Talmai — Addition C 20: She has had no joy since becoming queen, except in God. Licence: English and apparatus CC BY 4.0 (Talmai, Wroot Press); Greek from Swete, CC BY-SA. https://talmai.wrootpress.com/rights/ Canonical: https://talmai.wrootpress.com/unit/esth-plus-04.17-20/ Source edition: H. B. Swete, The Old Testament in Greek, 19.4.1a-30a GREEK: καὶ οὐκ ηὐφράνθη ἡ δούλη σου ἀφʼ ἡμέρας μεταβολῆς μου μέχρι νῦν πλὴν ἐπὶ σοί, Κύριε ὁ θεὸς Ἁβραάμ. ENGLISH (draft-awaiting-approval): and your servant has had no joy from the day of my change until now, except in you, Lord, God of Abraham. PARALLELS: - [Flagged] Esther Rabbah 8:7 (Esther Rabbah) — conduit: medieval retranslation. 'משולה לעניה שואלת מבית לבית' describes Esther's queenship itself as unrelieved wretchedness, matching Addition C's specific claim that she has had 'no joy' since becoming queen except in God — a shared non-MT characterization of her marriage as affliction. - [Motif] Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 1056:12 (Yalkut Shimoni on Esther (Remez 1046-1061)) — conduit: lost intermediary. 'כשם שאבדתי מבית אבא כך אני אובדת ממך' reads her queenship as pure loss, matching the plus's 'no joy from the day of my change until now'; not MT material. - [Motif] Rashi on Esther 4:16:1 (Rashi on Esther) — conduit: lost intermediary. Rashi's 'until now under compulsion, now willingly' (4:16) matches the plus's premise that her queenship, from the day of her change, has brought no joy -- both read the marriage as an endured violation. - [Flagged] Targum Sheni on Esther 5:1:1 (Targum Sheni on Esther) — conduit: Aramaic. 'Not because I am beautiful before you do I go in... but for the sake of your people Israel' is the specific self-effacing disclaimer matching Addition C's claim that her queenship has brought her no joy, only service. - [Motif] Rashi on Megillah 13a:22:1 (Rashi on Bavli Megillah 9a-17a) — conduit: oral. The king's banquet and gifts to win her over 'availing nothing' matches Addition C's 'your servant has had no joy ... except in you.' - [Motif] Aramaic Targum to Esther 2:8 (Aramaic Targum to Esther (Targum Rishon)) — conduit: Aramaic. Esther 'led away by force (be'onsa)' to the king's house is a non-MT elaboration matching the plus's dating of her sorrow from 'the day of my change.' - [Motif] Sifrei Aggadah on Esther, Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II 2:17 (Sifrei Aggadah on Esther: Midrash Panim Acherim, Version II) — conduit: lost intermediary. From the moment she is made queen, Esther lives in continual fear ('woe is me, perhaps he will kill Esther as he killed Vashti') and still will not disclose her people -- matching Addition C's 'your servant has had no joy from the day of my change until now.'