Esther 8
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1On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.
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。
2The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.
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。
3Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had planned against the Jews.
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。
4Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.
4王向 以斯帖 伸出金杖； 以斯帖 就起来，站在王前，
5She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seems right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.
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 can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?”
6我何忍见我本族的人受害？何忍见我同宗的人被灭呢？」
7Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he laid his hand 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 also to the Jews as it pleases you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may not be reversed by any man.”
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 were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the local governors, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.
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。
10He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bred from swift steeds.
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 。
11In those letters, the king granted the Jews who were in every city to gather themselves together and to defend their lives—to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish all the power of the people and province that would assault them, their little ones and women, and to plunder their possessions,
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。
12on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
no verse 12 in this text
13A copy of the letter, that the decree should be given out in every province, was published to all the peoples, that the Jews should be ready for that day to avenge themselves on 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 couriers who rode on royal horses went out, hastened and pressed on by the king’s commandment. The decree was given out in the citadel of Susa.
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。
15Mordecai went out of the presence of the king in royal clothing of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold, and with a robe of fine linen and purple; and the city of Susa shouted 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。
16The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
16犹大 人有光荣，欢喜快乐而得尊贵。
17In every province and in every city, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had gladness, joy, a feast and a holiday. Many from among the peoples of the land became Jews, for the fear of the Jews had fallen on them.
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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