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 scepter, that he may live: but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.
13 Then Mordekhai [little man] commanded to answer Ester [star], Think not with yourself that youi shall escape in the king’s house, more than all the Y’hudim (Judeans).
14 For if youi altogether hold youi peace at this time, [then] shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Y’hudim (Judeans) from another place; but youi and youi father’s house shall be destroyed: and who knows whether youi are come to the kingdom for [such] a time as this?
15 Then Ester [star] bade [them] return Mordekhai [little man] [this answer],
16 Go, gather together all the Y’hudim (Judeans) that are present in Shushan [lily], and fast you2f 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.