Esther 8
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Chinese Union Version, punctuated (Traditional)
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。
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。
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 又俯伏在王腳前，流淚哀告，求他除掉 亞甲 族 哈曼 害 猶大 人的惡謀。
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 就起來，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。
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我何忍見我本族的人受害？何忍見我同宗的人被滅呢？」
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。
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。」
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。
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 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 。
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。
12on one day in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar.
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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。
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。
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。
16The Jews had light, gladness, joy, and honor.
16猶大 人有光榮，歡喜快樂而得尊貴。
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。
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