Esther 7

1 So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,

1 王带着哈曼去赴以斯帖王后的宴席。

2 and as they drank their wine on that second day, the king asked once more, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given to you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be fulfilled.”

2 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，也必为你成全。”

3 Queen Esther replied, “If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it pleases the king, grant me my life as my petition, and the lives of my people as my request.

3 以斯帖王后回答说：“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。这就是我的所求所要。

4 For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”

4 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，我会闭口不言，因为那样的痛苦不值得来打扰王 。”

5 Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”

5 亚哈随鲁王问以斯帖王后：“谁敢这样做？他在哪里？”

6 Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.

6 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。

7 In his fury, the king arose from drinking his wine and went to the palace garden, while Haman stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king was planning a terrible fate for him.

7 王大怒，离席去了御花园。哈曼见王决意要惩罚他，便留下来求以斯帖王后饶命。

8 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, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

8 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。

9 Then Harbonah, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said: “There is a gallows fifty cubits high at Haman’s house. He had it built for Mordecai, who gave the report that saved the king.” “Hang him on it!” declared the king.

9 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二十二米半高的木架，如今正立在哈曼家里。”王说：“把哈曼吊在上面！”

10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.

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。