以斯帖记 9
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
Berean Standard Bible
1十二月，乃亚达月十三日，王的谕旨将要举行，就是 犹大 人的仇敌盼望辖制他们的日子， 犹大 人反倒辖制恨他们的人。
1On the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month of Adar, the king’s command and edict were to be executed. On this day the enemies of the Jews had hoped to overpower them, but their plan was overturned and the Jews overpowered those who hated them.
2犹大 人在 亚哈随鲁 王各省的城里聚集，下手击杀那要害他们的人。无人能敌挡他们，因为各族都惧怕他们。
2In each of the provinces of King Xerxes, the Jews assembled in their cities to attack those who sought to harm them. No man could withstand them, because the fear of them had fallen upon all peoples.
3各省的首领、总督、省长，和办理王事的人，因惧怕 末底改 ，就都帮助 犹大 人。
3And all the officials of the provinces, the satraps, the governors, and the king’s administrators helped the Jews, because the fear of Mordecai had fallen upon them.
4末底改 在朝中为大，名声传遍各省，日渐昌盛。
4For Mordecai exercised great power in the palace, and his fame spread throughout the provinces as he became more and more powerful.
5犹大 人用刀击杀一切仇敌，任意杀灭恨他们的人。
5The Jews put all their enemies to the sword, killing and destroying them, and they did as they pleased to those who hated them.
6在 书珊 城， 犹大 人杀灭了五百人；
6In the citadel of Susa, the Jews killed and destroyed five hundred men,
7又杀 巴珊大他 、 达分 、 亚斯帕他 、
7including Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
8破拉他 、 亚大利雅 、 亚利大他 、
8Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
9帕玛斯他 、 亚利赛 、 亚利代 、 瓦耶撒他 ；
9Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.
10这十人都是 哈米大他 的孙子、 犹大 人仇敌 哈曼 的儿子。 犹大 人却没有下手夺取财物。
10They killed these ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
11当日，将 书珊 城被杀的人数呈在王前。
11On that day the number of those killed in the citadel of Susa was reported to the king,
12王对王后 以斯帖 说：「 犹大 人在 书珊 城杀灭了五百人，又杀了 哈曼 的十个儿子，在王的各省不知如何呢？现在你要什么，我必赐给你；你还求什么，也必 为你 成就。」
12who said to Queen Esther, “In the citadel of Susa the Jews have killed and destroyed five hundred men, including Haman’s ten sons. What have they done in the rest of the royal provinces? Now what is your petition? It will be given to you. And what further do you request? It will be fulfilled.”
13以斯帖 说：「王若以为美，求你准 书珊 的 犹大 人，明日也照今日的旨意行，并将 哈曼 十个儿子的尸首挂在木架上。」
13Esther replied, “If it pleases the king, may the Jews in Susa also have tomorrow to carry out today’s edict, and may the bodies of Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.”
14王便允准如此行。旨意传在 书珊 ，人就把 哈曼 十个儿子的尸首挂起来了。
14So the king commanded that this be done. An edict was issued in Susa, and they hanged the ten sons of Haman.
15亚达月十四日， 书珊 的 犹大 人又聚集在 书珊 ，杀了三百人，却没有下手夺取财物。
15On the fourteenth day of the month of Adar, the Jews in Susa came together again and put to death three hundred men there, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
16在王各省其余的 犹大 人也都聚集保护性命，杀了恨他们的人七万五千，却没有下手夺取财物。这样，就脱离仇敌，得享平安。
16The rest of the Jews in the royal provinces also assembled to defend themselves and rid themselves of their enemies. They killed 75,000 who hated them, but they did not lay a hand on the plunder.
17亚达月十三日， 行了这事 ；十四日安息，以这日为设筵欢乐的日子。
17This was done on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested, making it a day of feasting and joy.
18但 书珊 的 犹大 人，这十三日、十四日聚集 杀戮仇敌 ；十五日安息，以这日为设筵欢乐的日子。
18The Jews in Susa, however, had assembled on the thirteenth and the fourteenth days of the month. So they rested on the fifteenth day, making it a day of feasting and joy.
19所以住无城墙乡村的 犹大 人，如今都以亚达月十四日为设筵欢乐的吉日，彼此馈送礼物。
19This is why the rural Jews, who live in the villages, observe the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day of joy and feasting. It is a holiday for sending gifts to one another.
20末底改 记录这事，写信与 亚哈随鲁 王各省远近所有的 犹大 人，
20Mordecai recorded these events and sent letters to all the Jews in all the provinces of King Xerxes, both near and far,
21嘱咐他们每年守亚达月十四、十五两日，
21to establish among them an annual celebration on the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar
22以这月的两日为 犹大 人脱离仇敌得平安、转忧为喜、转悲为乐的吉日。在这两日设筵欢乐，彼此馈送礼物，周济穷人。
22as the days on which the Jews gained rest from their enemies and the month in which their sorrow turned to joy and their mourning into a holiday. He wrote that these were to be days of feasting and joy, of sending gifts to one another and to the poor.
23于是， 犹大 人按着 末底改 所写与他们的信，应承照初次所守的守为永例；
23So the Jews agreed to continue the custom they had started, as Mordecai had written to them.
24是因 犹大 人的仇敌 亚甲 族 哈米大他 的儿子 哈曼 设谋杀害 犹大 人，掣普珥，就是掣签，为要杀尽灭绝他们；
24For Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had plotted against the Jews to destroy them and had cast the Pur (that is, the lot) to crush and destroy them.
25这事报告于王，王便降旨使 哈曼 谋害 犹大 人的恶事归到他自己的头上，并吩咐把他和他的众子都挂在木架上。
25But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
26照着普珥的名字， 犹大 人就称这两日为「普珥日」。他们因这信上的话，又因所看见所遇见的事，
26Therefore these days are called Purim, from the word Pur. Because of all the instructions in this letter, and because of all they had seen and experienced,
27就应承自己与后裔，并归附他们的人，每年按时必守这两日，永远不废。
27the Jews bound themselves to establish the custom that they and their descendants and all who join them should not fail to celebrate these two days at the appointed time each and every year, according to their regulation.
28各省各城、家家户户、世世代代纪念遵守这两日，使这「普珥日」在 犹大 人中不可废掉，在他们后裔中也不可忘记。
28These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.
29亚比孩 的女儿—王后 以斯帖 和 犹大 人 末底改 以全权写第二封信，坚嘱 犹大 人守这「普珥日」，
29So Queen Esther daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim.
30用和平诚实话写信给 亚哈随鲁 王 国中一百二十七省所有的 犹大 人，
30And Mordecai sent letters with words of peace and truth to all the Jews in the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Xerxes,
31劝他们按时守这「普珥日」，禁食呼求，是照 犹大 人 末底改 和王后 以斯帖 所嘱咐的，也照 犹大 人为自己与后裔所应承的。
31in order to confirm these days of Purim at their appointed time, just as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had established them and had committed themselves and their descendants to the times of fasting and lamentation.
32以斯帖 命定守「普珥日」，这事也记录在书上。
32So Esther’s decree confirmed these regulations about Purim, which were written into the record.
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