Marso 1, 2012, Nagbabasa

A reading from the book of Esther 3: 1-19

8:1 Si Reyna Esther din, takot sa panganib na nalalapit, tumakas sa Panginoon.
8:2 At nang isantabi na niya ang kanyang maharlikang damit, kumuha siya ng mga damit na angkop sa pag-iyak at pagluluksa, at sa halip na iba't ibang mga pamahid, tinakpan niya ang kanyang ulo ng abo mula sa nasusunog na dumi, at pinakumbaba niya ang kanyang katawan sa pag-aayuno, at lahat ng aspeto ng kanyang kagandahan, tinakpan niya ang kanyang gutay-gutay na buhok.
8:3 At nagsumamo siya sa Panginoon, sa Dios ng Israel, kasabihan, “Panginoon ko, na nag-iisa ang ating Hari, tulungan mo ako, isang babaeng nag-iisa, sapagka't walang ibang katulong kundi ikaw.
8:4 Malapit na ang aking panganib.
8:5 Narinig ko sa tatay ko na ikaw, Panginoon, pinili ang Israel mula sa lahat ng mga bansa at ang aming mga ninuno mula sa lahat ng kanilang mga dating ninuno, upang ariin sila bilang isang walang hanggang mana, at ginawa mo para sa kanila ang sinabi mo.
8:6 We have sinned in your sight, and therefore you have delivered us into the hands of our enemies,
8:7 for we have worshipped their gods. You are just, O Panginoon.
8:8 And now they are not content to oppress us with a very difficult servitude, but attributing the strength of their hands to the power of their idols,
8:9 they want to alter your promises, and erase your inheritance, and close the mouths of those who praise you, and extinguish the glory of your temple and your altar,
8:10 so that they may open the mouths of the nations, and praise the strength of idols, and proclaim a worldly king in perpetuity.
8:11 Panginoon, do not hand over your scepter to that which does not exist, lest they laugh at our ruin, but turn their counsel upon themselves and destroy him who has begun to rage against us.
8:12 Mag-ingat ka, Panginoon, at ipakita mo ang iyong sarili sa amin sa panahon ng aming kapighatian, at bigyan mo ako ng pananampalataya, Panginoon, Hari ng mga diyos at ng bawat kapangyarihan.
8:13 Magbigay ng angkop na mga salita sa aking bibig sa paningin ng leon, at baguhin ang kanyang puso upang mapoot sa ating kaaway, para pareho siya, at ang iba pang nakikipagsabwatan sa kanya, maaaring mapahamak.
8:14 But free us by your hand, and help me, who has no other helper but you, Panginoon, who holds the knowledge of all things.
8:15 And you know that I hate the glory of the wicked, and I detest the bed of the uncircumcised, and of all outsiders.
8:16 You know my necessity, that I loathe the sign of my exaltation and glory, which is on my head in the days of my exhibition, and that I detest it like a menstruous rag and do not wear it in the days of my silence,
8:17 and that I have not eaten at Haman’s table, nor has the king’s feasts pleased me, and that I have not drunk the wine of his libations,
8:18 and that your handmaid has never rejoiced, from the time that I was carried here until this very day, except in you, Panginoon, God of Abraham.
8:19 O Diyos, na ang lakas ay higit sa lahat ng bagay, pakinggan ang tinig ng mga taong walang ibang pag-asa, at palayain kami sa kamay ng masama, at iligtas mo ako sa aking takot.”

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