以斯帖記 8
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Berean Standard Bible
1當日， 亞哈隨魯 王把 猶大 人仇敵 哈曼 的家產賜給王后 以斯帖 。 末底改 也來到王面前，因為 以斯帖 已經告訴王， 末底改 是她的親屬。
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，就是從 哈曼 追回的，給了 末底改 。 以斯帖 派 末底改 管理 哈曼 的家產。
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 又俯伏在王腳前，流淚哀告，求他除掉 亞甲 族 哈曼 害 猶大 人的惡謀。
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 就起來，站在王前，
4The king extended the gold scepter toward Esther, and she arose and stood before the king.
5說：「 亞甲 族 哈米大他 的兒子 哈曼 設謀傳旨，要殺滅在王各省的 猶大 人。現今王若願意，我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若以為美，若喜悅我，請王另下旨意，廢除 哈曼 所傳的那旨意。
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我何忍見我本族的人受害？何忍見我同宗的人被滅呢？」
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亞哈隨魯 王對王后 以斯帖 和 猶大 人 末底改 說：「因 哈曼 要下手害 猶大 人，我已將他的家產賜給 以斯帖 ，人也將 哈曼 掛在木架上。
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現在你們可以隨意奉王的名寫諭旨給 猶大 人，用王的戒指蓋印；因為奉王名所寫、用王戒指蓋印的諭旨，人都不能廢除。」
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，就是西彎月二十三日，將王的書記召來，按着 末底改 所吩咐的，用各省的文字、各族的方言，並 猶大 人的文字方言寫諭旨，傳給那從 印度 直到 古實 一百二十七省的 猶大 人和總督省長首領。
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 亞哈隨魯 王的名寫諭旨，用王的戒指蓋印，交給騎御馬圈快馬的驛卒，傳 到各處 。
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諭旨中，王准各省各城的 猶大 人在一日之間，十二月，就是亞達月十三日，聚集保護性命，剪除殺戮滅絕那要攻擊 猶大 人的一切仇敵和他們的妻子兒女，奪取他們的財為掠物。
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抄錄這諭旨，頒行各省，宣告各族，使 猶大 人預備等候那日，在仇敵身上報仇。
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於是騎快馬的驛卒被王命催促，急忙起行；諭旨也傳遍 書珊 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 穿着藍色白色的朝服，頭戴大金冠冕，又穿紫色細麻布的外袍，從王面前出來； 書珊 城的人民都歡呼快樂。
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猶大 人有光榮，歡喜快樂而得尊貴。
16For the Jews it was a time of light and gladness, of joy and honor.
17王的諭旨所到的各省各城， 猶大 人都歡喜快樂，設擺筵宴，以那日為吉日。那國的人民，有許多因懼怕 猶大 人，就入了 猶大 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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