Esther 4
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
1末底改 知道所做的這一切事，就撕裂衣服，穿麻衣，蒙灰塵，在城中行走，痛哭哀號。
2But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
2到了朝門前 停住腳步 ，因為穿麻衣的不可進朝門。
3In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
3王的諭旨所到的各省各處， 猶大 人大大悲哀，禁食哭泣哀號，穿麻衣躺在灰中的甚多。
4When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
4王后 以斯帖 的宮女和太監來把這事告訴 以斯帖 ，她甚是憂愁，就送衣服給 末底改 穿，要他脫下麻衣，他卻不受。
5Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king’s eunuchs appointed to her, and she dispatched him to Mordecai to learn what was troubling him and why.
5以斯帖 就把王所派伺候她的一個太監，名叫 哈他革 召來，吩咐他去見 末底改 ，要知道這是甚麼事，是甚麼緣故。
6So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
6於是 哈他革 出到朝門前的寬闊處見 末底改 。
7and Mordecai told him all that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money that Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury in order to destroy the Jews.
7末底改 將自己所遇的事，並 哈曼 為滅絕 猶大 人應許捐入王庫的銀數都告訴了他；
8Mordecai also gave Hathach a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for the destruction of the Jews, to show and explain to Esther, urging her to approach the king, implore his favor, and plead before him for her people.
8又將所抄寫傳遍 書珊 城要滅絕 猶大 人的旨意交給 哈他革 ，要給 以斯帖 看，又要給她說明，並囑咐她進去見王，為本族的人在王面前懇切祈求。
9So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
9哈他革 回來，將 末底改 的話告訴 以斯帖 ；
10Then Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai,
10以斯帖 就吩咐 哈他革 去見 末底改 ， 說 ：
11“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
11「王的一切臣僕和各省的人民都知道有一個定例：若不蒙召，擅入內院見王的，無論男女必被治死；除非王向他伸出金杖，不得存活。現在我沒有蒙召進去見王已經三十日了。」
12When Esther’s words were relayed to Mordecai,
12人就把 以斯帖 這話告訴 末底改 。
13he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
13末底改 託人回覆 以斯帖 說：「你莫想在王宮裏強過一切 猶大 人，得免這禍。
14For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s house will perish. And who knows if perhaps you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this?”
14此時你若閉口不言， 猶大 人必從別處得解脫，蒙拯救；你和你父家必致滅亡。焉知你得了王后的位分不是為現今的機會嗎？」
15Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
15以斯帖 就吩咐人回報 末底改 說：
16“Go and assemble all the Jews who can be found in Susa, and fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day, and I and my maidens will fast as you do. After that, I will go to the king, even though it is against the law. And if I perish, I perish!”
16「你當去招聚 書珊 城所有的 猶大 人，為我禁食三晝三夜，不吃不喝；我和我的宮女也要這樣禁食。然後我違例進去見王，我若死就死吧！」
17So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.
17於是 末底改 照 以斯帖 一切所吩咐的去行。
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