以斯帖記 5
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1第三日， 以斯帖 穿上朝服，進王宮的內院，對殿站立。王在殿裏坐在寶座上，對着殿門。
1And on the third day Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king’s house, over against the king’s hall: now he sat upon his throne in the hall of the palace, over against the door of the house.
2王見王后 以斯帖 站在院內，就施恩於她，向她伸出手中的金杖； 以斯帖 便向前摸杖頭。
2And when he saw Esther the queen standing, she pleased his eyes, and he held out toward her the golden sceptre, which he held in his hand: and she drew near, and kissed the top of his sceptre.
3王對她說：「王后 以斯帖 啊，你要甚麼？你求甚麼，就是國的一半也必賜給你。」
3And the king said to her: What wilt then, queen Esther? what is thy request? if thou shouldst even ask one half of the kingdom, it shall be given to thee.
4以斯帖 說：「王若以為美，就請王帶着 哈曼 今日赴我所預備的筵席。」
4But she answered: If it please the king. I beseech thee to come to me this day, and Aman with thee to the banquet which I have prepared.
5王說：「叫 哈曼 速速照 以斯帖 的話去行。」於是王帶着 哈曼 赴 以斯帖 所預備的筵席。
5And the king said forthwith: Call ye Aman quickly, that he may obey Esther’s will. So the king and Aman came to the banquet which the queen had prepared for them.
6在酒席筵前，王又問 以斯帖 說：「你要甚麼，我必賜給你；你求甚麼，就是國的一半也必 為你 成就。」
6And the king said to her, after he had drunk wine plentifully: What dost thou desire should be given thee? and for what thing askest thou? although thou shouldst ask the half of my kingdom, thou shalt have it.
7以斯帖 回答說：「我有所要，我有所求。
7And Esther answered: My petition and request is this:
8我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若願意賜我所要的，准我所求的，就請王帶着 哈曼 再赴我所要預備的筵席。明日我必照王所問的說明。」
8If I have found favour in the king’s sight, and if it please the king to give me what I ask, and to fulfill my petition: let the king and Aman come to the banquet which I have prepared them, and tomorrow I will open my mind to the king.
9那日 哈曼 心中快樂，歡歡喜喜地出來；但見 末底改 在朝門不站起來，連身也不動，就滿心惱怒 末底改 。
9So Aman went out that day joyful and merry. And when he saw Mardochai sitting before the gate of the palace, and that he not only did not rise up to honour him, but did not so much as move from the place where he sat, he was exceedingly angry:
10哈曼 暫且忍耐回家，叫人請他朋友和他妻子 細利斯 來。
10But dissembling his anger, and returning into his house, he called together to him his friends, and Zares his wife:
11哈曼 將他富厚的榮耀、眾多的兒女，和王抬舉他使他超乎首領臣僕之上，都述說給他們聽。
11And he declared to them the greatness of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and with how great glory the king had advanced him above all his princes and servants.
12哈曼 又說：「王后 以斯帖 預備筵席，除了我之外不許別人隨王赴席。明日王后又請我隨王赴席；
12And after this he said: Queen Esther also hath invited no other to the banquet with the king, but me: and with her I am also to dine tomorrow with the king:
13只是我見 猶大 人 末底改 坐在朝門，雖有這一切 榮耀 ，也與我無益。」
13And whereas I have all these things, I think I have nothing, so long as I see Mardochai the Jew sitting before the king’s gate.
14他的妻 細利斯 和他一切的朋友對他說：「不如立一個五丈高的木架，明早求王將 末底改 掛在其上，然後你可以歡歡喜喜地隨王赴席。」 哈曼 以這話為美，就叫人做了木架。
14Then Zares his wife, and the rest of his friends answered him: Order a great beam to be prepared, fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak to the king, that Mardochai may be hanged upon it, and so thou shalt go full of joy with the king to the banquet. The counsel pleased him, and he commanded a high gibbet to be prepared.
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