Esther 3
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Berean Standard Bible
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
1After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
1这事以后， 亚哈随鲁 王抬举 亚甲 族 哈米大他 的儿子 哈曼 ，使他高升，叫他的爵位超过与他同事的一切臣宰。
2All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.
2在朝门的一切臣仆都跪拜 哈曼 ，因为王如此吩咐；惟独 末底改 不跪不拜。
3Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”
3在朝门的臣仆问 末底改 说：「你为何违背王的命令呢？」
4Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
4他们天天劝他，他还是不听，他们就告诉 哈曼 ，要看 末底改 的事站得住站不住，因他已经告诉他们自己是 犹大 人。
5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
5哈曼 见 末底改 不跪不拜，他就怒气填胸。
6And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
6他们已将 末底改 的本族告诉 哈曼 ；他以为下手害 末底改 一人是小事，就要灭绝 亚哈随鲁 王通国所有的 犹大 人，就是 末底改 的本族。
7In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
7亚哈随鲁 王十二年正月，就是尼散月，人在 哈曼 面前，按日日月月掣普珥，就是掣签，要定何月何日为吉，择定了十二月，就是亚达月。
8Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
8哈曼 对 亚哈随鲁 王说：「有一种民散居在王国各省的民中；他们的律例与万民的律例不同，也不守王的律例，所以容留他们与王无益。
9If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
9王若以为美，请下旨意灭绝他们；我就捐一万他连得银子交给掌管国帑的人，纳入王的府库。」
10So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
10于是王从自己手上摘下戒指给 犹大 人的仇敌— 亚甲 族 哈米大他 的儿子 哈曼 。
11“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
11王对 哈曼 说：「这银子仍赐给你，这民也交给你，你可以随意待他们。」
12On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
12正月十三日，就召了王的书记来，照着 哈曼 一切所吩咐的，用各省的文字、各族的方言，奉 亚哈随鲁 王的名写旨意，传与总督和各省的省长，并各族的首领；又用王的戒指盖印，
13And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
13交给驿卒传到王的各省，吩咐将 犹大 人，无论老少妇女孩子，在一日之间，十二月，就是亚达月十三日，全然剪除，杀戮灭绝，并夺他们的财为掠物。
14A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.
14抄录这旨意，颁行各省，宣告各族，使他们预备等候那日。
15The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
15驿卒奉王命急忙起行，旨意也传遍 书珊 城。王同 哈曼 坐下饮 酒 ， 书珊 城的民却都慌乱。
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