以斯帖记 5
Chinese Contemporary Bible (Simplified)
以斯帖为王和哈曼设宴
5 第三天，以斯帖身穿朝服进入王宫内院，面对大殿站立，王在殿里正面朝宫门坐在宝座上。 2 王见以斯帖王后站在院内，就施恩给她，向她伸出手中的金杖，以斯帖便上前摸杖头。 3 王问道：“以斯帖王后啊，你有什么事？你有何要求？就是半壁江山，也必赐给你！” 4 以斯帖回答说：“王若愿意，就请王今天带哈曼来赴我预备的宴席。” 5 王说：“快召哈曼来，我们好照以斯帖的话做。”于是王带着哈曼赴以斯帖预备的宴席。 6 席间，王对以斯帖说：“你要什么？我必赐给你。你有何要求？就是半壁江山，也必为你成就。” 7 以斯帖回答说：“王啊，我所要、我所求的就是， 8 我若得到王的恩宠，王若愿意赐我所要所求的，就请王明天带哈曼再来赴我预备的宴席，到时我一定向王禀明。”
哈曼图谋杀末底改
9 那天哈曼出来，心中欢喜快乐。但他看见末底改在宫门前既不起身，也不对他表示畏惧，心中十分恼火。 10 哈曼忍怒回到家中，把朋友和妻子细利斯叫来， 11 向他们夸耀自己的荣华富贵和儿孙满堂，以及王怎样擢升他，使他位极人臣。 12 哈曼又说：“还有，以斯帖王后只请了我随王赴她预备的宴席。她还请我明天随王赴宴。 13 但只要我看见犹太人末底改坐在宫门口，这一切对我都毫无意义。” 14 他妻子细利斯和他所有的朋友对他说：“你可以叫人做一个二十三米高的木架，明天早上求王将末底改吊在上面，然后你可以快乐地随王去赴宴。”哈曼喜欢这个提议，就叫人做了木架。
以斯帖记 5
Chinese New Version (Simplified)
以斯帖设宴款待王与哈曼
5 第三天，以斯帖穿上朝服，站在王宫的内院，对着王殿；王在殿里坐在王位上，对着殿门。 2 王见王后以斯帖站在院内，就对她施恩，向她伸出手中的金杖，以斯帖就上前摸杖头。 3 王问她：“王后以斯帖啊，你有甚么事吗？你求甚么？就是一半江山，也必赐给你。” 4 以斯帖回答：“王若是欢喜，就请王今天带着哈曼来赴我为王预备的筵席。”
5 王说：“快把哈曼召来，好照着以斯帖的话去行。”于是王带着哈曼去赴以斯帖预备的筵席。 6 在酒席中，王问以斯帖：“你要甚么？我必赐给你；你求甚么？就是一半江山，也必为你成全。” 7 以斯帖回答说：“我所要我所求的就是： 8 我若是在王眼前蒙恩，王若是愿意赐给我所要的，成全我所求的，就请王带着哈曼明天再来赴我为你们预备的筵席；明天我必照着王的命令行。”
哈曼立了一木架
9 那天哈曼心里快乐，高高兴兴地出来；但是哈曼见了末底改在御门那里不站起来，也不因哈曼的缘故而退避，哈曼心里就对末底改充满忿怒。 10 哈曼忍住怒气，回家去了，就派人去请他的朋友和妻子细利斯来。 11 哈曼把他的富贵荣华、儿女的众多，以及王怎样使他尊大，怎样抬举他在王的众领袖和众臣仆之上的一切事，都数说给他们听。 12 哈曼又说：“王后以斯帖除我以外，没有邀请别人与王一同去赴她预备的筵席；明天又邀请我与王一同到她那里去赴席。 13 只是每逢我看见坐在朝门那里的犹大人末底改的时候，这一切对我都没有多大的意思。” 14 他的妻子细利斯和他所有的朋友都对他说：“叫人立一个二十二公尺高的木架，明早求王，把末底改挂在上面，然后你可以欢欢喜喜地与王一同赴筵席了。”这话使哈曼很满意，就叫人做了木架。
Esther 5
The Message
5 1-3 Three days later Esther dressed in her royal robes and took up a position in the inner court of the palace in front of the king’s throne room. The king was on his throne facing the entrance. When he noticed Queen Esther standing in the court, he was pleased to see her; the king extended the gold scepter in his hand. Esther approached and touched the tip of the scepter. The king asked, “And what’s your desire, Queen Esther? What do you want? Ask and it’s yours—even if it’s half my kingdom!”
4 “If it please the king,” said Esther, “let the king come with Haman to a dinner I’ve prepared for him.”
5-6 “Get Haman at once,” said the king, “so we can go to dinner with Esther.”
So the king and Haman joined Esther at the dinner she had arranged. As they were drinking the wine, the king said, “Now, what is it you want? Half of my kingdom isn’t too much to ask! Just ask.”
7-8 Esther answered, “Here’s what I want. If the king favors me and is pleased to do what I desire and ask, let the king and Haman come again tomorrow to the dinner that I will fix for them. Then I’ll give a straight answer to the king’s question.”
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9-13 Haman left the palace that day happy, beaming. And then he saw Mordecai sitting at the King’s Gate ignoring him, oblivious to him. Haman was furious with Mordecai. But he held himself in and went on home. He got his friends together with his wife Zeresh and started bragging about how much money he had, his many sons, all the times the king had honored him, and his promotion to the highest position in the government. “On top of all that,” Haman continued, “Queen Esther invited me to a private dinner she gave for the king, just the three of us. And she’s invited me to another one tomorrow. But I can’t enjoy any of it when I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the King’s Gate.”
14 His wife Zeresh and all his friends said, “Build a gallows seventy-five feet high. First thing in the morning speak with the king; get him to order Mordecai hanged on it. Then happily go with the king to dinner.”
Haman liked that. He had the gallows built.
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