Brenton's Septuagint (LXX) - Holy Name KJV

 4:1 ¶ But Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} having perceived what was done, rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, and sprinkled dust upon himself; and having rushed forth through the open street of the city, he cried with a loud voice, A nation that has done no wrong is going to be destroyed.

 4:1 ¶ 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;°

 4:2 And he came to the king's gate, and stood; for it was not lawful for him to enter into the palace, wearing sackcloth and ashes.

 4:2 And came°° even° before° the king's° gate:° for° none° [might] enter°° into° the king's° gate° clothed° with sackcloth.°

 4:3 And in every province where the letters were published, [there was] crying and lamentation and great mourning on the part of the Jews: they spread for themselves sackcloth and ashes.

 4:3 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.°

 4:4 ¶ And the queen's maids and chamberlains went in and told her: and when she had heard what was done, she was disturbed; and she sent to clothe Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus}, and take away his sackcloth; but he consented not.

 4:4 ¶ 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.°

 4:5 So Esther called for her chamberlain Achrathaeus, who waited upon her; and she sent to learn the truth from Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus}.

 4:5 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].

 4:6 [Absent from Manuscript]

 4:6 So Hatach° went forth°° to° Mordecai° unto° the street° of the city,° which° [was] before° the king's° gate.°

 4:7 And Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} shewed him what was done, and the promise which Haman{gr.Aman} had made the king of ten thousand talents [to be paid] into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews.

 4:7 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.

 4:8 And he gave him the copy [of the writing] that was published in Shushan{gr.Susa} concerning their destruction, to shew to Esther; and told him to charge her to go in and intreat the king, and to beg him for the people, remembering, [said he], the days of thy low estate, how thou wert nursed by my hand: because Haman{gr.Aman} who holds the next place to the king has spoken against us for death. Do thou call upon the Lord, and speak to the king concerning us, to deliver us from death.

 4:8 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.°

 4:9 So Achrathaeus went in and told her all these words.

 4:9 And Hatach° came°° and told°° Esther°° the words° of Mordecai.°

 4:10 ¶ And Esther said to Achrathaeus, Go to Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus}, and say,

 4:10 ¶ Again Esther° spake°° unto Hatach,° and gave him commandment°° unto° Mordecai;°

 4:11 All the nations of the empire know, that whoever, man or woman, shall go in to the king into the inner court uncalled, that person cannot live: only to whomsoever the king shall stretch out [his] golden sceptre, he shall live: and I have not been called to go into the king, for these thirty days.

 4:11 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.°

 4:12 And Achrathaeus reported to Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} all the words of Esther.

 4:12 And they told°° to Mordecai°° Esther's° words.°

 4:13 Then Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} said to Achrathaeus, Go, and say to her, Esther, say not to thyself that thou alone wilt escape in the kingdom, more than all the [other] Jews.

 4:13 Then Mordecai° commanded°° to answer°°° Esther,° Think°° not° with thyself° that thou shalt escape°° in the king's° house,° more than all°° the Jews.°

 4:14 For if thou shalt refuse to hearken on this occasion, help and protection will be to the Jews from another quarter; but thou and thy father's house will perish: and who knows, if thou hast been made queen for this [very] occasion?

 4:14 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?°

 4:15 ¶ And Esther sent the [man] that came to her to Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus}, saying,

 4:15 ¶ Then Esther° bade°° [them] return°°° Mordecai° [this answer],

 4:16 Go and assemble the Jews that are in Shushan{gr.Susa}, and fast ye for me, and eat not and drink not for three days, night and day: and I also and my maidens will fast; and then I will go in to the king contrary to the law, even if I must die.

 4:16 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.°°

 4:17 So Mordecai{gr.Mardochaeus} went and did all that Esther commanded him. And he besought the Lord, making mention of all the works of the Lord; and he said, Lord God, king ruling over all, for all things are in thy power, and there is no one that shall oppose thee in thy purpose to save Israel.-- For thou hast made the heaven and the earth, and every wonderful thing in the [world] under heaven. And thou art Lord of all, and there is no one who shall resist thee the Lord. Thou knowest all things: thou knowest, Lord, that it is not in the insolence, nor haughtiness, nor love of glory, that I have done this, to refuse obeisance to the haughty Haman{gr.Aman}. For I would gladly have kissed the soles of his feet for the safety of Israel. But I have done this, that I might not set the glory of man above the glory of God: and I will not worship any one except thee, my Lord, and I will not do these things in haughtiness. And now, O Lord God, the King, the God of Abraham{gr.Abraam}, spare thy people, for [our enemies] are looking upon us to [our] destruction, and they have desired to destroy thine ancient inheritance. Do not overlook thy peculiar people, whom thou hast redeemed for thyself out of the land of Mizraim{gr.Egypt}. Hearken to my prayer, and be propitious to thine in gladness, that we may live and sing praise to thy name, O Lord; and do not utterly destroy the mount of them that praise thee, O Lord. And all Israel cried with [all] their might for their death [was] before their eyes. And queen Esther betook herself for refuge to the Lord, being taken [as it were] in the agony of death. And having taken off her glorious apparel, she put on garments of distress and morning; and instead of grand perfumes she filled her head and ashes and dung, and she greatly brought down her body, and she filled every place of her glad adorning with the [torn] curls of her hair. And she besought the Lord God of Israel, and said, O my Lord, thou alone art our king: help me [who am] destitute, and have no helper but thee, for my danger [is] near at hand. I have heard from my birth, in the tribe of my kindred, that thou, Lord, tookest Israel out of all the nations, and our fathers out of all their kindred for a perpetual inheritance, and hast wrought for them all that thou hast said. And now we have sinned before thee, and thou hast delivered us into the hands of our enemies, because we honoured their gods: thou art righteous, O Lord. But now they have not been contented with the bitterness of our slavery, but have laid their hands on the hands of their idols, [in order] to abolish the decree of thy mouth, and utterly to destroy thine inheritance, and to stop the mouth of them that praise thee, and to extinguish the glory of thine house and thine altar, and to open the mouth of the Gentiles to [speak] the praises of vanities, and [in order] that a mortal king should be admired for every. O Lord, do not resign thy sceptre to them that are not, and let them not laugh at our fall, but turn their counsel against themselves, and make an example of him who has begun [to injure] us. Remember [us], O Lord, manifest thyself in the time. of our affliction, and encourage me, O king of gods, and ruler of all dominion. Put harmonious speech into my mouth before the lion, and turn his heart to hate him that fights against us, to the utter destruction of him and of them that consent with him. But deliver us by thine hand, and help me [who am] destitute, and have none but thee, O Lord. Thou knowest all things, and knowest that I hate the glory of transgressors, and that I abhor the couth of the uncircumcised, and of every stranger. Thou knowest my necessity, for I abhor the symbol of my proud station, which is upon my head in the days of my splendour: I abhor it as a menstruous cloth, and I wear it not in the days of my tranquillity. And thy handmaid has not eaten [at] the table of Haman{gr.Aman}, and I have not honoured the banquet of the king, neither have I drunk wine of libations. Neither has thy handmaid rejoiced since the day of my promotion until now, except in thee, O Lord God of Abraham{gr.Abraam}. O God, who hast power over all, hearken to the voice of the desperate, and deliver us from the hand of them that devise mischief; and deliver me from my fear.

 4:17 So Mordecai° went his way,°° and did°° according to all° that° Esther° had commanded°° him.°