斯9:1 十二月，就是亚达月，十三日，王的命令和谕旨快要执行的时候，就是犹大人的仇敌盼望辖制犹大人的日子，反成了犹大人辖制恨他们的人的日子。
斯9:1 Now on the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month Adar, when the time came for the king's order to be put into effect, on the very day when the haters of the Jews had been hoping to have rule over them; though the opposite had come about, and the Jews had rule over their haters;
斯9:2 犹大人在亚哈随鲁王各省的城里聚集起来，要下手攻击那些想谋害他们的人；没有人能抵挡他们，因为各族的人都惧怕他们。
斯9:2 On that day, the Jews came together in their towns through all the divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, for the purpose of attacking all those who were attempting evil against them: and everyone had to give way before them, for the fear of them had come on all the peoples.
斯9:3 各省的官长、总督、省长和办理王事务的人，因为惧怕末底改，就都支持犹大人。
斯9:3 And all the chiefs and the captains and the rulers and those who did the king's business gave support to the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai had come on them.
斯9:4 末底改在朝中的确非常尊大，他的声誉传遍各省；末底改这人的权力越来越大。
斯9:4 For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and word of him went out through every part of the kingdom: for the man Mordecai became greater and greater.
斯9:5 这样，犹大人击杀他们所有的仇敌，他们用刀尽量击杀，随意对待他们的仇人。
斯9:5 So the Jews overcame all their attackers with the sword and with death and destruction, and did to their haters whatever they had a desire to do.
斯9:6 在书珊城里，犹大人就杀灭了五百人。
斯9:6 And in Shushan the Jews put to death five hundred men.
斯9:7 他们又杀了巴珊大他、达分、亚斯帕他、
斯9:7 They put to death Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,
斯9:8 破拉他、亚大利雅、亚利大他、
斯9:8 Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,
斯9:9 帕玛斯他、亚利赛、亚利代和瓦耶撒他，
斯9:9 Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha,
斯9:10 这十个人就是哈米大他的孙子、哈曼的儿子，犹大人的敌人；至于财物，犹大人却没有下手掠夺。
斯9:10 The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the hater of the Jews; but they put not a hand on any of their goods.
斯9:11 当日在书珊城被杀的人的数目，呈到王面前。
斯9:11 On that day the number of those who had been put to death in the town of Shushan was given to the king.
斯9:12 王问王后以斯帖：“犹大人在书珊城杀灭了五百人，又杀了哈曼的十个儿子；在王其他省内，他们怎样行呢！现在你要什么，我必赐给你，你还求什么，也必给你成全。”
斯9:12 And the king said to Esther the queen, The Jews have put five hundred men to death in Shushan, as well as the ten sons of Haman: what then have they done in the rest of the kingdom! Now what is your prayer? for it will be given to you; what other request have you? and it will be done.
斯9:13 以斯帖回答：“王若是同意，求你恩准书珊的犹大人，明日也照着今日的谕旨行事，把哈曼的十个儿子挂在木架上。”
斯9:13 Then Esther said, If it is the king's pleasure, let authority be given to the Jews in Shushan to do tomorrow as has been done today, and let orders be given for the hanging of Haman's ten sons.
斯9:14 王就下令这样行；谕旨传遍书珊，人就把哈曼的十个儿子挂在木架上。
斯9:14 And the king said that this was to be done, and the order was given out in Shushan, and the hanging of Haman's ten sons was effected.
斯9:15 亚达月十四日，在书珊的犹大人又聚集起来，在书珊杀了三百人，却没有下手掠夺他们的财物。
斯9:15 For the Jews who were in Shushan came together again on the fourteenth day of the month Adar and put to death three hundred men in Shushan; but they put not a hand on their goods.
斯9:16 在王各省其余的犹大人，也都聚集起来，保护自己的性命，向他们的仇敌报复，杀了恨他们的人共七万五千；至于财物，他们却没有下手掠夺。
斯9:16 And the other Jews in every division of the kingdom came together, fighting for their lives, and got salvation from their haters and put seventy-five thousand of them to death; but they did not put a hand on their goods.
斯9:17 这是在亚达月十三日的事，十四日他们得享安宁，以这日为设宴欢乐的日子。
斯9:17 This they did on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same month they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
斯9:18 但在书珊的犹大人在十三、十四日聚集起来杀敌，他们就在十五日休息，以这日为设宴欢乐的日子。
斯9:18 But the Jews in Shushan came together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth day of the month; and on the fifteenth day they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.
斯9:19 因此乡村的犹大人，就是住在没有城墙的村镇的，都以亚达月十四日为欢乐饮宴的吉日，互送礼物。
斯9:19 So the Jews of the country places living in unwalled towns make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of feasting and joy and a good day, a day for sending offerings one to another.
斯9:20 末底改把这些事记录下来，并且送文书给亚哈随鲁各省远近所有的犹大人，
斯9:20 And Mordecai sent letters to all the Jews in every division of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, near and far,
斯9:21 嘱咐他们每年都要守亚达月十四、十五两日。
斯9:21 Ordering them to keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar and the fifteenth day of the same month, every year,
斯9:22 以这月的两日，为犹大人脱离仇敌，得享安宁的日子，是转忧为喜，转哀为乐的吉日，叫他们在这两日饮宴欢乐，大家互赠礼物，也赒济穷人。
斯9:22 As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.
斯9:23 于是，犹大人承诺要守他们起初所守的，也承诺要遵守末底改写给他们的。
斯9:23 And the Jews gave their word to go on as they had been doing and as Mordecai had given them orders in writing;
斯9:24 原本犹大人的敌人，亚甲族哈米大他的儿子哈曼曾经设谋陷害犹大人，要消灭他们；他弄卜“普珥”，就是抽签，为要打击和消灭犹大人。
斯9:24 Because Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the hater of all the Jews, had made designs for their destruction, attempting to get a decision by Pur (that is, chance) with a view to putting an end to them and cutting them off;
斯9:25 但这事呈到王面前以后，王使用文书降旨吩咐，使哈曼计谋的恶事，就是他设谋陷害犹大人的事归到他自己的头上，又使人把他和他的众子挂在木架上。
斯9:25 But when the business was put before the king, he gave orders by letters that the evil design which he had made against the Jews was to be turned against himself; and that he and his sons were to be put to death by hanging.
斯9:26 因此，犹大人照着“普珥”的名字，称这两日为普珥节；所以他们因这信上的话，又因他们所看见和所遭遇的事，
斯9:26 So these days were named Purim, after the name of Pur. And so, because of the words of this letter, and of what they had seen in connection with this business, and what had come to them,
斯9:27 犹大人就立了定例，承诺他们自己和他们的后裔，以及所有与他们联合的人，每年都要按着所写的和指定的两日守这节日，永不可废止。
斯9:27 The Jews made a rule and gave an undertaking, causing their seed and all those who were joined to them to do the same, so that it might be in force for ever, that they would keep those two days, as ordered in the letter, at the fixed time every year;
斯9:28 使人在各省各城，家家户户，世世代代，都记念、遵守这两日，使这普珥节的日子在犹大人中，永不废止。
斯9:28 And that those days were to be kept in memory through every generation and every family, in every division of the kingdom and every town, that there might never be a time when these days of Purim would not be kept among the Jews, or when the memory of them would go from the minds of their seed.
斯9:29 亚比孩的女儿王后以斯帖和犹大人末底改以全权写了这第二封信，嘱咐犹大人守这普珥节。
斯9:29 Then Esther the queen, daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, sent a second letter giving the force of their authority to the order about the Purim.
斯9:30 他用和平和诚实的话，把文书送给亚哈随鲁国中一百二十七省所有的犹大人，
斯9:30 And he sent letters to all the Jews in the hundred and twenty-seven divisions of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with true words of peace,
斯9:31 劝他们按着规定的时期，照着犹大人末底改和王后以斯帖所嘱咐的，也照着他们在禁食和哀求的时候为自己与后裔所承诺的，守这普珥节。
斯9:31 Giving the force of law to these days of Purim at their fixed times, as they had been ordered by Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen, and in keeping with the rules they had made for themselves and their seed, in connection with their time of going without food and their cry for help.
斯9:32 以斯帖的命令确定了普珥节；这命令也记录在史记上。
斯9:32 The order given by Esther gave the force of law to the rules about the Purim; and it was recorded in the book.