14 — Ester

1Queen Esther also, fearing the danger that was at hand, had recourse to the Lord.Similmente la regina Esther ricorse al Signore atterrita pell'imminente pericolo.ESTHER also the queene fled to our Lord, fearing the peril that was at hand.Esther quoque regina confugit ad Dominum, pavens periculum quod imminebat. 2And when she had laid away her royal apparel, she put on garments suitable for weeping and mourning: instead of divers precious ointments, she covered her head with ashes and dung, and she humbled her body with fasts: and all the places in which before she was accustomed to rejoice, she filled with her torn hair.E deposte le vesti reali, prese abiti convenienti al lutto, e alle lagrime, e in vece di unguenti si coperse la testa di cenere, e di sozzure, e umiliò co' digiuni il suo corpo, e in tutti i luoghi, dove prima era solita dì rallegrarsi, spargeva i capelli, che si strappava.And when she had laid of her royal garmentes, she tooke clothes meete for weeping and mourning, and for diuers oyntmentes, filled her head with ashes and dung, and her bodie she humbled with fastes: and al the places, in which before she was accustomed to reioyse, she filled with tearing of her heares.Cumque deposuisset vestes regias, fletibus et luctui apta indumenta suscepit, et pro unguentis variis, cinere et stercore implevit caput, et corpus suum humiliavit jejuniis: omniaque loca, in quibus antea lætari consueverat, crinium laceratione complevit. 3And she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, saying: O my Lord, who alone art our king, help me a desolate woman, and who have no other helper but thee.E pregava il Signore Dio d'Israele dicendo: Signore mio, che se' il solo nostro Re, aiuta me abbandonata, e che altro aiuto non ho fuori di te.And she besought our Lord the God of Israel, saying: My Lord, which onlie art our king, helpe me solitarie woman, and which haue no other helper beside thee.Et deprecabatur Dominum Deum Israël, dicens: Domine mi, qui rex noster es solus, adjuva me solitariam, et cujus præter te nullus est auxiliator alius. 4My danger is in my hands.Il mio pericolo è imminente.My peril is in my handes.Periculum meum in manibus meis est. 5I have heard of my father that thou, O Lord, didst take Israel from among all nations, and our fathers from all their predecessors, to possess them as an everlasting inheritance, and thou hast done to them as thou hast promised.Io ho udito raccontare dal padre mio, come tu, o Signore, separasti Israele da tutte le genti, e i padri nostri da tutti i loro maggiori per possedergli in eterno come tua eredità, e facesti vergo di loro, come avevi promesso.I haue heard of my father that thou Lord didst take Israel out from al Gentiles, and our fathers out of al their predecessours before, that thou mightst possesse an euerlasting inheritance, and thou hast done to them as thou hast spoken.Audivi a patre meo quod tu, Domine, tulisses Israël de cunctis gentibus, et patres nostros ex omnibus retro majoribus suis, ut possideres hæreditatem sempiternam, fecistique eis sicut locutus es.

6We have sinned in thy sight, and therefore thou hast delivered us into the hands of our enemies:Noi peccammo dinanzi a te, e per questo tu ci abbandonasti nelle mani de' nostri nemici:We haue sinned in thy sight, and therfore thou hast deliuered vs into the handes of our enemies:Peccavimus in conspectu tuo, et idcirco tradidisti nos in manus inimicorum nostrorum: 7For we have worshipped their gods. Thou art just, O Lord.Perché noi adorammo gli dei loro: giusto se' tu, o Signore.for we haue worshiped their goddes. Thou art iust ô Lord.coluimus enim deos eorum. Justus es Domine: 8And now they are not content to oppress us with most hard bondage, but attributing the strength of their hands to the power of their idols.E adesso ei non sono contenti di tenerci oppressi in durissima schiavitù; ma attribuendo alla potenza de' loro idoli la fortezza delle lor braccia,And now it suffiseth them not, that they oppresse vs with most hard seruitude, but imputing the force of their handes to the might of their idols,et nunc non eis sufficit, quod durissima nos opprimunt servitute, sed robur manuum suarum, idolorum potentiæ deputantes, 9They design to change thy promises, and destroy thy inheritance, and shut the mouths of them that praise thee, and extinguish the glory of thy temple and altar,Pretendono di cangiare le tue promesse, e di sterminare la tua eredità, e di chiuder le bocche a quei, che ti lodano, e di estinguer la gloria del tuo tempio, e del tuo altare,they wil change thy promisses, and destroy thine inheritance, and shut the mouthes of them that prayse thee, and extinguish the glorie of thy temple and altar,volunt tua mutare promissa, et delere hæreditatem tuam, et claudere ora laudantium te, atque extinguere gloriam templi et altaris tui, 10That they may open the mouths of Gentiles, and praise the strength of idols, and magnify for ever a carnal king.Affinchè le bocche de' Gentili si aprano a lodare la possanza degli idoli, e a celebrare perpetuamente un re di carne.that they may open the mouthes of Gentiles, and prayse the strength of idols, and magnifie a carnal king for euer.ut aperiant ora gentium, et laudent idolorum fortitudinem, et prædicent carnalem regem in sempiternum. 11Give not, O Lord, thy sceptre to them that are not, lest they laugh at our ruin: but turn their counsel upon themselves, and destroy him that hath begun to rage against us.Non dare, o Signore, il tuo scettro a que' che non sono, affinché della rovina nostra non ridano, ma i loro disegni volgi contro di loro, e disperdi colui, che ha principiato ad infierire contro di noi.Deliuer not ô Lord thy scepter to them that are not, lest they laugh at our ruine: but turne their counsel vpon them, and destroy him, that hath begune to do cruelly against vs.Ne tradas, Domine, sceptrum tuum his, qui non sunt, ne rideant ad ruinam nostram: sed converte consilium eorum super eos, et eum qui in nos cœpit sævire, disperde.

12Remember, O Lord, and shew thyself to us in the time of our tribulation, and give me boldness, O Lord, king of gods, and of all power:Ricorditi di noi, o Signore, e fatti vedere a noi nel tempo della tribolazione nostra, e da a me coraggio, Signore, Re degli dei, e di tutte le potestà:Remember ô Lord: and shew thy self to vs in the time of our tribulation, and geue me confidence Lord king of goddes, and of al power:Memento, Domine, et ostende te nobis in tempore tribulationis nostræ, et da mihi fiduciam, Domine rex deorum, et universæ potestatis: 13Give me a well ordered speech in my mouth in the presence of the lion, and turn his heart to the hatred of our enemy, that both he himself may perish, and the rest that consent to him.Metti nella mia bocca parole adattate, nel cospetto di quel lione, e il cuore di lui volgi a odiare il nemico nostro, onde ed egli, e tutti gli altri, che son d'accordo con lui, periscano.geue me speach wel framed in my mouth in the presence of the lion, and turne his hart into the hatred of our enemie, that both him self may perish, and the rest that consent vnto him.tribue sermonem compositum in ore meo in conspectu leonis, et transfer cor illius in odium hostis nostri, ut et ipse pereat, et ceteri qui ei consentiunt. 14But deliver us by thy hand, and help me, who have no other helper, but thee, O Lord, who hast the knowledge of all things.E noi libera colla tua mano, e aiuta me, che altro aiuto non ho, se non te, o Signore, il quale conosci tutte le cose,But deliuer vs in thy hand, and helpe me, hauing no other helpe, but thee ô Lord which hast the knowlege of al things,Nos autem libera manu tua, et adjuva me, nullum aliud auxilium habentem nisi te, Domine, qui habes omnium scientiam, 15And thou knowest that I hate the glory of the wicked, and abhor the bed of the uncircumcised, and of every stranger.E sai com'io ho in odio la gloria degli ingiusti, e detesto il letto degli in circoncisi, e di qualunque straniero.and knowest that I hate the glorie of the wicked, and detest the bed of the vncircumcised, and of euerie stranger.et nosti quia oderim gloriam iniquorum, et detester cubile incircumcisorum, et omnis alienigenæ. 16Thou knowest my necessity, that I abominate the sign of my pride and glory, which is upon my head in the days of my public appearance, and detest it as a menstruous rag, and wear it not in the days of my silence,Tu sai la mia necessità, e com'io ho in abominazione il distintivo della superbia, e della mia gloria, che io porto sulla testa ne' giorni di mia comparsa, e lo ho in orrore, come un panno intriso di sporco sangue, e nol porto ne' giorni della mia quiete.Thou knowest my necessitie, that I abhorre the signe of my pride and glorie, which is vpon my head in the daies of my ostentation, and detest it as the cloth of a woman in her monthlie floores, and weare it not in the daies of my silence,Tu scis necessitatem meam, quod abominer signum superbiæ et gloriæ meæ, quod est super caput meum in diebus ostentationis meæ, et detester illud quasi pannum menstruatæ, et non portem in diebus silentii mei, 17And that I have not eaten at Aman’s table, nor hath the king’s banquet pleased me, and that I have not drunk the wine of the drink offerings:E come io non ho mangiato alla mensa di Aman, e non ho avuto piacere ai conviti del re, e non ho bevuto del vino di libagione:and that I haue not eaten at Amans table, neither the kings banket hath pleased me, and that I haue not drunke the wine of libamentes:et quod non comederim in mensa Aman, nec mihi placuerit convivium regis, et non biberim vinum libaminum:

18And that thy handmaid hath never rejoiced, since I was brought hither unto this day but in thee, O Lord, the God of Abraham.E mai ho avuto contento dacché fui qua trasferita sino al dì d'oggi, sa non in te, Signore Dio d'Abramo.and that thy handmayde did neuer reioyse, since I was transported hither vnto this day, but in thee ô Lord the God of Abraham.et numquam lætata sit ancilla tua, ex quo huc translata sum usque in præsentem diem, nisi in te, Domine Deus Abraham. 19O God, who art mighty above all, hear the voice of them, that have no other hope, and deliver us from the hand of the wicked, and deliver me from my fear.Dio sopra tutti possente, esaudisci le voci di coloro, che non hanno altra speranza, e noi salva dalle mani degli iniqui, e me libera dal mio timore.O God strong aboue al, heare the voyce of them, that haue no other hope, and deliuer vs from the hand of the wicked, and deliuer me from my feare.Deus fortis super omnes, exaudi vocem eorum qui nullam aliam spem habent, et libera nos de manu iniquorum, et erue me a timore meo.