Esther 2
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
1After this, when the wrath of king Assuerus was appeased, he remembered Vasthi, and what she had done and what she had suffered:
1這事以後， 亞哈隨魯 王的忿怒止息，就想念 瓦實提 和她所行的，並怎樣降旨辦她。
2And the king’s servants and his officers said: Let young women be sought for the king, virgins and beautiful,
2於是王的侍臣對王說：「不如為王尋找美貌的處女。
3And let some persons be sent through all the provinces to look for beautiful maidens and virgins: and let them bring them to the city of Susan, and put them into the house of the women under the hand of Egeus the eunuch, who is the overseer and keeper of the king’s women: and let them receive women’s ornaments, and other things necessary for their use.
3王可以派官在國中的各省招聚美貌的處女到 書珊 城的女院，交給掌管女子的太監 希該 ，給她們當用的香品。
4And whosoever among them all shall please the king’s eyes, let her be queen instead of Vasthi. The word pleased the king: and he commanded it should be done as they had suggested.
4王所喜愛的女子可以立為王后，代替 瓦實提 。」王以這事為美，就如此行。
5There was a man in the city of Susan, a Jew, named Mardochai, the son of Jair, the son of Semei, the son of Cis, of the race of Jemini,
5書珊 城有一個 猶大 人，名叫 末底改 ，是 便雅憫 人 基士 的曾孫， 示每 的孫子， 睚珥 的兒子。
6Who had been carried away from Jerusalem at the time that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon carried away Jechonias king of Juda,
6從前 巴比倫 王 尼布甲尼撒 將 猶大 王 耶哥尼雅 和百姓從 耶路撒冷 擄去， 末底改 也在其內。
7And he had brought up his brother’s daughter Edissa, who by another name was called Esther: now she had lost both her parents: and was exceeding fair and beautiful. And her father and mother being dead, Mardochai adopted her for his daughter.
7末底改 撫養他叔叔的女兒 哈大沙 （後名 以斯帖 ），因為她沒有父母。這女子又容貌俊美；她父母死了， 末底改 就收她為自己的女兒。
8And when the king’s ordinance was noised abroad, and according to his commandment many beautiful virgins were brought to Susan, and were delivered to Egeus the eunuch: Esther also among the rest of the maidens was delivered to him to be kept in the number of the women.
8王的諭旨傳出，就招聚許多女子到 書珊 城，交給掌管女子的 希該 ； 以斯帖 也送入王宮，交付 希該 。
9And she pleased him, and found favour in his sight. And he commanded the eunuch to hasten the women’s ornaments, and to deliver to her her part, and seven of the most beautiful maidens of the king’s house, and to adorn and deck out both her and her waiting maids.
9希該 喜悅 以斯帖 ，就恩待她，急忙給她需用的香品和她所當得的分，又派所當得的七個宮女服事她，使她和她的宮女搬入女院上好的房屋。
10And she would not tell him her people nor her country. For Mardochai had charged her to say nothing at all of that:
10以斯帖 未曾將籍貫宗族告訴人，因為 末底改 囑咐她不可叫人知道。
11And he walked every day before the court of the house, in which the chosen virgins were kept, having a care for Esther’s welfare, and desiring to know what would befall her.
11末底改 天天在女院前邊行走，要知道 以斯帖 平安不平安，並後事如何。
12Now when every virgin’s turn came to go in to the king, after all had been done for setting them off to advantage, it was the twelfth month: so that for six months they were anointed with oil of myrrh, and for other six months they used certain perfumes and sweet spices.
12眾女子照例先潔淨身體十二個月：六個月用沒藥油，六個月用香料和潔身之物。滿了日期，然後挨次進去見 亞哈隨魯 王。
13And when they were going in to the king, whatsoever they asked to adorn themselves they received: and being decked out, as it pleased them, they passed from the chamber of the women to the king’s chamber.
13女子進去見王是這樣：從女院到王宮的時候，凡她所要的都必給她。
14And she that went in at evening, came out in the morning, and from thence she was conducted to the second house, that was under the hand of Susagaz the eunuch, who had the charge over the king’s concubines: neither could she return any more to the king, unless the king desired it, and had ordered her by name to come.
14晚上進去，次日回到女子第二院，交給掌管妃嬪的太監 沙甲 ；除非王喜愛她，再提名召她，就不再進去見王。
15And as the time came orderly about, the day was at hand, when Esther, the daughter of Abihail the brother of Mardochai, whom he had adopted for his daughter, was to go in to the king. But she sought not women’s ornaments, but whatsoever Egeus the eunuch the keeper of the virgins had a mind, he gave her to adorn her. For she was exceeding fair, and her incredible beauty made her appear agreeable and amiable in the eyes of all.
15末底改 叔叔 亞比孩 的女兒，就是 末底改 收為自己女兒的 以斯帖 ，按次序當進去見王的時候，除了掌管女子的太監 希該 所派定給她的，她別無所求。凡看見 以斯帖 的都喜悅她。
16So she was brought to the chamber of king Assuerus the tenth month, which is called Tebeth, in the seventh year of his reign.
16亞哈隨魯 王第七年十月，就是提別月， 以斯帖 被引入宮見王。
17And the king loved her more than all the women, and she had favour and kindness before him above all the women, and he set the royal crown on her head, and made her queen instead of Vasthi.
17王愛 以斯帖 過於愛眾女，她在王眼前蒙寵愛比眾處女更甚。王就把王后的冠冕戴在她頭上，立她為王后，代替 瓦實提 。
18And he commanded a magnificent feast to be prepared for all the princes, and for his servants, for the marriage and wedding of Esther. And he gave rest to all the provinces, and bestowed gifts according to princely magnificence.
18王因 以斯帖 的緣故給眾首領和臣僕設擺大筵席，又豁免各省的 租稅 ，並照王的厚意大頒賞賜。
19And when the virgins were sought the second time, and gathered together, Mardochai stayed at the king’s gate,
19第二次招聚處女的時候， 末底改 坐在朝門。
20Neither had Esther as yet declared her country and people, according to his commandment. For whatsoever he commanded, Esther observed: and she did all things in the same manner as she was wont at that time when he brought her up a little one.
20以斯帖 照着 末底改 所囑咐的，還沒有將籍貫宗族告訴人；因為 以斯帖 遵* 末底改 的命，如撫養她的時候一樣。
21At that time, therefore, when Mardochai abode at the king’s gate, Bagathan and Thares, two of the king’s eunuchs, who were porters, and presided in the first entry of the palace, were angry: and they designed to rise up against the king, and to kill him.
21當那時候， 末底改 坐在朝門，王的太監中有兩個守門的， 辟探 和 提列 ，惱恨 亞哈隨魯 王，想要下手害他。
22And Mardochai had notice of it, and immediately he told it to queen Esther: and she to the king in Mardochai’s name, who had reported the thing unto her.
22末底改 知道了，就告訴王后 以斯帖 。 以斯帖 奉 末底改 的名，報告於王；
23It was inquired into, and found out: and they were both hanged on a gibbet. And it was put in the histories, and recorded in the chronicles before the king.
23究察這事，果然是實，就把二人掛在木頭上，將這事在王面前寫於歷史上。
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