以斯帖記 3
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1這事以後， 亞哈隨魯 王抬舉 亞甲 族 哈米大他 的兒子 哈曼 ，使他高升，叫他的爵位超過與他同事的一切臣宰。
1After these events, King Xerxes honored Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, elevating him to a position above all the princes who were with him.
2在朝門的一切臣僕都跪拜 哈曼 ，因為王如此吩咐；惟獨 末底改 不跪不拜。
2All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.
3在朝門的臣僕問 末底改 說：「你為何違背王的命令呢？」
3Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”
4他們天天勸他，他還是不聽，他們就告訴 哈曼 ，要看 末底改 的事站得住站不住，因他已經告訴他們自己是 猶大 人。
4Day after day they warned him, but he would not comply. So they reported it to Haman to see whether Mordecai’s behavior would be tolerated, since he had told them he was a Jew.
5哈曼 見 末底改 不跪不拜，他就怒氣填胸。
5When Haman saw that Mordecai would not bow down or pay him homage, he was filled with rage.
6他們已將 末底改 的本族告訴 哈曼 ；他以為下手害 末底改 一人是小事，就要滅絕 亞哈隨魯 王通國所有的 猶大 人，就是 末底改 的本族。
6And when he learned the identity of Mordecai’s people, he scorned the notion of laying hands on Mordecai alone. Instead, he sought to destroy all of Mordecai’s people, the Jews, throughout the kingdom of Xerxes.
7亞哈隨魯 王十二年正月，就是尼散月，人在 哈曼 面前，按日日月月掣普珥，就是掣籤，要定何月何日為吉，擇定了十二月，就是亞達月。
7In the twelfth year of King Xerxes, in the first month, the month of Nisan, the Pur (that is, the lot) was cast before Haman to determine a day and month. And the lot fell on the twelfth month, the month of Adar.
8哈曼 對 亞哈隨魯 王說：「有一種民散居在王國各省的民中；他們的律例與萬民的律例不同，也不守王的律例，所以容留他們與王無益。
8Then Haman informed King Xerxes, “There is a certain people scattered and dispersed among the peoples of every province of your kingdom. Their laws are different from everyone else’s, and they do not obey the king’s laws. So it is not in the king’s best interest to tolerate them.
9王若以為美，請下旨意滅絕他們；我就捐一萬他連得銀子交給掌管國帑的人，納入王的府庫。」
9If it pleases the king, let a decree be issued to destroy them, and I will deposit ten thousand talents of silver into the royal treasury to pay those who carry it out.”
10於是王從自己手上摘下戒指給 猶大 人的仇敵－ 亞甲 族 哈米大他 的兒子 哈曼 。
10So the king removed the signet ring from his finger and gave it to Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews.
11王對 哈曼 說：「這銀子仍賜給你，這民也交給你，你可以隨意待他們。」
11“Keep your money,” said the king to Haman. “These people are given to you to do with them as you please.”
12正月十三日，就召了王的書記來，照着 哈曼 一切所吩咐的，用各省的文字、各族的方言，奉 亞哈隨魯 王的名寫旨意，傳與總督和各省的省長，並各族的首領；又用王的戒指蓋印，
12On the thirteenth day of the first month, the royal scribes were summoned and the order was written exactly as Haman commanded the royal satraps, the governors of each province, and the officials of each people, in the script of each province and the language of every people. It was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the royal signet ring.
13交給驛卒傳到王的各省，吩咐將 猶大 人，無論老少婦女孩子，在一日之間，十二月，就是亞達月十三日，全然剪除，殺戮滅絕，並奪他們的財為掠物。
13And the letters were sent by couriers to each of the royal provinces with the order to destroy, kill, and annihilate all the Jews—young and old, women and children—and to plunder their possessions on a single day, the thirteenth day of Adar, the twelfth month.
14抄錄這旨意，頒行各省，宣告各族，使他們預備等候那日。
14A copy of the text of the edict was to be issued in every province and published to all the people, so that they would be ready on that day.
15驛卒奉王命急忙起行，旨意也傳遍 書珊 城。王同 哈曼 坐下飲 酒 ， 書珊 城的民卻都慌亂。
15The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.
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