以斯帖記 8
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
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。
1On that day king Assuerus gave the house of Aman, the Jews’ enemy, to queen Esther, and Mardochai came in before the king. For Esther had confessed to him that he was her uncle.
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。
2And the king took the ring which he had commanded to be taken again from Aman, and gave it to Mardochai. And Esther set Mardochai over her house.
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 not content with these things, she fell down at the king’s feet and wept, and speaking to him besought him, that he would give orders that the malice of Aman the Agagite, and his most wicked devices which he had invented against the Jews, should be of no effect.
4王向 以斯帖 伸出金杖； 以斯帖 就起來，站在王前，
4But he, as the manner was, held out the golden sceptre with his hand, which was the sign of clemency: and she arose up and stood before him,
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。
5And said: If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and my request be not disagreeable to him, I beseech thee, that the former letters of Aman the traitor and enemy of the Jews, by which he commanded that they should be destroyed in all the king’s provinces, may be reversed by new letters.
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 call I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?
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。
7And king Assuerus answered Esther the queen, and Mardochai the Jew: I have given Aman’s house to Esther, and I have commanded him to be hanged on a gibbet, because he durst lay hands on 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。」
8Write ye therefore to the Jews, as it pleaseth you, in the king’s name, and seal the letters with my ring. For this was the custom, that no man durst gainsay the letters which were sent in the king’s name, and were sealed with his ring.
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。
9Then the king’s scribes and secretaries were called for (now it was the time of the third month which is called Siban) the three and twentieth day of the month, and letters were written, as Mardochai had a mind, to the Jews, and to the governors, and to the deputies, and to the judges, who were rulers over the hundred and twenty-seven provinces, from India even to Ethiopia: to province and province, to people and people, according to their languages and characters, and to the Jews, according as they could read and hear.
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 。
10And these letters which were sent in the king’s name, were sealed with his ring, and sent by posts: who were to run through all the provinces, to prevent the former letters with new messages.
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。
11And the king gave orders to them, to speak to the Jews in every city, and to command them to gather themselves together, and to stand for their lives, and to kill and destroy all their enemies with their wives and children and all their houses, and to take their spoil.
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12And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month 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。
13And this was the content of the letter, that it should be notified in all lands and peoples that were subject to the empire of king Assuerus, that the Jews were ready to be revenged of 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。
14So the swift posts went out carrying the messages, and the king’s edict was hung up in Susan.
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。
15And Mardochai going forth out of the palace, and from the king’s presence, shone in royal apparel, to wit, of violet and sky colour, wearing a golden crown on his head, and clothed with a cloak of silk and purple. And all the city rejoiced and was glad.
16猶大 人有光榮，歡喜快樂而得尊貴。
16But to the Jews a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing.
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。
17And in all peoples, cities, and provinces, whithersoever the king’s commandments came, there was wonderful rejoicing, feasts and banquets, and keeping holy day: insomuch that many of other nations and religion, joined themselves to their worship and ceremonies. For a great dread of the name of the Jews had fallen upon all.
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