以斯帖記 9	Esther 9
以斯帖記 9:1 ^ 十二月、乃亞達月、十三日、王的諭旨將要舉行、就是猶大人的仇敵盼望轄制他們的日子、猶大人反倒轄制恨他們的人．	Esther 9:1 ^ Now on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the time came for the king's order to be put into effect, on the very day when the haters of the Jews had been hoping to have rule over them; though the opposite had come about, and the Jews had rule over their haters;
以斯帖記 9:2 ^ 猶大人在亞哈隨魯王各省的城裡聚集、下手擊殺那要害他們的人．無人能敵擋他們、因為各族都懼怕他們。	Esther 9:2 ^ On that day, the Jews came together in their towns through all the divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, for the purpose of attacking all those who were attempting evil against them: and everyone had to give way before them, for the fear of them had come on all the peoples.
以斯帖記 9:3 ^ 各省的首領總督省長和辦理王事的人、因懼怕末底改、就都幫助猶大人。	Esther 9:3 ^ And all the chiefs and the captains and the rulers and those who did the king's business gave support to the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai had come on them.
以斯帖記 9:4 ^ 末底改在朝中為大、名聲傳遍各省、日漸昌盛。	Esther 9:4 ^ For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and word of him went out through every part of the kingdom: for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.
以斯帖記 9:5 ^ 猶大人用刀擊殺一切仇敵、任意殺滅恨他們的人．	Esther 9:5 ^ So the Jews overcame all their attackers with the sword and with death and destruction, and did to their haters whatever they had a desire to do.
以斯帖記 9:6 ^ 在書珊城、猶大人殺滅了五百人．	Esther 9:6 ^ And in Shushan the Jews put to death five hundred men.
以斯帖記 9:7 ^ 又殺巴珊大他、達分、亞斯帕他、	Esther 9:7 ^ They put to death Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
以斯帖記 9:8 ^ 破拉他、亞大利雅、亞利大他、	Esther 9:8 ^ Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
以斯帖記 9:9 ^ 帕瑪斯他、亞利賽、亞利代、瓦耶撒他．	Esther 9:9 ^ Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
以斯帖記 9:10 ^ 這十人都是哈米大他的孫子、猶大人仇敵哈曼的兒子．猶大人卻沒有下手奪取財物。	Esther 9:10 ^ The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the hater of the Jews; but they put not a hand on any of their goods.
以斯帖記 9:11 ^ 當日將書珊城被殺的人數、呈在王前．	Esther 9:11 ^ On that day the number of those who had been put to death in the town of Shushan was given to the king.
以斯帖記 9:12 ^ 王對王后以斯帖說、猶大人在書珊城殺滅了五百人、又殺了哈曼的十個兒子．在王的各省不知如何呢．現在你要甚麼、我必賜給你、你還求甚麼、也必為你成就。	Esther 9:12 ^ And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have put five hundred men to death in Shushan, as well as the ten sons of Haman: what then have they done in the rest of the kingdom! Now what is your prayer? for it will be given to you; what other request have you? and it will be done.
以斯帖記 9:13 ^ 以斯帖說、王若以為美、求你准書珊的猶大人、明日也照今日的旨意行、並將哈曼十個兒子的屍首、挂在木架上。	Esther 9:13 ^ Then Esther said, If it is the king's pleasure, let authority be given to the Jews in Shushan to do tomorrow as has been done today, and let orders be given for the hanging of Haman's ten sons.
以斯帖記 9:14 ^ 王便允准如此行．旨意傳在書珊．人就把哈曼十個兒子的屍首挂起來了。	Esther 9:14 ^ And the king said that this was to be done, and the order was given out in Shushan, and the hanging of Haman's ten sons was effected.
以斯帖記 9:15 ^ 亞達月十四日、書珊的猶大人又聚集在書珊、殺了三百人．卻沒有下手奪取財物。	Esther 9:15 ^ For the Jews who were in Shushan came together again on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and put to death three hundred men in Shushan; but they put not a hand on their goods.
以斯帖記 9:16 ^ 在王各省其餘的猶大人也都聚集保護性命、殺了恨他們的人七萬五千．卻沒有下手奪取財物．這樣、就脫離仇敵、得享平安。	Esther 9:16 ^ And the other Jews in every division of the kingdom came together, fighting for their lives, and got salvation from their haters and put seventy-five thousand of them to death; but they did not put a hand on their goods.
以斯帖記 9:17 ^ 亞達月十三日、行了這事．十四日安息、以這日為設筵歡樂的日子．	Esther 9:17 ^ This they did on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same month they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
以斯帖記 9:18 ^ 但書珊的猶大人這十三日十四日聚集殺戮仇敵．十五日安息、以這日為設筵歡樂的日子．	Esther 9:18 ^ But the Jews in Shushan came together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth day of the month; and on the fifteenth day they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
以斯帖記 9:19 ^ 所以住無城牆鄉村的猶大人、如今都以亞達月十四日為設筵歡樂的吉日、彼此餽送禮物。	Esther 9:19 ^ So the Jews of the country places living in unwalled towns make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of feasting and joy and a good day, a day for sending offerings one to another.
以斯帖記 9:20 ^ 末底改記錄這事、寫信與亞哈隨魯王各省遠近所有的猶大人、	Esther 9:20 ^ And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, near and far,
以斯帖記 9:21 ^ 囑咐他們每年守亞達月十四十五兩日、	Esther 9:21 ^ Ordering them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and the fifteenth day of the same month, every year,
以斯帖記 9:22 ^ 以這月的兩日、為猶大人脫離仇敵得平安、轉憂為喜、轉悲為樂的吉日．在這兩日設筵歡樂、彼此餽送禮物、賙濟窮人。	Esther 9:22 ^ As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.
以斯帖記 9:23 ^ 於是猶大人、按著末底改所寫與他們的信、應承照初次所守的守為永例。	Esther 9:23 ^ And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing;
以斯帖記 9:24 ^ 是因猶大人的仇敵、亞甲族哈米大他的兒子哈曼、設謀殺害猶大人、掣普珥、就是掣籤、為要殺盡滅絕他們。	Esther 9:24 ^ Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of all the Jews, had made designs for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur (that is, chance) with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off;
以斯帖記 9:25 ^ 這事報告於王、王便降旨使哈曼謀害猶大人的惡事、歸到他自己的頭上、並吩咐把他和他的眾子、都挂在木架上。	Esther 9:25 ^ But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.
以斯帖記 9:26 ^ 照著普珥的名字、猶大人就稱這兩日為普珥日．他們因這信上的話、又因所看見所遇見的事、	Esther 9:26 ^ So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,
以斯帖記 9:27 ^ 就應承自己與後裔、並歸附他們的人、每年按時必守這兩日、永遠不廢。	Esther 9:27 ^ The Jews made a rule and gave an undertaking, causing their seed and all those who were joined to them to do the same, so that it might be in force for ever, that they would keep those two days, as ordered in the letter, at the fixed time every year;
以斯帖記 9:28 ^ 各省各城、家家戶戶、世世代代、紀念遵守這兩日、使這普珥日在猶大人中不可廢掉．在他們後裔中也不可忘記。	Esther 9:28 ^ And that those days were to be kept in memory through every generation and every family, in every division of the kingdom and every town, that there might never be a time when these days of Purim would not be kept among the Jews, or when the memory of them would go from the minds of their seed.
以斯帖記 9:29 ^ 亞比孩的女兒王后以斯帖和猶大人末底改以全權寫第二封信、堅囑猶大人守這普珥日．	Esther 9:29 ^ Then Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, sent a second letter giving the force of their authority to the order about the Purim.
以斯帖記 9:30 ^ 用和平誠實話、寫信給亞哈隨魯王國中一百二十七省所有的猶大人、	Esther 9:30 ^ And he sent letters to all the Jews in the hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with true words of peace,
以斯帖記 9:31 ^ 勸他們按時守這普珥日、禁食呼求、是照猶大人末底改和王后以斯帖所囑咐的、也照猶大人為自己與後裔所應承的。	Esther 9:31 ^ Giving the force of law to these days of Purim at their fixed times, as they had been ordered by Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen, and in keeping with the rules they had made for themselves and their seed, in connection with their time of going without food and their cry for help.
以斯帖記 9:32 ^ 以斯帖命定守普珥日．這事也記錄在書上。	Esther 9:32 ^ The order given by Esther gave the force of law to the rules about the Purim; and it was recorded in the book.