以斯帖記

第6章

1 那夜王睡不著覺,就吩咐人取歷史來,念給他聽。

2 正遇見書上寫著說:王的太監中有兩個守門的,辟探和提列,想要下手害亞哈隨魯王,末底改將這事告訴王后。

3 王說:「末底改行了這事,賜了[done]他甚麼尊榮爵位沒有?」伺候王的臣僕回答說:「沒有賜他甚麼。」

4 王說:「誰在院子裏?」那時哈曼正進王宮的外院,要求王將末底改掛在他所預備的木架上。

5 臣僕說:「請看[Behold],哈曼站在院內。」王說:「叫他進來。」

6 哈曼就進去。王問他說:「王所喜悅尊榮的人,當如何待他呢?」哈曼心裏說:「王所喜悅尊榮的,不是我是誰呢?」

7 哈曼就回答說:「王所喜悅尊榮的,

8 當將王常穿的朝服和戴冠的御馬,

9 都交給王極尊貴的一個大臣,命他將[this]衣服給王所喜悅尊榮的人穿上,[bring]他騎上馬,走遍城裏的街道[street],在他面前宣告說:王所喜悅尊榮的人,就如此待他。」

10 王對哈曼說:「你速速將這衣服和馬,照你所說的,向坐在朝門的猶太人末底改去行。凡你所說的,一樣不可缺。」

11 於是哈曼將朝服給末底改穿上,使他騎上馬,走遍城裏的街道[street],在他面前宣告說:「王所喜悅尊榮的人,就如此待他。」

12 末底改仍回到朝門,哈曼卻憂憂悶悶地蒙著頭,急忙回家去了,

13 將所遇的一切事詳細說給他的妻細利斯和他的眾朋友聽。他的智慧人和他的妻細利斯對他說:「你在末底改面前始而敗落,他如果是猶太人,你必不能勝他,終必在他面前敗落。」

14 他們還與哈曼說話的時候,王的太監來催哈曼快去赴以斯帖所預備的筵席。

Esther

Chapter 6

1 ON that night the king could not sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read be fore the king.

2 And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, the keepers of the door, who had sought to lay hands on King Akhshirash.

3 And the king said, What honor and dignity have been conferred upon Mordecai for this? Then the king's servants and his ministers said to him, There is nothing done for him.

4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outer court of the king's house to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

5 So the king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

6 So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, Whom would the king delight to honor more than myself?

7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,

8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king wears and the horse that the king rides, and let the royal crown be set upon his head:

9 And let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, and let him array the man whom the king delights to honor and mount him on the horse and take him round through the streets of the city and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king de lights to honor.

10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate; let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.

11 Then Haman took the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the streets of the city and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.

12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman went to his house mourning and having his head covered.

13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife everything that had befallen him. Then his friends and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai is of the Jewish race, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him, but will surely again be humbled before him.

14 And while he was still talking with them, the king's couriers arrived and hastened to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had pre pared.

以斯帖記

第6章

Esther

Chapter 6

1 那夜王睡不著覺,就吩咐人取歷史來,念給他聽。

1 ON that night the king could not sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of the records of the chronicles; and they were read be fore the king.

2 正遇見書上寫著說:王的太監中有兩個守門的,辟探和提列,想要下手害亞哈隨魯王,末底改將這事告訴王后。

2 And it was found written that Mordecai had told of Bigthan and Teresh, two of the king's eunuchs, the keepers of the door, who had sought to lay hands on King Akhshirash.

3 王說:「末底改行了這事,賜了[done]他甚麼尊榮爵位沒有?」伺候王的臣僕回答說:「沒有賜他甚麼。」

3 And the king said, What honor and dignity have been conferred upon Mordecai for this? Then the king's servants and his ministers said to him, There is nothing done for him.

4 王說:「誰在院子裏?」那時哈曼正進王宮的外院,要求王將末底改掛在他所預備的木架上。

4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outer court of the king's house to speak to the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

5 臣僕說:「請看[Behold],哈曼站在院內。」王說:「叫他進來。」

5 So the king's servants said to him, Behold, Haman is standing in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

6 哈曼就進去。王問他說:「王所喜悅尊榮的人,當如何待他呢?」哈曼心裏說:「王所喜悅尊榮的,不是我是誰呢?」

6 So Haman came in. And the king said to him, What shall be done to the man whom the king delights to honor? Now Haman thought in his heart, Whom would the king delight to honor more than myself?

7 哈曼就回答說:「王所喜悅尊榮的,

7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delights to honor,

8 當將王常穿的朝服和戴冠的御馬,

8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king wears and the horse that the king rides, and let the royal crown be set upon his head:

9 都交給王極尊貴的一個大臣,命他將[this]衣服給王所喜悅尊榮的人穿上,[bring]他騎上馬,走遍城裏的街道[street],在他面前宣告說:王所喜悅尊榮的人,就如此待他。」

9 And let the apparel and the horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, and let him array the man whom the king delights to honor and mount him on the horse and take him round through the streets of the city and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king de lights to honor.

10 王對哈曼說:「你速速將這衣服和馬,照你所說的,向坐在朝門的猶太人末底改去行。凡你所說的,一樣不可缺。」

10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste and take the apparel and the horse, as you have said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate; let nothing fail of all that you have spoken.

11 於是哈曼將朝服給末底改穿上,使他騎上馬,走遍城裏的街道[street],在他面前宣告說:「王所喜悅尊榮的人,就如此待他。」

11 Then Haman took the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the streets of the city and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delights to honor.

12 末底改仍回到朝門,哈曼卻憂憂悶悶地蒙著頭,急忙回家去了,

12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman went to his house mourning and having his head covered.

13 將所遇的一切事詳細說給他的妻細利斯和他的眾朋友聽。他的智慧人和他的妻細利斯對他說:「你在末底改面前始而敗落,他如果是猶太人,你必不能勝他,終必在他面前敗落。」

13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife everything that had befallen him. Then his friends and Zeresh his wife said to him, If Mordecai is of the Jewish race, before whom you have begun to fall, you shall not prevail against him, but will surely again be humbled before him.

14 他們還與哈曼說話的時候,王的太監來催哈曼快去赴以斯帖所預備的筵席。

14 And while he was still talking with them, the king's couriers arrived and hastened to bring Haman to the banquet that Esther had pre pared.