Esther 7
1 So the king and Haman went to dine with Esther the queen,
君王和哈曼同來與艾斯德爾王后宴飲。
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.”
在這第二天的酒興之餘，王又對艾斯德爾說：「艾斯德爾后! 你要求什麼，我必給你；不論要求什麼，即便是半壁江山，也必照辦。」
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.
艾斯德爾后答說：「大王! 如果我獲得你垂青寵愛，如果大王歡喜，請饒我一命，這是我的懇請；也饒我民族一命，這是我的要求，
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.”
因為我和我的民族，已被人出賣，快要遭受蹂躪、屠殺、毀滅。若是我們只被人賣為奴婢，那麼我必不開口；但這仇人毫不顧及君王所受的災害。」
5 Then King Xerxes spoke up and asked Queen Esther, “Who is this, and where is the one who would devise such a scheme?”
薛西斯王問艾斯德爾后說：「這人是誰﹖那心內打算做這事的人在那裏﹖」
6 Esther replied, “The adversary and enemy is this wicked man—Haman!” And Haman stood in terror before the king and queen.
艾斯德爾答說：「這仇人和死敵，就是這敗類哈曼。」哈曼立時在君王及王后前，驚惶萬分。
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.
於是君王勃然大怒，即刻退席，走進了御苑；哈曼遂起來懇求艾斯德爾后饒他一命，因為他看出了君王已決意要將他置於死地。
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.
王由御苑回到餐廳，哈曼正俯伏在艾斯德爾所坐的榻旁，王惡聲叱叱說：「在王宮內，當著我的面，居然膽敢存心侮辱王后! 」王的話一出口，僕人就蒙起哈曼的臉。
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.
君王座前的一個太監哈波納說：「正巧，在哈曼家裏，有他給那位曾一言造福大王的摩爾德開，豎立的一個五十尺高的刑架。」王說：「將他懸在上面! 」
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the fury of the king subsided.
人們遂把嚨哈曼懸在他自己為摩爾德開所做的刑架上；王的忿怒這纔平息。
