以斯帖记 8
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
Berean Standard Bible
1当日， 亚哈随鲁 王把 犹大 人仇敌 哈曼 的家产赐给王后 以斯帖 。 末底改 也来到王面前，因为 以斯帖 已经告诉王， 末底改 是她的亲属。
1That same day King Xerxes awarded Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai entered the king’s presence because Esther had revealed his relation to her.
2王摘下自己的戒指，就是从 哈曼 追回的，给了 末底改 。 以斯帖 派 末底改 管理 哈曼 的家产。
2The king removed the signet ring he had recovered from Haman and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed Mordecai over the estate of Haman.
3以斯帖 又俯伏在王脚前，流泪哀告，求他除掉 亚甲 族 哈曼 害 犹大 人的恶谋。
3And once again, Esther addressed the king. She fell at his feet weeping and begged him to revoke the evil scheme of Haman the Agagite, which he had devised against the Jews.
4王向 以斯帖 伸出金杖； 以斯帖 就起来，站在王前，
4The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.
5说：「 亚甲 族 哈米大他 的儿子 哈曼 设谋传旨，要杀灭在王各省的 犹大 人。现今王若愿意，我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若以为美，若喜悦我，请王另下旨意，废除 哈曼 所传的那旨意。
5“If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
6我何忍见我本族的人受害？何忍见我同宗的人被灭呢？」
6For how could I bear to see the disaster that would befall my people? How could I bear to see the destruction of my kindred?”
7亚哈随鲁 王对王后 以斯帖 和 犹大 人 末底改 说：「因 哈曼 要下手害 犹大 人，我已将他的家产赐给 以斯帖 ，人也将 哈曼 挂在木架上。
7So King Xerxes said to Esther the Queen and Mordecai the Jew, “Behold, I have given Haman’s estate to Esther, and he was hanged on the gallows because he attacked the Jews.
8现在你们可以随意奉王的名写谕旨给 犹大 人，用王的戒指盖印；因为奉王名所写、用王戒指盖印的谕旨，人都不能废除。」
8Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”
9三月，就是西弯月二十三日，将王的书记召来，按着 末底改 所吩咐的，用各省的文字、各族的方言，并 犹大 人的文字方言写谕旨，传给那从 印度 直到 古实 一百二十七省的 犹大 人和总督省长首领。
9At once the royal scribes were summoned, and on the twenty-third day of the third month (the month of Sivan ), they recorded all of Mordecai’s orders to the Jews and to the satraps, governors, and princes of the 127 provinces from India to Cush —writing to each province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.
10末底改 奉 亚哈随鲁 王的名写谕旨，用王的戒指盖印，交给骑御马圈快马的驿卒，传 到各处 。
10Mordecai wrote in the name of King Xerxes and sealed it with the royal signet ring. He sent the documents by mounted couriers riding on swift horses bred from the royal mares.
11谕旨中，王准各省各城的 犹大 人在一日之间，十二月，就是亚达月十三日，聚集保护性命，剪除杀戮灭绝那要攻击 犹大 人的一切仇敌和他们的妻子儿女，夺取他们的财为掠物。
11By these letters the king permitted the Jews in each and every city the right to assemble and defend themselves, to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the forces of any people or province hostile to them, including women and children, and to plunder their possessions.
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12The single day appointed throughout all the provinces of King Xerxes was the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
13抄录这谕旨，颁行各省，宣告各族，使 犹大 人预备等候那日，在仇敌身上报仇。
13A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that the Jews would be ready on that day to avenge themselves on their enemies.
14于是骑快马的驿卒被王命催促，急忙起行；谕旨也传遍 书珊 城。
14The couriers rode out in haste on their royal horses, pressed on by the command of the king. And the edict was also issued in the citadel of Susa.
15末底改 穿着蓝色白色的朝服，头戴大金冠冕，又穿紫色细麻布的外袍，从王面前出来； 书珊 城的人民都欢呼快乐。
15Mordecai went out from the presence of the king in royal garments of blue and white, with a large gold crown and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced.
16犹大 人有光荣，欢喜快乐而得尊贵。
16For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.
17王的谕旨所到的各省各城， 犹大 人都欢喜快乐，设摆筵宴，以那日为吉日。那国的人民，有许多因惧怕 犹大 人，就入了 犹大 籍。
17In every province and every city, wherever the king’s edict and decree reached, there was joy and gladness among the Jews, with feasting and celebrating. And many of the people of the land themselves became Jews, because the fear of the Jews had fallen upon them.
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