¹And when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his garments, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry,

¹Huchi-a kihih tengteng Mordekaiin a theihin, a puante a botkeka, vut toh saiippuan a silha, khopi laizangah a pai khiaa, kah ngaih leh nakpiin a kap a:

²and came even before the king's gate; for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

²Huan kumpipa kongpi mai pha hialin a hongpaia: saiippuan silh mi kuamah lah kumpipa kongpi sungah a lut theikei hi.

³And 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: many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

³Huchiin bial chitenga, koilai peuha kumpipa thupiak leh a thubawl tunna ah, Judate lakah nakpi-a sunna, anngawlna, kahna, mauna a om hi; mi tampi saiippuan silhin, vut lakah a lum uh.

⁴And Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told [it] her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him; but he received [it] not.

⁴Huan Esther nungakte leh a heutute a hongpai ua huchiin a thu a mah a hilhta uhi; huchiin kumpinu a dah mahmah a: puansilh Mordekai silh dingin a khaka, amah akipana a saiippuan la khe dingin: himahleh a sang kei hi.

⁵Then Esther called for Hatach, [one] of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to wait upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

⁵Huchihlaiin Estherin Hatak, kumpipa michilgehte laka khat a sama, amah vil dinga kumpipan a seh, Mordekai kianga hoh dingin thu a piaa, hiai bang thu ahi, bangdia hichi ahi chih thei dingin.

⁶And Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the public place of the city which was before the king's gate.

⁶Huchibangin Hatak bel kumpipa kongpi maia om, khopi mun ja ah Mordekai kiangah a vapawt khiaa.

⁷And Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and of the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

⁷Huan Mordekaiin a tunga tung tengteng thu amah a hilha, Judate adia, maute hihsiatna ding, kumpipa sumbawmtea Hamanin dangka sum piak dinga achiam zah geih a hilh hi.

⁸And he gave him a copy of the writing of the decree that had been given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew [it] to Esther, and to declare [it] to her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.

⁸Huailou leng Esther kianga lak ding leh, a kianga phuan dingin amaute hihsiatna dinga Susana thubawl piak khiak laigelh kopi amah a pia a; kumpipa kianga vahoh ding a hilh din, a kianga thumna vabawl ding leh a mite adia, a maa ngetna vabawl dingin.

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

⁹Huan Hatak a honga Mordekai thute Esther a hilh hi.

¹⁰And Esther spoke to Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai:

¹⁰Huchihlaiin Estherin Hatak kiangah thu a gena, Mordekai ading thukhah a pia hi,

¹¹All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces do know that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is *one* law, to put [him] to death, except [such] to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live; and I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

¹¹Kumpipa sikhate tengteng leh, kumpipa bialtea miten a thei kilkel uhi, mi kuapeuhmah, pasal zong numei zong, sap louha, kumpipa pisa sungnungzopena a hong u leh, amah adingin dank hat a oma, sihsak ding, a chi-a, kumpipan dangkaeng lalchiang a letkhumte chih louhngal: himahleh hiai ni sawmthum kumpipa kianga hongpai dingin sapin ka na omta kei hi, chiin.

¹²And they told Mordecai Esther's words.

¹²Huan Esther thute Mordekai a hilh ua.

¹³And Mordecai bade to answer Esther: Imagine not in thy heart that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

¹³Huchihlaiin Mordekaiin Esther kianga dawnna vatun nawn dingin amau a chi a, Judate tengteng sangin, kumpipa in sunga nang na suahtak kingaihtuah het ken.

¹⁴For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there arise relief and deliverance to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall perish. And who knows whether thou art [not] come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

¹⁴Nang hiai huna bangmah himhim gen lou-a na daih dide leh, mun dang akipanin Judate dingin panpihna leh lakkhiakna a hongomdinga, himahleh nang leh na pa inkote na mang ding uh: hun hichibang adia honglal na hih mel kuan a thei a?

¹⁵And Esther bade to answer Mordecai:

¹⁵Huchiin Estherin Mordekai kianga dawnna vatun dingin amau a chi a.

¹⁶Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast 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.

¹⁶Kuan inla, Susana om Judate tengteng kai khawm inla kei dingin anngawl unla, nithum, jan hiam sun hiam: nek lah ne kei unla, dawn leng dawn kei un: huchi mahbangin ken leng ka nungakte toh an ka ngawl ding uh; huaichiangin kumpipa kiangah ka hoh ngeingei ding, dan bang jaw ahi keia: huchi-a ka man leh, mang ka hi mai ding, chiin.Huchiin Mordekai a kuana, Estherin amah thu a piak tengteng bangin a gamtata hi.

¹⁷And Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.

¹⁷Huchiin Mordekai a kuana, Estherin amah thu a piak tengteng bangin a gamtata hi.