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