斯5:1 第三天，以斯帖穿上朝服，站在王宫的内院，对着王殿；王在殿里坐在王位上，对着殿门。
斯5:1 Now on the third day, Esther put on her queen's robes, and took her place in the inner room of the king's house, facing the king's house: and the king was seated on his high seat in the king's house, facing the doorway of the house.
斯5:2 王见王后以斯帖站在院内，就对她施恩，向她伸出手中的金杖，以斯帖就上前摸杖头。
斯5:2 And when the king saw Esther the queen waiting in the inner room, looking kindly on her he put out the rod of gold in his hand to her. So Esther came near and put her fingers on the top of the rod.
斯5:3 王问她：“王后以斯帖啊，你有什么事吗？你求什么？就是一半江山，也必赐给你。”
斯5:3 Then the king said, What is your desire, Queen Esther, and what is your request? I will give it to you, even to the half of my kingdom.
斯5:4 以斯帖回答：“王若是欢喜，就请王今天带着哈曼来赴我为王预备的筵席。”
斯5:4 And Esther in answer said, If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the feast which I have made ready for him.
斯5:5 王说：“快把哈曼召来，好照着以斯帖的话去行。”于是王带着哈曼去赴以斯帖预备的筵席。
斯5:5 Then the king said, Let Haman come quickly, so that what Esther has said may be done. So the king and Haman came to the feast which Esther had made ready.
斯5:6 在酒席中，王问以斯帖：“你要什么？我必赐给你；你求什么？就是一半江山，也必为你成全。”
斯5:6 And while they were drinking wine the king said to Esther, What is your prayer? for it will be given to you and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.
斯5:7 以斯帖回答说：“我所要我所求的就是：
斯5:7 Then Esther said in answer, My prayer and my request is this:
斯5:8 我若是在王眼前蒙恩，王若是愿意赐给我所要的，成全我所求的，就请王带着哈曼明天再来赴我为你们预备的筵席；明天我必照着王的命令行。”
斯5:8 If I have the king's approval, and if it is the king's pleasure to give me my prayer and do my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast which I will make ready for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.
斯5:9 那天哈曼心里快乐，高高兴兴地出来；但是哈曼见了末底改在御门那里不站起来，也不因哈曼的缘故而退避，哈曼心里就对末底改充满忿怒。
斯5:9 Then on that day Haman went out full of joy and glad in heart; but when he saw Mordecai in the king's doorway, and he did not get to his feet or give any sign of fear before him, Haman was full of wrath against Mordecai.
斯5:10 哈曼忍住怒气，回家去了，就派人去请他的朋友和妻子细利斯来。
斯5:10 But controlling himself, he went to his house; and he sent for his friends and Zeresh, his wife.
斯5:11 哈曼把他的富贵荣华、儿女的众多，以及王怎样使他尊大，怎样抬举他在王的众领袖和众臣仆之上的一切事，都数说给他们听。
斯5:11 And he gave them an account of the glories of his wealth, and the number of children he had, and the ways in which he had been honoured by the king, and how he had put him over the captains and servants of the king.
斯5:12 哈曼又说：“王后以斯帖除我以外，没有邀请别人与王一同去赴她预备的筵席；明天又邀请我与王一同到她那里去赴席。
斯5:12 And Haman said further, Truly, Esther the queen let no man but myself come in to the feast which she had made ready for the king; and tomorrow again I am to be her guest with the king.
斯5:13 只是每逢我看见坐在朝门那里的犹大人末底改的时候，这一切对我都没有多大的意思。”
斯5:13 But all this is nothing to me while I see Mordecai the Jew seated by the king's doorway.
斯5:14 他的妻子细利斯和他所有的朋友都对他说：“叫人立一个二十二公尺高的木架，明早求王，把末底改挂在上面，然后你可以欢欢喜喜地与王一同赴筵席了。”这话使哈曼很满意，就叫人做了木架。
斯5:14 Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, Let a pillar, fifty cubits high, be made ready for hanging him, and in the morning get the king to give orders for the hanging of Mordecai: then you will be able to go to the feast with the king with a glad heart. And Haman was pleased with the suggestion, and he had the pillar made.