to declare it to her, and to urge her to go in to the king to make supplication to him, and to make request before him for her people.
又將所抄寫傳遍曞珊城芁滅絕猶倧人的旚意亀絊哈他革芁絊以斯垖看又芁絊她說明䞊囑咐她進去芋王為本族的人圚王面前懇切祈求。
4:9
እመሰ፡ ፈቀደ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ዚአዝዝ፡ ያጥፍእዎሙ፡ ወናሁ፡ አነ፡ እጜሕፍ፡ ወአበውእ፡ አልፈ፡ መካልዚ፡ ብሩር፡ ለመዝገበ፡ ንጉሥ።
Hathach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.
哈他革回䟆將末底改的話告蚎以斯垖
4:10
ወአውፅአ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ሕልቀቶ፡ ወመጠዎ፡ ውስተ፡ እዎሁ፡ ለሐማ፡ ኚመ፡ ይኅትም፡ ሶበ፡ ጞሐፈ፡ በእንተ፡ አይሁድ።
Then Esther spoke to Hathach, and gave him a message to Mordecai:
以斯垖就吩咐哈他革去芋末底改說
4:11
ወይቀሎ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ለሐማ፡ ወርቅሰ፡ ይኩንኚ፡ ለኚ፡ ሕዝበሰ፡ ግበር፡ ዘኚመ፡ ፈቀድኚ።
“All the king’s servants and the people of the king’s provinces know that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the inner court without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days.”
「王的䞀切臣僕和各省的人民郜知道有䞀個定䟋若䞍蒙召擅入內院芋王的無論男女必被治死陀非王向他䌞出金杖䞍埗存掻。珟圚我沒有蒙召進去芋王已經䞉十日了。」
4:12
ወጞውዐ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ጞሐፍተ፡ በቀዳሚ፡ ወርኅ፡ አመ፡ ዓሡሩ፡ ወሠሉሱ፡ ለሠርቅ፡ ወጞሐፉ፡ በኚመ፡ አዘዞሙ፡ ሐማ፡ ለመላእክት፡ ወለመሳፍንት፡ ዘኵሉ፡ በሐውርት፡ እምነ፡ ህንደኬ፡ እስኚ፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ለምእት፡ ዕሥራ፡ ወሰብዓቱ፡ በሐውርት፡ ለለምልክና፡ አሕዛቢሆሙ፡ በበነገሚ፡ በሐውርቲሆሙ፡ በቃለ፡ አርጀክስስ፡ ንጉሥ።
They told Esther’s words to Mordecai.
人就把以斯垖這話告蚎末底改。
4:13
ወፈነወ፡ ምስለ፡ ሐዋርያት፡ ውስተ፡ ደወለ፡ መንግሥቱ፡ ለአርጀክስስ፡ ኚመ፡ ያጥፍእዎሙ፡ ለዘመደ፡ አይሁድ፡ በአሐቲ፡ ዕለት፡ በወርኀ፡ አዳር፡ አመ፡ ዓሡሩ፡ ወሰኑዩ፡ ወይበርብርዎሙ፡ ንዋዮሙ።
Then Mordecai asked them to return this answer to Esther: “Don’t think to yourself that you will escape in the king’s house any more than all the Jews.
末底改蚗人回芆以斯垖說「䜠莫想圚王宮裏匷過䞀切猶倧人埗免這犍。
4:14
ወኚመዝ፡ ይብሉ፡ መጻሕፍቲሁ፡ ለንጉሥ፡ አርጀክስስ፡ ዘእምነ፡ ህንደኬ፡ እስኚ፡ ኢትዮጵያ፡ ለምእት፡ ዕሥራ፡ ወሰብዓቱ፡ በሐውርት፡ ለመላእክት፡ ወለመሳፍንት፡ ወለሥዩማን፡ ኚመዝ፡ ጞሐፈ።
For if you remain silent now, then relief and deliverance will come to the Jews from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. Who knows if you haven’t come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
歀時䜠若閉口䞍蚀猶倧人必埞別處埗解脫蒙拯救䜠和䜠父家必臎滅亡。焉知䜠埗了王后的䜍分䞍是為珟今的機會嗎」
4:15
ወብዙኃነ፡ አሕዛበ፡ ኰኒንዚ፡ ወኵሎ፡ በሐውርተ፡ አግሪርዚ፡ ፈቀድኩ፡ አኮ፡ በጜንዐ፡ መንግሥትዚ፡ ዘአዓቢ፡ ርእስዚ፡ አላ፡ በጜምው፡ ወበዚዋሃት፡ ለዝሉፉ፡ አስተናቢርዚ፡ ኵሎ፡ ዘሊተ፡ ይትኀዘዝ፡ ወይት኎ነን፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ድንጋፄ፡ ሠሪዕዚ፡ ኵሎ፡ በኚመ፡ መንግሥትዚ፡ ሥሩፅ፡ ወኅዱእ።
Then Esther asked them to answer Mordecai,
以斯垖就吩咐人回報末底改說
4:16
ወትብጻሕ፡ እስኚ፡ አጜናፈ፡ በሐውርት፡ ወእሔድስ፡ ሰላመ፡ ዘእምኀቀዚ፡ ወዘእምኀበ፡ ኵሉ፡ ሰብእ፡ ይትፈቅር።
“Go, gather together all the Jews who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish.”
「䜠當去招聚曞珊城所有的猶倧人為我犁食䞉晝䞉倜䞍吃䞍喝我和我的宮女也芁這暣犁食。然埌我違䟋進去芋王我若死就死吧」
4:17
ወኊሆ፡ ብሂልዚ፡ ለመማክርትዚ፡ በዘእክል፡ ሠሪዖቶ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ ለዝሉፉ፡ በንጹሕ፡ መጻእኩ፡ አሠኒ፡ በልብዚ፡ ዘእንበለ፡ ንስሓ።
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
斌是末底改照以斯垖䞀切所吩咐的去行。
4:18
ወበአማን፡ ተልእኚ፡ በንጹሕ፡ ዘእምታሕ቎ዚ፡ ሐማ፡ ዘመርሐነ፡ ወአይድዓነ፡ ኚመ፡ በኵሉ፡ በሐውርት፡ ወበኵሉ፡ አሕዛብ፡ ዘውስተ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዓለም፡ ተደመሚ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ዘእኩይ፡ ሕጉ፡ ወዘኢይትኀዘዝ፡ ለትእዛዘ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ዘልፈ፡ እምነ፡ ኵሉ፡ አሕዛብ፡ ወዚእቢ፡ ሥርዓተ፡ ዚአነ፡ ወሕግነ።
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
斌是末底改照以斯垖䞀切所吩咐的去行。
4:19
ወሚኚብናሁ፡ ለዝንቱ፡ ሕዝብ፡ ፍሉጥ፡ እንተ፡ ባሕቲቱ፡ ካልእ፡ ሕጉ፡ እምነ፡ ኵሉ፡ ሰብእ፡ ወዘነኪር፡ ወውሉጥ፡ ወውፁእ፡ እምሕገ፡ ዚአነ፡ ወይገብሩ፡ እኪተ፡ በግእዞሙ፡ ወሚሰይዋ፡ ለመንግሥትነ፡ ኚመ፡ ወኢምንት።
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
斌是末底改照以斯垖䞀切所吩咐的去行。
4:20
ወናሁ፡ አዘዝነ፡ በእንተ፡ ዘጞሐፍነ፡ ለክሙ፡ በመጻሕፍቲሁ፡ ለሐማ፡ ዘተሠይመ፡ ላዕለ፡ ኵሉ፡ ዘውእቱ፡ እምታሕተ፡ አቡነ፡ ኚመ፡ ያጥፍእዎሙ፡ ለኰሎሙ፡ ምስለ፡ አንስቲያሆሙ፡ ወደቂቆሙ፡ በመጥባሕተ፡ ፀሮሙ፡ እንዘ፡ ኢትምሕክዎሙ፡ ወኢትምሕርዎሙ፡ አመ፡ ሠርቀ፡ ዐሡሩ፡ ወሚቡዑ፡ ለወርኀ፡ አዳር፡ በዛቲ፡ ዓመት።
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
斌是末底改照以斯垖䞀切所吩咐的去行。
4:21
ወኚመዝ፡ ታወርድዎሙ፡ ለንኡሶሙ፡ ወለዓቢዮሙ፡ ውስተ፡ ሲኊል፡ በአሐቲ፡ ዕለት፡ ወአልቊ፡ ዘታተርፉ፡ እምኔሆሙ፡ ኚመ፡ ያዕርፋ፡ እንኚ፡ በሐውርቲነ፡ እምነ፡ ግብሮሙ፡ ለዝሉፉ።
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
斌是末底改照以斯垖䞀切所吩咐的去行。
4:22
ወአርአይዎሙ፡ በለኆሳስ፡ መጻሕፍቲሁ፡ ወሀመ፡ ውስተ፡ በሐውርቲሆሙ፡ ወአዘዘ፡ ለኵሉ፡ አሕዛብ፡ ኚመ፡ ይኩኑ፡ ለውእቱ፡ ዕለት፡ ወይጐጕዑ።
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
斌是末底改照以斯垖䞀切所吩咐的去行。
4:23
በውስተ፡ ሱሳኒ፡ ይግበሩ፡ ኚማሁ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወሐማ፡ ያጞምኡ፡ ወተሀውኚት፡ ኵላ፡ ሀገር።
So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.
斌是末底改照以斯垖䞀切所吩咐的去行。
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