以斯帖記

第 7 章

1. 王帶著哈曼來赴王后以斯帖的筵席.
So the king and Haman went to dine with Queen Esther,
2. 這第二次在酒席筵前、王又問以斯帖說、王后以斯帖阿、你要甚麼、我必賜給你、你求甚麼、就是國的一半、也必為你成就。
and as they were drinking wine on that 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, it will be granted."
3. 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.
Then Queen Esther answered, "If I have found favor with you, O king, and if it pleases your majesty, grant me my life--this is my petition. And spare my people--this is my request.
4. 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。
For I and my people have been sold for destruction and slaughter and annihilation. 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."
5. 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。
King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, "Who is he? Where is the man who has dared to do such a thing?"
6. 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。
Esther said, "The adversary and enemy is this vile Haman." Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.
7. 王便大怒、起來離開酒席往御園去了.哈曼見王定意要加罪與他、就起來、求王后以斯帖救命。
The king got up in a rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.
8. 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、凌辱王后麼.這話一出王口、人就蒙了哈曼的臉。
Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, "Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?" As soon as the word left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
9. 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、作了五丈高的木架、現今立在哈曼家裡.王說、把哈曼挂在其上。
Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, "A gallows seventy-five feet high stands by Haman's house. He had it made for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king." The king said, "Hang him on it!"
10. 於是人將哈曼挂在他為末底改所豫備的木架上.王的忿怒這纔止息。
So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's fury subsided.