以斯帖记 2
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
King James Version with Apocrypha
1这事以后， 亚哈随鲁 王的忿怒止息，就想念 瓦实提 和她所行的，并怎样降旨办她。
1After these things, when the wrath of king Ahasuerus was appeased, he remembered Vashti, and what she had done, and what was decreed against her.
2于是王的侍臣对王说：「不如为王寻找美貌的处女。
2Then said the king’s servants that ministered unto him, Let there be fair young virgins sought for the king:
3王可以派官在国中的各省招聚美貌的处女到 书珊 城的女院，交给掌管女子的太监 希该 ，给她们当用的香品。
3And let the king appoint officers in all the provinces of his kingdom, that they may gather together all the fair young virgins unto Shushan the palace, to the house of the women, unto the custody of Hege the king’s chamberlain, keeper of the women; and let their things for purification be given them:
4王所喜爱的女子可以立为王后，代替 瓦实提 。」王以这事为美，就如此行。
4And let the maiden which pleaseth the king be queen instead of Vashti. And the thing pleased the king; and he did so.
5书珊 城有一个 犹大 人，名叫 末底改 ，是 便雅悯 人 基士 的曾孙， 示每 的孙子， 睚珥 的儿子。
5¶ Now in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;
6从前 巴比伦 王 尼布甲尼撒 将 犹大 王 耶哥尼雅 和百姓从 耶路撒冷 掳去， 末底改 也在其内。
6Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
7末底改 抚养他叔叔的女儿 哈大沙 （后名 以斯帖 ），因为她没有父母。这女子又容貌俊美；她父母死了， 末底改 就收她为自己的女儿。
7And he brought up Hadassah, that is , Esther, his uncle’s daughter: for she had neither father nor mother, and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mordecai, when her father and mother were dead, took for his own daughter.
8王的谕旨传出，就招聚许多女子到 书珊 城，交给掌管女子的 希该 ； 以斯帖 也送入王宫，交付 希该 。
8¶ So it came to pass, when the king’s commandment and his decree was heard, and when many maidens were gathered together unto Shushan the palace, to the custody of Hegai, that Esther was brought also unto the king’s house, to the custody of Hegai, keeper of the women.
9希该 喜悦 以斯帖 ，就恩待她，急忙给她需用的香品和她所当得的分，又派所当得的七个宫女服事她，使她和她的宫女搬入女院上好的房屋。
9And the maiden pleased him, and she obtained kindness of him; and he speedily gave her her things for purification, with such things as belonged to her, and seven maidens, which were meet to be given her, out of the king’s house: and he preferred her and her maids unto the best place of the house of the women.
10以斯帖 未曾将籍贯宗族告诉人，因为 末底改 嘱咐她不可叫人知道。
10Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew it .
11末底改 天天在女院前边行走，要知道 以斯帖 平安不平安，并后事如何。
11And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women’s house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
12众女子照例先洁净身体十二个月：六个月用没药油，六个月用香料和洁身之物。满了日期，然后挨次进去见 亚哈随鲁 王。
12¶ Now when every maid’s turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit , six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
13女子进去见王是这样：从女院到王宫的时候，凡她所要的都必给她。
13Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king’s house.
14晚上进去，次日回到女子第二院，交给掌管妃嫔的太监 沙甲 ；除非王喜爱她，再提名召她，就不再进去见王。
14In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king’s chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
15末底改 叔叔 亚比孩 的女儿，就是 末底改 收为自己女儿的 以斯帖 ，按次序当进去见王的时候，除了掌管女子的太监 希该 所派定给她的，她别无所求。凡看见 以斯帖 的都喜悦她。
15¶ Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king’s chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
16亚哈随鲁 王第七年十月，就是提别月， 以斯帖 被引入宫见王。
16So Esther was taken unto king Ahasuerus into his house royal in the tenth month, which is the month Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
17王爱 以斯帖 过于爱众女，她在王眼前蒙宠爱比众处女更甚。王就把王后的冠冕戴在她头上，立她为王后，代替 瓦实提 。
17And the king loved Esther above all the women, and she obtained grace and favour in his sight more than all the virgins; so that he set the royal crown upon her head, and made her queen instead of Vashti.
18王因 以斯帖 的缘故给众首领和臣仆设摆大筵席，又豁免各省的 租税 ，并照王的厚意大颁赏赐。
18Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther’s feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
19第二次招聚处女的时候， 末底改 坐在朝门。
19And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai sat in the king’s gate.
20以斯帖 照着 末底改 所嘱咐的，还没有将籍贯宗族告诉人；因为 以斯帖 遵 末底改 的命，如抚养她的时候一样。
20Esther had not yet shewed her kindred nor her people; as Mordecai had charged her: for Esther did the commandment of Mordecai, like as when she was brought up with him.
21当那时候， 末底改 坐在朝门，王的太监中有两个守门的， 辟探 和 提列 ，恼恨 亚哈随鲁 王，想要下手害他。
21¶ In those days, while Mordecai sat in the king’s gate, two of the king’s chamberlains, Bigthan and Teresh, of those which kept the door, were wroth, and sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
22末底改 知道了，就告诉王后 以斯帖 。 以斯帖 奉 末底改 的名，报告于王；
22And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.
23究察这事，果然是实，就把二人挂在木头上，将这事在王面前写于历史上。
23And when inquisition was made of the matter, it was found out; therefore they were both hanged on a tree: and it was written in the book of the chronicles before the king.
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