Esther 4 (UGV3)
1 Jab Mardakī ko mālūm huā ki kyā huā hai to us ne ranjish se apne kapṛoṅ ko phāṛ kar ṭāṭ kā libās pahan liyā aur sar par rākh ḍāl lī. Phir wuh nikal kar buland āwāz se giryā-o-zārī karte karte shahr meṅ se guzarā. 2 Wuh shāhī sahan ke darwāze tak pahuṅch gayā lekin dāḳhil na huā, kyoṅki mātamī kapṛe pahan kar dāḳhil hone kī ijāzat nahīṅ thī. 3 Saltanat ke tamām sūboṅ meṅ jahāṅ jahāṅ bādshāh kā elān pahuṅchā wahāṅ Yahūdī ḳhūb mātam karne aur rozā rakh kar rone aur giryā-o-zārī karne lage. Bahut-se log ṭāṭ kā libās pahan kar rākh meṅ leṭ gae. 4 Jab Āstar kī naukarāniyoṅ aur ḳhwājāsarāoṅ ne ā kar use ittalā dī to wuh saḳht ghabrā gaī. Us ne Mardakī ko kapṛe bhej die jo wuh apne mātamī kapṛoṅ ke badle pahan le, lekin us ne unheṅ qabūl na kiyā. 5 Tab Āstar ne Hatāk Ḳhwājāsarā ko Mardakī ke pās bhejā tāki wuh mālūm kare ki kyā huā hai, Mardakī aisī harkateṅ kyoṅ kar rahā hai. (Bādshāh ne Hatāk ko Āstar kī ḳhidmat karne kī zimmedārī dī thī.) 6 Hatāk shāhī sahan ke darwāze se nikal kar Mardakī ke pās āyā jo ab tak sāth wāle chauk meṅ thā. 7 Mardakī ne use Hāmān kā pūrā mansūbā sunā kar yih bhī batāyā ki Hāmān ne Yahūdiyoṅ ko halāk karne ke lie shāhī ḳhazāne ko kitne paise dene kā wādā kiyā hai. 8 Is ke alāwā Mardakī ne ḳhwājāsarā ko us shāhī farmān kī kāpī dī jo Sosan meṅ sādir huā thā aur jis meṅ Yahūdiyoṅ ko nest-o-nābūd karne kā elān kiyā gayā thā. Us ne guzārish kī, “Yih elān Āstar ko dikhā kar unheṅ tamām hālāt se bāḳhabar kar deṅ. Unheṅ hidāyat deṅ ki bādshāh ke huzūr jāeṅ aur us se iltijā karke apnī qaum kī sifārish kareṅ.” 9 Hatāk wāpas āyā aur Mardakī kī bātoṅ kī ḳhabar dī. 10 Yih sun kar Āstar ne use dubārā Mardakī ke pās bhejā tāki use batāe, 11 “Bādshāh ke tamām mulāzim balki sūboṅ ke tamām bāshinde jānte haiṅ ki jo bhī bulāe baġhair mahal ke andarūnī sahan meṅ bādshāh ke pās āe use sazā-e-maut dī jāegī, ḳhāh wuh mard ho yā aurat. Wuh sirf is sūrat meṅ bach jāegā ki bādshāh sone kā apnā asā us kī taraf baṛhāe. Bāt yih bhī hai ki bādshāh ko mujhe bulāe 30 din ho gae haiṅ.” 12 Āstar kā paiġhām sun kar 13 Mardakī ne jawāb wāpas bhejā, “Yih na sochnā ki maiṅ shāhī mahal meṅ rahtī hūṅ, is lie go dīgar tamām Yahūdī halāk ho jāeṅ maiṅ bach jāūṅgī. 14 Agar āp is waqt ḳhāmosh raheṅgī to Yahūdī kahīṅ aur se rihāī aur chhuṭkārā pā leṅge jabki āp aur āp ke bāp kā gharānā halāk ho jāeṅge. Kyā patā hai, shāyad āp isī lie malikā ban gaī haiṅ ki aise mauqe par Yahūdiyoṅ kī madad kareṅ.” 15 Āstar ne Mardakī ko jawāb bhejā, 16 “Ṭhīk hai, phir jāeṅ aur Sosan meṅ rahne wāle tamām Yahūdiyoṅ ko jamā kareṅ. Mere lie rozā rakh kar tīn din aur tīn rāt na kuchh khāeṅ, na pieṅ. Maiṅ bhī apnī naukarāniyoṅ ke sāth mil kar rozā rakhūṅgī. Is ke bād bādshāh ke pās jāūṅgī, go yih qānūn ke ḳhilāf hai. Agar marnā hai to mar hī jāūṅgī.” 17 Tab Mardakī chalā gayā aur waisā hī kiyā jaisā Āstar ne use hidāyat kī thī.
In Other Versions
Esther 4 in the ANGEFD
Esther 4 in the ANTPNG2D
Esther 4 in the AS21
Esther 4 in the BAGH
Esther 4 in the BBPNG
Esther 4 in the BBT1E
Esther 4 in the BDS
Esther 4 in the BEV
Esther 4 in the BHAD
Esther 4 in the BIB
Esther 4 in the BLPT
Esther 4 in the BNT
Esther 4 in the BNTABOOT
Esther 4 in the BNTLV
Esther 4 in the BOATCB
Esther 4 in the BOATCB2
Esther 4 in the BOBCV
Esther 4 in the BOCNT
Esther 4 in the BOECS
Esther 4 in the BOGWICC
Esther 4 in the BOHCB
Esther 4 in the BOHCV
Esther 4 in the BOHLNT
Esther 4 in the BOHNTLTAL
Esther 4 in the BOICB
Esther 4 in the BOILNTAP
Esther 4 in the BOITCV
Esther 4 in the BOKCV
Esther 4 in the BOKCV2
Esther 4 in the BOKHWOG
Esther 4 in the BOKSSV
Esther 4 in the BOLCB
Esther 4 in the BOLCB2
Esther 4 in the BOMCV
Esther 4 in the BONAV
Esther 4 in the BONCB
Esther 4 in the BONLT
Esther 4 in the BONUT2
Esther 4 in the BOPLNT
Esther 4 in the BOSCB
Esther 4 in the BOSNC
Esther 4 in the BOTLNT
Esther 4 in the BOVCB
Esther 4 in the BOYCB
Esther 4 in the BPBB
Esther 4 in the BPH
Esther 4 in the BSB
Esther 4 in the CCB
Esther 4 in the CUV
Esther 4 in the CUVS
Esther 4 in the DBT
Esther 4 in the DGDNT
Esther 4 in the DHNT
Esther 4 in the DNT
Esther 4 in the ELBE
Esther 4 in the EMTV
Esther 4 in the ESV
Esther 4 in the FBV
Esther 4 in the FEB
Esther 4 in the GGMNT
Esther 4 in the GNT
Esther 4 in the HARY
Esther 4 in the HNT
Esther 4 in the IRVA
Esther 4 in the IRVB
Esther 4 in the IRVG
Esther 4 in the IRVH
Esther 4 in the IRVK
Esther 4 in the IRVM
Esther 4 in the IRVM2
Esther 4 in the IRVO
Esther 4 in the IRVP
Esther 4 in the IRVT
Esther 4 in the IRVT2
Esther 4 in the IRVU
Esther 4 in the ISVN
Esther 4 in the JSNT
Esther 4 in the KAPI
Esther 4 in the KBT1ETNIK
Esther 4 in the KBV
Esther 4 in the KJV
Esther 4 in the KNFD
Esther 4 in the LBA
Esther 4 in the LBLA
Esther 4 in the LNT
Esther 4 in the LSV
Esther 4 in the MAAL
Esther 4 in the MBV
Esther 4 in the MBV2
Esther 4 in the MHNT
Esther 4 in the MKNFD
Esther 4 in the MNG
Esther 4 in the MNT
Esther 4 in the MNT2
Esther 4 in the MRS1T
Esther 4 in the NAA
Esther 4 in the NASB
Esther 4 in the NBLA
Esther 4 in the NBS
Esther 4 in the NBVTP
Esther 4 in the NET2
Esther 4 in the NIV11
Esther 4 in the NNT
Esther 4 in the NNT2
Esther 4 in the NNT3
Esther 4 in the PDDPT
Esther 4 in the PFNT
Esther 4 in the RMNT
Esther 4 in the SBIAS
Esther 4 in the SBIBS
Esther 4 in the SBIBS2
Esther 4 in the SBICS
Esther 4 in the SBIDS
Esther 4 in the SBIGS
Esther 4 in the SBIHS
Esther 4 in the SBIIS
Esther 4 in the SBIIS2
Esther 4 in the SBIIS3
Esther 4 in the SBIKS
Esther 4 in the SBIKS2
Esther 4 in the SBIMS
Esther 4 in the SBIOS
Esther 4 in the SBIPS
Esther 4 in the SBISS
Esther 4 in the SBITS
Esther 4 in the SBITS2
Esther 4 in the SBITS3
Esther 4 in the SBITS4
Esther 4 in the SBIUS
Esther 4 in the SBIVS
Esther 4 in the SBT
Esther 4 in the SBT1E
Esther 4 in the SCHL
Esther 4 in the SNT
Esther 4 in the SUSU
Esther 4 in the SUSU2
Esther 4 in the SYNO
Esther 4 in the TBIAOTANT
Esther 4 in the TBT1E
Esther 4 in the TBT1E2
Esther 4 in the TFTIP
Esther 4 in the TFTU
Esther 4 in the TGNTATF3T
Esther 4 in the THAI
Esther 4 in the TNFD
Esther 4 in the TNT
Esther 4 in the TNTIK
Esther 4 in the TNTIL
Esther 4 in the TNTIN
Esther 4 in the TNTIP
Esther 4 in the TNTIZ
Esther 4 in the TOMA
Esther 4 in the TTENT
Esther 4 in the UBG
Esther 4 in the UGV
Esther 4 in the UGV2
Esther 4 in the VBL
Esther 4 in the VDCC
Esther 4 in the YALU
Esther 4 in the YAPE
Esther 4 in the YBVTP
Esther 4 in the ZBP