以斯帖記 5
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
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。
1Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel, and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's house; and the king sat upon his royal throne in the royal house, over against the entrance 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 it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that she obtained favour in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther drew near, and touched the top of the 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。」
3Then said the king unto her: 'What wilt thou, queen Esther? for whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be given 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。」
4And Esther said: 'If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.'
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。
5Then the king said: 'Cause Haman to make haste, that it may be done as Esther hath said.' So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
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 unto Esther at the banquet of wine: 'Whatever thy petition, it shall be granted thee; and whatever thy request, even to the half of the kingdom, it shall be performed.'
7以斯帖 回答說：「我有所要，我有所求。
7Then answered Esther, and said: 'My petition and my request is —
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 sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request — let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to-morrow as the king hath said.'
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 。
9Then went Haman forth that day joyful and glad of heart; but when Haman saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up, nor moved for him, Haman was filled with wrath against Mordecai.
10哈曼 暫且忍耐回家，叫人請他朋友和他妻子 細利斯 來。
10Nevertheless Haman refrained himself, and went home; and he sent and fetched his friends and Zeresh 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 Haman recounted unto them the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his children, and everything as to how the king had promoted him, and how he had advanced him above the princes and servants of the king.
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；
12Haman said moreover: 'Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to-morrow also am I invited by her together 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。」
13Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at 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 said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him: 'Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and in the morning speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon; then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet.' And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
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