以斯帖记 4
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
Berean Standard Bible
1末底改 知道所做的这一切事，就撕裂衣服，穿麻衣，蒙灰尘，在城中行走，痛哭哀号。
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.
2到了朝门前 停住脚步 ，因为穿麻衣的不可进朝门。
2But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
3王的谕旨所到的各省各处， 犹大 人大大悲哀，禁食哭泣哀号，穿麻衣躺在灰中的甚多。
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.
4王后 以斯帖 的宫女和太监来把这事告诉 以斯帖 ，她甚是忧愁，就送衣服给 末底改 穿，要他脱下麻衣，他却不受。
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.
5以斯帖 就把王所派伺候她的一个太监，名叫 哈他革 召来，吩咐他去见 末底改 ，要知道这是什么事，是什么缘故。
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.
6于是 哈他革 出到朝门前的宽阔处见 末底改 。
6So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the city square in front of the king’s gate,
7末底改 将自己所遇的事，并 哈曼 为灭绝 犹大 人应许捐入王库的银数都告诉了他；
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.
8又将所抄写传遍 书珊 城要灭绝 犹大 人的旨意交给 哈他革 ，要给 以斯帖 看，又要给她说明，并嘱咐她进去见王，为本族的人在王面前恳切祈求。
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.
9哈他革 回来，将 末底改 的话告诉 以斯帖 ；
9So Hathach went back and relayed Mordecai’s response to Esther.
10以斯帖 就吩咐 哈他革 去见 末底改 ， 说 ：
10Then Esther spoke to Hathach and instructed him to tell Mordecai,
11「王的一切臣仆和各省的人民都知道有一个定例：若不蒙召，擅入内院见王的，无论男女必被治死；除非王向他伸出金杖，不得存活。现在我没有蒙召进去见王已经三十日了。」
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.”
12人就把 以斯帖 这话告诉 末底改 。
12When Esther’s words were relayed to Mordecai,
13末底改 托人回复 以斯帖 说：「你莫想在王宫里强过一切 犹大 人，得免这祸。
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.
14此时你若闭口不言， 犹大 人必从别处得解脱，蒙拯救；你和你父家必致灭亡。焉知你得了王后的位分不是为现今的机会吗？」
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?”
15以斯帖 就吩咐人回报 末底改 说：
15Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
16「你当去招聚 书珊 城所有的 犹大 人，为我禁食三昼三夜，不吃不喝；我和我的宫女也要这样禁食。然后我违例进去见王，我若死就死吧！」
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!”
17于是 末底改 照 以斯帖 一切所吩咐的去行。
17So Mordecai went and did all that Esther had instructed him.
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