Esther 8

Ge'ez original · 10 verses · some words can be tapped for a gloss

📖 This chapter exists in 3 other originals — side by side (Hebrew Old Testament, Septuagint, Vulgate)

8:1

ወቦኡ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወሐማ፡ ይምስሑ፡ ምስለ፡ ንግሥት።

On that day, King Ahasuerus gave the house of Haman, the Jews’ enemy, to Esther the queen. Mordecai came before the king; for Esther had told what he was to her.

當日，亞哈隨魯王把猶大人仇敵哈曼的家產賜給王后以斯帖。末底改也來到王面前，因為以斯帖已經告訴王，末底改是她的親屬。

8:2

ወይቤላ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ለአስቴር፡ አመ፡ ሳኒታ፡ በዓል፡ ምንተ፡ ከንኪ፡ አስቴር፡ ወምንት፡ ውእቱ፡ ዘታስተበቊዕኒ፡ ሶበሰ፡ ፈቀድኪ፡ መንፈቀ፡ መንግሥትየ፡ እምወሀብኩኪ።

The king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. Esther set Mordecai over the house of Haman.

王摘下自己的戒指，就是從哈曼追回的，給了末底改。以斯帖派末底改管理哈曼的家產。

8:3

ወአውሥአቶ፡ ወትቤሎ፡ እመሰ፡ ረከብኩ፡ ሞገሰ፡ በቅድሜከ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ይትወሀባ፡ ለነፍስየ፡ ስእለታ።

Esther spoke yet again before the king, and fell down at his feet and begged him with tears to put away the mischief of Haman the Agagite, and his plan that he had planned against the Jews.

以斯帖又俯伏在王腳前，流淚哀告，求他除掉亞甲族哈曼害猶大人的惡謀。

8:4

ወለቃልየኒ፡ አስተብቊዖታ፡ እስመ፡ ተሠየጥነ፡ አነ፡ ወሕዝብየ፡ ወኮነ፡ ለሞት፡ ወለተበርብሮ፡ ወለቅንየት፡ ንሕነ፡ ወውሉድነ፡ ወአርመምኩ፡ እስመ፡ ኢይደልዎ፡ ለመስተዋድይ፡ ይባእ፡ ውስተ፡ ዓፀደ፡ ንጉሥ።

Then the king held out to Esther the golden scepter. So Esther arose, and stood before the king.

王向以斯帖伸出金杖；以斯帖就起來，站在王前，

8:5

ወይቤ፡ ንጉሥ፡ መኑ፡ ውእቱ፡ ዝንቱ፡ ዘተሀበለ፡ ይግበር፡ ዘንተ፡ ግብረ።

She said, “If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seems right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

說：「亞甲族哈米大他的兒子哈曼設謀傳旨，要殺滅在王各省的猶大人。現今王若願意，我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若以為美，若喜悅我，請王另下旨意，廢除哈曼所傳的那旨意。

8:6

ወትቤ፡ አስቴር፡ ብእሲ፡ ጸላኢነ፡ ሐማ፡ ወሶበ፡ ሰምዐ፡ ሐማ፡ ፈርሀ፡ እምነ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ወእምነ፡ ንግሥት።

For how can I endure to see the evil that would come to my people? How can I endure to see the destruction of my relatives?”

我何忍見我本族的人受害？何忍見我同宗的人被滅呢？」

8:7

ወተንሥአ፡ ንጉሥ፡ እምኀበ፡ ይሰቲ፡ ወቦአ፡ ውስተ፡ ገነት፡ ወሐማሰ፡ አስተብቊዓ፡ ለንግሥት፡ እስመ፡ አእመረ፡ ከመ፡ በጽሐቶ፡ እኪት።

Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, “See, I have given Esther the house of Haman, and they have hanged him on the gallows because he laid his hand on the Jews.

亞哈隨魯王對王后以斯帖和猶大人末底改說：「因哈曼要下手害猶大人，我已將他的家產賜給以斯帖，人也將哈曼掛在木架上。

8:8

ወገብአ፡ ንጉሥ፡ እምነ፡ ገነቱ፡ ወሐማሰ፡ ወድቀ፡ ውስተ፡ ዓራት፡ ወይትጋነይ፡ ላቲ፡ ለንግስት፡ ወይቤሎ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ትትዔገለኒኑ፡ ብእሲትየ፡ በቤትየ፡ ወሶበ፡ ሰብዐ፡ ሐማ፡ ጸልመ፡ ገጹ።

Write also to the Jews as it pleases you, in the king’s name, and seal it with the king’s ring; for the writing which is written in the king’s name, and sealed with the king’s ring, may not be reversed by any man.”

現在你們可以隨意奉王的名寫諭旨給猶大人，用王的戒指蓋印；因為奉王名所寫、用王戒指蓋印的諭旨，人都不能廢除。」

8:9

ወይቤሎ፡ ቡግታን፡ አሐዱ፡ እምሕዕዋኒሁ፡ ለንጉሥ፡ ሀለወ፡ ዕፅ፡ ዘአስተዳለዎ፡ ለመርዶክዮስ፡ ዘአይድዐ፡ በእንተ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ዕፅሰ፡ ትኩል፡ ውስተ፡ ቤተ፡ ሐማ፡ ዘሐምሳ፡ በእመት፡ ኑኁ፡ ወይቤ፡ ንጉሥ፡ ይስቅልዎ፡ ቦቱ።

Then the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month Sivan, on the twenty-third day of the month; and it was written according to all that Mordecai commanded to the Jews, and to the local governors, and the governors and princes of the provinces which are from India to Ethiopia, one hundred twenty-seven provinces, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing, and in their language.

三月，就是西彎月二十三日，將王的書記召來，按着末底改所吩咐的，用各省的文字、各族的方言，並猶大人的文字方言寫諭旨，傳給那從印度直到古實一百二十七省的猶大人和總督省長首領。

8:10

ወሰቀልዎ፡ ዲበ፡ ውእቱ፡ ዕፅ፡ ዘአስተዳለወ፡ ለመርዶክዮስ፡ ወእምዝ፡ ኀደገ፡ ንጉሥ፡ መዓቶ።

He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by courier on horseback, riding on royal horses that were bred from swift steeds.

末底改奉亞哈隨魯王的名寫諭旨，用王的戒指蓋印，交給騎御馬圈快馬的驛卒，傳到各處。

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