斯8:1 当日，亚哈随鲁把犹大人的敌人哈曼的家产，赐给王后以斯帖；末底改也来到王的面前，因为以斯帖已经把末底改和她的关系告诉王。
斯8:1 That day the king gave all the family of Haman, the hater of the Jews, to Esther the queen. And Mordecai came before the king, for Esther had made clear what he was to her.
斯8:2 王便摘下自己的戒指，就是从哈曼那里取回的，给了末底改，以斯帖也委派末底改管理哈曼的家产。
斯8:2 And the king took off his ring, which he had taken from Haman, and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther put Mordecai over the family of Haman.
斯8:3 以斯帖又在王面前说话，俯伏在王的脚前，含泪恳求王免除亚甲族人哈曼所加的灾害，以及他设计要害犹大人的阴谋。
斯8:3 Then Esther again came before the king, falling down at his feet, and made request to him with weeping, that he would put a stop to the evil purposes of Haman the Agagite and the designs which he had made against the Jews.
斯8:4 王向以斯帖伸出了金杖，以斯帖就起来，站在王的面前；
斯8:4 Then the king put out the rod of gold to Esther, and she got up before the king.
斯8:5 她说：“王若是同意，我若是在王面前蒙恩，就请下旨，废除亚甲族哈米大他的儿子哈曼设计的谕文，就是他写下要消灭在王各省的犹大人的谕文。
斯8:5 And she said, If it is the king's pleasure and if I have his approval and this thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing to him, then let letters be sent giving orders against those which Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, sent out for the destruction of the Jews in all divisions of the kingdom:
斯8:6 我怎忍看见我的族人消灭呢？”
斯8:6 For how is it possible for me to see the evil which is to overtake my nation? how may I see the destruction of my people?
斯8:7 亚哈随鲁王对王后以斯帖和犹大人末底改说：“因为哈曼要下手害犹大人，我已经把哈曼的家产赐给了以斯帖，人也把哈曼挂在木架了。
斯8:7 Then King Ahasuerus said to Esther the queen and to Mordecai the Jew, See now, I have given Esther the family of Haman, and he has come to his death by hanging, because he made an attack on the Jews.
斯8:8 现在你们可以照着你们的意思，奉王的名为犹大人写谕旨，用王的印戒盖上；因为奉王的名所写，用王的戒指盖上印的谕旨，是没有人可以废除的。”
斯8:8 So now send a letter about the Jews, writing whatever seems good to you, in the king's name, and stamping it with the king's ring: for a writing signed in the king's name and stamped with the king's ring may not be changed.
斯8:9 那时是三月，就是西弯月，二十三日，王的文士都召了来，照着末底改所吩咐一切有关犹大人的事，用各省的文字、各族的方言写了谕旨，从印度到古实的一百二十七省，给各省的总督、省长和领袖，也用犹大人的文字和方言写给犹大人。
斯8:9 Then at that time, on the twenty-third day of the third month, which is the month Sivan, the king's scribes were sent for; and everything ordered by Mordecai was put in writing and sent to the Jews and the captains and the rulers and the chiefs of all the divisions of the kingdom from India to Ethiopia, a hundred and twenty-seven divisions, to every division in the writing commonly used there, and to every people in their language, and to the Jews in their writing and their language.
斯8:10 末底改奉亚哈随鲁王的名写了谕旨，又用王的戒指盖上印；文书由驿使骑上御养的、为国事而用的快马，传送到各处去。
斯8:10 The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:
斯8:11 文书上写着：王准许在各城的犹大人，可以聚集起来，保护自己的性命；也可以毁灭、杀尽和灭绝那些敌对犹大人的各族和各省的势力，包括妇孺，并且可以掠夺他们的财产；
斯8:11 In these letters the king gave authority to the Jews in every town to come together and make a fight for their lives, and to send death and destruction on the power of any people in any part of the kingdom attacking them or their children or their women, and to take their goods from them by force,
斯8:12 一日之间，在十二月，就是亚达月，十三日，在亚哈随鲁王的各省，开始实行。
斯8:12 On one day in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, that is, on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, the month Adar.
斯8:13 谕旨的抄本作为御令，颁发到各省，宣告各族，使犹大人准备那日，好在仇敌身上施行报复。
斯8:13 A copy of the writing, to be made public as an order in every division of the kingdom, was given out to all the peoples, so that the Jews might be ready when that day came to give punishment to their haters.
斯8:14 于是，骑上为国事而用的快马的驿使，迫于王命，就急急忙忙出发，谕旨传遍书珊城。
斯8:14 So the men went out on the quick-running horses used on the king's business, wasting no time and forced on by the king's order; and the order was given out in Shushan, the king's town.
斯8:15 末底改穿着紫蓝色和白色的朝服，戴着硕大的金冠冕，又披上紫色细麻布的外袍，从王面前出来；书珊城的人都欢呼快乐。
斯8:15 And Mordecai went out from before the king, dressed in king-like robes of blue and white, and with a great crown of gold and clothing of purple and the best linen: and all the town of Shushan gave loud cries of joy.
斯8:16 犹大人得到了光彩、欢喜、快乐和尊荣。
斯8:16 And the Jews had light and joy and honour.
斯8:17 在各省各城中，王的命令和谕旨所到之处，犹大人都欢喜快乐，饮宴放假；那地的人民，有许多因为惧怕犹大人，就都自认是犹大人。
斯8:17 And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had come on them.