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以斯帖述哈曼之惡於王

王帶著哈曼來赴王后以斯帖的筵席。 這第二次在酒席筵前,王又問以斯帖說:「王后以斯帖啊,你要什麼,我必賜給你;你求什麼,就是國的一半,也必為你成就。」 王后以斯帖回答說:「我若在王眼前蒙恩,王若以為美,我所願的是願王將我的性命賜給我,我所求的是求王將我的本族賜給我。 因我和我的本族被賣了,要剪除、殺戮、滅絕我們。我們若被賣為奴為婢,我也閉口不言,但王的損失,敵人萬不能補足。」 亞哈隨魯王問王后以斯帖說:「擅敢起意如此行的是誰?這人在哪裡呢?」 以斯帖說:「仇人敵人,就是這惡人哈曼!」哈曼在王和王后面前就甚驚惶。

哈曼懸於自備之木

王便大怒,起來離開酒席往御園去了。哈曼見王定意要加罪於他,就起來求王后以斯帖救命。 王從御園回到酒席之處,見哈曼伏在以斯帖所靠的榻上,王說:「他竟敢在宮內,在我面前凌辱王后嗎?」這話一出王口,人就蒙了哈曼的臉。 伺候王的一個太監名叫哈波拿,說:「哈曼為那救王有功的末底改做了五丈高的木架,現今立在哈曼家裡。」王說:「把哈曼掛在其上!」 10 於是人將哈曼掛在他為末底改所預備的木架上。王的憤怒這才止息。

哈曼被处死

王带着哈曼去赴以斯帖王后的宴席。 在这第二次宴会中,王在席间又问以斯帖:“以斯帖王后啊,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。” 以斯帖回答说:“我若得到王的恩宠,王若愿意,就请王把我的性命和我本族人的性命赐给我——这是我所求的。 因为我和我本族的人都被卖了,我们将被铲除、杀光、灭尽。如果只是卖我们为奴为婢,我会闭口不语,因为那样的痛苦不值得来打扰王[a]。” 亚哈随鲁王问以斯帖王后:“谁敢这样做?他在哪里?” 以斯帖回答说:“敌人和仇家就是这恶人哈曼!”哈曼在王和王后面前十分惊恐。

王大怒,离席去了御花园。哈曼见王定意要惩罚他,便留下来求以斯帖王后饶命。 王从御花园回到席上,见哈曼伏在以斯帖所靠的榻上,便说:“他竟敢在宫中当着我的面侮辱王后吗?”王这话一出口,便有人蒙了哈曼的脸。 服侍王的太监哈波拿说:“哈曼为那救驾有功的末底改做了一个二十三米高的木架,如今正立在哈曼家里。”王说:“把哈曼吊在上面!” 10 于是,哈曼被吊在他为末底改预备的木架上,王的怒气这才平息。

Footnotes

  1. 7:4 因为那样的痛苦不值得来打扰王”或译“但王的损失,敌人无法补偿”。

Haman Impaled

So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet,(A) and as they were drinking wine(B) on the second day, the king again asked, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom,(C) it will be granted.(D)

Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor(E) with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request. For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated.(F) If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.[a]

King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is he—the man who has dared to do such a thing?”

Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!”

Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen. The king got up in a rage,(G) left his wine and went out into the palace garden.(H) But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate,(I) stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.

Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch(J) where Esther was reclining.(K)

The king exclaimed, “Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?”(L)

As soon as the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.(M) Then Harbona,(N) one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, “A pole reaching to a height of fifty cubits[b](O) stands by Haman’s house. He had it set up for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.”

The king said, “Impale him on it!”(P) 10 So they impaled(Q) Haman(R) on the pole(S) he had set up for Mordecai.(T) Then the king’s fury subsided.(U)

Footnotes

  1. Esther 7:4 Or quiet, but the compensation our adversary offers cannot be compared with the loss the king would suffer
  2. Esther 7:9 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters

So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.

And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.

Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:

For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.

Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?

And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.

And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.

Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.

10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.