וַ֠תָּבוֹאינָה נַעֲר֨וֹת אֶסְתֵּ֤ר וְסָרִיסֶ֙יהָ֙ וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ לָ֔הּ וַתִּתְחַלְחַ֥ל הַמַּלְכָּ֖ה מְאֹ֑ד וַתִּשְׁלַ֨ח בְּגָדִ֜ים לְהַלְבִּ֣ישׁ אֶֽת־מָרְדֳּכַ֗י וּלְהָסִ֥יר שַׂקּ֛וֹ מֵעָלָ֖יו וְלֹ֥א קִבֵּֽל׃
At dumating ang mga dalagang tagapaglingkod ni Ester at ang kanyang mga eunuko at ibinalita nila ito sa kanya; at labis na nabagabag ang reyna, at nagpadala siya ng mga damit upang ipasuot kay Mordecai at upang alisin sa kanya ang kanyang magaspang na sako, ngunit hindi niya ito tinanggap.
Tze'enah Ure'enah
“The queen was agitated” [4:4]. Esther’s maidens saw that Mordecai was wearing sackcloth. They told this to Esther and Esther was very frightened. Esther sent clothes to Mordecai that he should don them. One asks a question. What did Esther think? If Mordecai wanted to don clothes, he had clothes without her clothes. Here one asks another question. Esther said: take off your sackcloth and put on clothes. It is obvious that if he would put on clothes, he would take off the sackcloth. The answer is that Esther said to Mordecai. Indeed, you have two sackcloth’s, one is on your body and the other is on the outside. Therefore, remove the outer sackcloth and keep the sackcloth next to your body. Put the clothes on over that sackcloth, in the expectation that you will be able to go in to the king’s gate to visit me. However, Mordecai did not want to do it. He thought: I must repent with the sackcloth on me. Therefore it says, “to take off the sackcloth” [4:4]. That is to say, to take off the outer sackcloth. Mordecai did not want to take off the sackcloth and did not explain why. She sent “Hathach” [4:5]. This is “Daniel” who served Esther.36B. Megillah, 15a. Esther said: this Daniel can be trusted with a secret. Therefore, go to Mordecai and let him tell you the secret.