< Esther 4 >

1 and Mordecai to know [obj] all which to make: do and to tear Mordecai [obj] garment his and to clothe sackcloth and ashes and to come out: come in/on/with midst [the] city and to cry out outcry great: large and bitter
末底改知道所做的這一切事,就撕裂衣服,穿麻衣,蒙灰塵,在城中行走,痛哭哀號。
2 and to come (in): come till to/for face: before gate [the] king for nothing to/for to come (in): come to(wards) gate [the] king in/on/with clothing sackcloth
到了朝門前停住腳步,因為穿麻衣的不可進朝門。
3 and in/on/with all province and province place which word [the] king and law his to touch mourning great: large to/for Jew and fast and weeping and mourning sackcloth and ashes to lay to/for many
王的諭旨所到的各省各處,猶大人大大悲哀,禁食哭泣哀號,穿麻衣躺在灰中的甚多。
4 (and to come (in): come *Q(k)*) maiden Esther and eunuch her and to tell to/for her and to twist: tremble [the] queen much and to send: depart garment to/for to clothe [obj] Mordecai and to/for to turn aside: remove sackcloth his from upon him and not to receive
王后以斯帖的宮女和太監來把這事告訴以斯帖,她甚是憂愁,就送衣服給末底改穿,要他脫下麻衣,他卻不受。
5 and to call: call to Esther to/for Hathach from eunuch [the] king which to stand: appoint to/for face: before her and to command him upon Mordecai to/for to know what? this and upon what? this
以斯帖就把王所派伺候她的一個太監,名叫哈他革召來,吩咐他去見末底改,要知道這是甚麼事,是甚麼緣故。
6 and to come out: come Hathach to(wards) Mordecai to(wards) street/plaza [the] city which to/for face: before gate [the] king
於是哈他革出到朝門前的寬闊處見末底改。
7 and to tell to/for him Mordecai [obj] all which to meet him and [obj] declaration [the] silver: money which to say Haman to/for to weigh upon treasury [the] king (in/on/with Jew *Q(k)*) to/for to perish them
末底改將自己所遇的事,並哈曼為滅絕猶大人應許捐入王庫的銀數都告訴了他;
8 and [obj] copy writing [the] law which to give: give in/on/with Susa to/for to destroy them to give: give to/for him to/for to see: see [obj] Esther and to/for to tell to/for her and to/for to command upon her to/for to come (in): come to(wards) [the] king to/for be gracious to/for him and to/for to seek from to/for face: before his upon people her
又將所抄寫傳遍書珊城要滅絕猶大人的旨意交給哈他革,要給以斯帖看,又要給她說明,並囑咐她進去見王,為本族的人在王面前懇切祈求。
9 and to come (in): come Hathach and to tell to/for Esther [obj] word: speaking Mordecai
哈他革回來,將末底改的話告訴以斯帖;
10 and to say Esther to/for Hathach and to command him to(wards) Mordecai
以斯帖就吩咐哈他革去見末底改,說:
11 all servant/slave [the] king and people province [the] king to know which all man and woman which to come (in): come to(wards) [the] king to(wards) [the] court [the] inner which not to call: call to one law his to/for to die to/for alone from whence to extend to/for him [the] king [obj] scepter [the] gold and to live and I not (to call: call to *L(abh)*) to/for to come (in): come to(wards) [the] king this thirty day
「王的一切臣僕和各省的人民都知道有一個定例:若不蒙召,擅入內院見王的,無論男女必被治死;除非王向他伸出金杖,不得存活。現在我沒有蒙召進去見王已經三十日了。」
12 and to tell to/for Mordecai [obj] word: speaking Esther
人就把以斯帖這話告訴末底改。
13 and to say Mordecai to/for to return: reply to(wards) Esther not to resemble in/on/with soul: myself your to/for to escape house: home [the] king from all [the] Jew
末底改託人回覆以斯帖說:「你莫想在王宮裏強過一切猶大人,得免這禍。
14 that if: except if: except be quiet be quiet in/on/with time [the] this space and deliverance to stand: rise to/for Jew from place another and you(f. s.) and house: household father your to perish and who? to know if to/for time like/as this to touch to/for royalty
此時你若閉口不言,猶大人必從別處得解脫,蒙拯救;你和你父家必致滅亡。焉知你得了王后的位分不是為現今的機會嗎?」
15 and to say Esther to/for to return: reply to(wards) Mordecai
以斯帖就吩咐人回報末底改說:
16 to go: went to gather [obj] all [the] Jew [the] to find in/on/with Susa and to fast upon me and not to eat and not to drink three day night and day also I and maiden my to fast so and in/on/with so to come (in): come to(wards) [the] king which not like/as law and like/as as which to perish to perish
「你當去招聚書珊城所有的猶大人,為我禁食三晝三夜,不吃不喝;我和我的宮女也要這樣禁食。然後我違例進去見王,我若死就死吧!」
17 and to pass Mordecai and to make: do like/as all which to command upon him Esther
於是末底改照以斯帖一切所吩咐的去行。

< Esther 4 >