Esther 9
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Simplified)
1So on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which as we have said above is called Adar, when all the Jews were designed to be massacred, and their enemies were greedy after their blood, the case being altered, the Jews began to have the upper hand, and to revenge themselves of their adversaries.
1十二月，乃亚达月十三日，王的谕旨将要举行，就是 犹大 人的仇敌盼望辖制他们的日子， 犹大 人反倒辖制恨他们的人。
2And they gathered themselves together in every city, and town, and place, to lay their hands on their enemies, and their persecutors. And no one durst withstand them, for the fear of their power had gone through every people.
2犹大 人在 亚哈随鲁 王各省的城里聚集，下手击杀那要害他们的人。无人能敌挡他们，因为各族都惧怕他们。
3And the judges of the provinces, and the governors, and lieutenants, and every one in dignity, that presided over every place and work, extolled the Jews for fear of Mardochai:
3各省的首领、总督、省长，和办理王事的人，因惧怕 末底改 ，就都帮助 犹大 人。
4For they knew him to be prince of the palace, and to have great power: and the fame of his name increased daily, and was spread abroad through all men’s mouths.
4末底改 在朝中为大，名声传遍各省，日渐昌盛。
5So the Jews made a great slaughter of their enemies, and killed them, repaying according to what they had prepared to do to them:
5犹大 人用刀击杀一切仇敌，任意杀灭恨他们的人。
6Insomuch that even in Susan they killed five hundred men, besides the ten sons of Aman the Agagite, the enemy of the Jews: whose names are these:
6在 书珊 城， 犹大 人杀灭了五百人；
7Pharsandatha, and Delphon, and Esphatha,
7又杀 巴珊大他 、 达分 、 亚斯帕他 、
8And Phoratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,
8破拉他 、 亚大利雅 、 亚利大他 、
9And Phermesta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Jezatha.
9帕玛斯他 、 亚利赛 、 亚利代 、 瓦耶撒他 ；
10And when they had slain them, they would not touch the spoils of their goods.
10这十人都是 哈米大他 的孙子、 犹大 人仇敌 哈曼 的儿子。 犹大 人却没有下手夺取财物。
11And presently the number of them that were killed in Susan was brought to the king.
11当日，将 书珊 城被杀的人数呈在王前。
12And he said to the queen: The Jews have killed five hundred men in the city of Susan, besides the ten sons of Aman: how many dost thou think they have slain in all the provinces? What askest thou more, and what wilt thou have me to command to be done?
12王对王后 以斯帖 说：「 犹大 人在 书珊 城杀灭了五百人，又杀了 哈曼 的十个儿子，在王的各省不知如何呢？现在你要什么，我必赐给你；你还求什么，也必 为你 成就。」
13And she answered: If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews, to do tomorrow in Susan as they have done today, and that the ten sons of Aman may be hanged upon gibbets.
13以斯帖 说：「王若以为美，求你准 书珊 的 犹大 人，明日也照今日的旨意行，并将 哈曼 十个儿子的尸首挂在木架上。」
14And the king commanded that it should be so done. And forthwith the edict was hung up in Susan, and the ten sons of Aman were hanged.
14王便允准如此行。旨意传在 书珊 ，人就把 哈曼 十个儿子的尸首挂起来了。
15And on the fourteenth day of the month Adar the Jews gathered themselves together, and they killed in Susan three hundred men: but they took not their substance.
15亚达月十四日， 书珊 的 犹大 人又聚集在 书珊 ，杀了三百人，却没有下手夺取财物。
16Moreover through all the provinces which were subject to the king’s dominion the Jews stood for their lives, and slew their enemies and persecutors: insomuch that the number of them that were Billed amounted to seventy-five thousand, and no man took any of their goods.
16在王各省其余的 犹大 人也都聚集保护性命，杀了恨他们的人七万五千，却没有下手夺取财物。这样，就脱离仇敌，得享平安。
17Now the thirteenth day of the month Adar was the first day with them all of the slaughter, and on the fourteenth day they left off. Which they ordained to be kept holy day, so that all times hereafter they should celebrate it with feasting, joy, and banquets.
17亚达月十三日， 行了这事 ；十四日安息，以这日为设筵欢乐的日子。
18But they that were killing in the city of Susan, were employed in the slaughter on the thirteenth and fourteenth day of the same month: and on the fifteenth day they rested. And therefore they appointed that day to be a holy day of feasting and gladness.
18但 书珊 的 犹大 人，这十三日、十四日聚集 杀戮仇敌 ；十五日安息，以这日为设筵欢乐的日子。
19But those Jews that dwelt in towns not walled and in villages, appointed the fourteenth day of the month Adar for banquets and gladness, so as to rejoice on that day, and send one another portions of their banquets and meats.
19所以住无城墙乡村的 犹大 人，如今都以亚达月十四日为设筵欢乐的吉日，彼此馈送礼物。
20And Mardochai wrote all these things, and sent them comprised in letters to the Jews that abode in all the king’s provinces, both those that lay near and those afar off,
20末底改 记录这事，写信与 亚哈随鲁 王各省远近所有的 犹大 人，
21That they should receive the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the month Adar for holy days, and always at the return of the year should celebrate them with solemn honour:
21嘱咐他们每年守亚达月十四、十五两日，
22Because on those days the Jews revenged themselves of their enemies, and their mourning and sorrow were turned into mirth and joy, and that these should be days of feasting and gladness, in which they should send one to another portions of meats; and should give gifts to the poor.
22以这月的两日为 犹大 人脱离仇敌得平安、转忧为喜、转悲为乐的吉日。在这两日设筵欢乐，彼此馈送礼物，周济穷人。
23And the Jews undertook to observe with solemnity all they had begun to do at that time, which Mardochai by letters had commanded to be done.
23于是， 犹大 人按着 末底改 所写与他们的信，应承照初次所守的守为永例；
24For Aman, the son of Amadathi of the race of Agag, the enemy and adversary of the Jews, had devised evil against them, to kill them and destroy them: and had cast Phur, that is, the lot.
24是因 犹大 人的仇敌 亚甲 族 哈米大他 的儿子 哈曼 设谋杀害 犹大 人，掣普珥，就是掣签，为要杀尽灭绝他们；
25And afterwards Esther went in to the king, beseeching him that his endeavours might be made void by the king’s letters: and the evil that he had intended against the Jews, might return upon his own head. And so both he and his sons were hanged upon gibbets.
25这事报告于王，王便降旨使 哈曼 谋害 犹大 人的恶事归到他自己的头上，并吩咐把他和他的众子都挂在木架上。
26And since that time these days are called Phurim, that is, of lots: because Phur, that is, the lot, was cast into the urn. And all things that were done, are contained in the volume of this epistle, that is, of this book:
26照着普珥的名字， 犹大 人就称这两日为「普珥日」。他们因这信上的话，又因所看见所遇见的事，
27And the things that they suffered, and that were afterwards changed, the Jews took upon themselves and their seed, and upon all that had a mind to be joined to their religion, so that it should be lawful for none to pass these days without solemnity: which the writing testifieth, and certain times require, as the years continually succeed one another.
27就应承自己与后裔，并归附他们的人，每年按时必守这两日，永远不废。
28These are the days which shall never be forgot: and which all provinces in the whole world shall celebrate throughout all generations: neither is there any city wherein the days of Phurim, that is, of lots, must not be observed by the Jews, and by their posterity, which is bound to these ceremonies.
28各省各城、家家户户、世世代代纪念遵守这两日，使这「普珥日」在 犹大 人中不可废掉，在他们后裔中也不可忘记。
29And Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mardochai the Jew, wrote also a second epistle, that with all diligence this day should be established a festival for the time to come.
29亚比孩 的女儿—王后 以斯帖 和 犹大 人 末底改 以全权写第二封信，坚嘱 犹大 人守这「普珥日」，
30And they sent to all the Jews that were in the hundred and twenty-seven provinces of king Assuerus, that they should have peace, and receive truth,
30用和平诚实话写信给 亚哈随鲁 王 国中一百二十七省所有的 犹大 人，
31And observe the days of lots, and celebrate them with joy in their proper time: as Mardochai and Esther had appointed, and they undertook them to be observed by themselves and by their seed, fasts, and cries, and the days of lots,
31劝他们按时守这「普珥日」，禁食呼求，是照 犹大 人 末底改 和王后 以斯帖 所嘱咐的，也照 犹大 人为自己与后裔所应承的。
32And all things which are contained in the history of this book, which is called Esther.
32以斯帖 命定守「普珥日」，这事也记录在书上。
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