Esther 8
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
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.
1当日， 亚哈随鲁 王把 犹大 人仇敌 哈曼 的家产赐给王后 以斯帖 。 末底改 也来到王面前，因为 以斯帖 已经告诉王， 末底改 是她的亲属。
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.
2王摘下自己的戒指，就是从 哈曼 追回的，给了 末底改 。 以斯帖 派 末底改 管理 哈曼 的家产。
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.
3以斯帖 又俯伏在王脚前，流泪哀告，求他除掉 亚甲 族 哈曼 害 犹大 人的恶谋。
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,
4王向 以斯帖 伸出金杖； 以斯帖 就起来，站在王前，
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.
5说：「 亚甲 族 哈米大他 的儿子 哈曼 设谋传旨，要杀灭在王各省的 犹大 人。现今王若愿意，我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若以为美，若喜悦我，请王另下旨意，废除 哈曼 所传的那旨意。
6For how call I endure the murdering and slaughter of my people?
6我何忍见我本族的人受害？何忍见我同宗的人被灭呢？」
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.
7亚哈随鲁 王对王后 以斯帖 和 犹大 人 末底改 说：「因 哈曼 要下手害 犹大 人，我已将他的家产赐给 以斯帖 ，人也将 哈曼 挂在木架上。
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.
8现在你们可以随意奉王的名写谕旨给 犹大 人，用王的戒指盖印；因为奉王名所写、用王戒指盖印的谕旨，人都不能废除。」
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.
9三月，就是西弯月二十三日，将王的书记召来，按着 末底改 所吩咐的，用各省的文字、各族的方言，并 犹大 人的文字方言写谕旨，传给那从 印度 直到 古实 一百二十七省的 犹大 人和总督省长首领。
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.
10末底改 奉 亚哈随鲁 王的名写谕旨，用王的戒指盖印，交给骑御马圈快马的驿卒，传 到各处 。
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.
11谕旨中，王准各省各城的 犹大 人在一日之间，十二月，就是亚达月十三日，聚集保护性命，剪除杀戮灭绝那要攻击 犹大 人的一切仇敌和他们的妻子儿女，夺取他们的财为掠物。
12And one day of revenge was appointed through all the provinces, to wit, the thirteenth of the twelfth month Adar.
no verse 12 in this text
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.
13抄录这谕旨，颁行各省，宣告各族，使 犹大 人预备等候那日，在仇敌身上报仇。
14So the swift posts went out carrying the messages, and the king’s edict was hung up in Susan.
14于是骑快马的驿卒被王命催促，急忙起行；谕旨也传遍 书珊 城。
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.
15末底改 穿着蓝色白色的朝服，头戴大金冠冕，又穿紫色细麻布的外袍，从王面前出来； 书珊 城的人民都欢呼快乐。
16But to the Jews a new light seemed to rise, joy, honour, and dancing.
16犹大 人有光荣，欢喜快乐而得尊贵。
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.
17王的谕旨所到的各省各城， 犹大 人都欢喜快乐，设摆筵宴，以那日为吉日。那国的人民，有许多因惧怕 犹大 人，就入了 犹大 籍。
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