以斯帖记 5
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
Berean Standard Bible
1第三日， 以斯帖 穿上朝服，进王宫的内院，对殿站立。王在殿里坐在宝座上，对着殿门。
1On the third day, Esther put on her royal attire and stood in the inner court of the palace across from the king’s quarters. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the royal courtroom, facing the entrance.
2王见王后 以斯帖 站在院内，就施恩于她，向她伸出手中的金杖； 以斯帖 便向前摸杖头。
2As soon as the king saw Queen Esther standing in the court, she found favor in his sight. The king extended the gold scepter in his hand toward Esther, and she approached and touched the tip of the scepter.
3王对她说：「王后 以斯帖 啊，你要什么？你求什么，就是国的一半也必赐给你。」
3“What is it, Queen Esther?” the king inquired. “What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be given to you.”
4以斯帖 说：「王若以为美，就请王带着 哈曼 今日赴我所预备的筵席。」
4“If it pleases the king,” Esther replied, “may the king and Haman come today to the banquet I have prepared for the king.”
5王说：「叫 哈曼 速速照 以斯帖 的话去行。」于是王带着 哈曼 赴 以斯帖 所预备的筵席。
5“Hurry,” commanded the king, “and bring Haman, so we can do as Esther has requested.” So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
6在酒席筵前，王又问 以斯帖 说：「你要什么，我必赐给你；你求什么，就是国的一半也必 为你 成就。」
6And as they drank their wine, the king said to Esther, “What is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”
7以斯帖 回答说：「我有所要，我有所求。
7Esther replied, “This is my petition and my request:
8我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若愿意赐我所要的，准我所求的，就请王带着 哈曼 再赴我所要预备的筵席。明日我必照王所问的说明。」
8If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, may the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”
9那日 哈曼 心中快乐，欢欢喜喜地出来；但见 末底改 在朝门不站起来，连身也不动，就满心恼怒 末底改 。
9That day Haman went out full of joy and glad of heart. At the king’s gate, however, he saw Mordecai, who did not rise or tremble in fear at his presence. And Haman was filled with rage toward Mordecai.
10哈曼 暂且忍耐回家，叫人请他朋友和他妻子 细利斯 来。
10Nevertheless, Haman restrained himself and went home. And calling for his friends and his wife Zeresh,
11哈曼 将他富厚的荣耀、众多的儿女，和王抬举他使他超乎首领臣仆之上，都述说给他们听。
11Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
12哈曼 又说：「王后 以斯帖 预备筵席，除了我之外不许别人随王赴席。明日王后又请我随王赴席；
12“What is more,” Haman added, “Queen Esther invited no one but me to join the king at the banquet she prepared, and I am invited back tomorrow along with the king.
13只是我见 犹大 人 末底改 坐在朝门，虽有这一切 荣耀 ，也与我无益。」
13Yet none of this satisfies me as long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king’s gate.”
14他的妻 细利斯 和他一切的朋友对他说：「不如立一个五丈高的木架，明早求王将 末底改 挂在其上，然后你可以欢欢喜喜地随王赴席。」 哈曼 以这话为美，就叫人做了木架。
14His wife Zeresh and all his friends told him, “Have them build a gallows fifty cubits high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go to the banquet with the king and enjoy yourself.” The advice pleased Haman, and he had the gallows constructed.
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