Esther 第 1 章 - King James Strong Number Version

1

Now it came to pass in the days <H3117> of Ahasuerus, <H0325> (this [is] Ahasuerus <H0325> which reigned, <H4427> from India <H1912> even unto Ethiopia, <H3568> [over] an hundred <H3967> and seven <H7651> and twenty <H6242> provinces:) <H4082>

2

[That] in those days, <H3117> when the king <H4428> Ahasuerus <H0325> sat <H3427> on the throne <H3678> of his kingdom, <H4438> which [was] in Shushan <H7800> the palace, <H1002>

3

In the third <H7969> year <H8141> of his reign, <H4427> he made <H6213> a feast <H4960> unto all his princes <H8269> and his servants; <H5650> the power <H2428> of Persia <H6539> and Media, <H4074> the nobles <H6579> and princes <H8269> of the provinces, <H4082> [being] before <H6440> him:

4

When he shewed <H7200> the riches <H6239> of his glorious <H3519> kingdom <H4438> and the honour <H3366> of his excellent <H8597> majesty <H1420> many <H7227> days, <H3117> [even] an hundred <H3967> and fourscore <H8084> days. <H3117>

5

And when these days <H3117> were expired, <H4390> the king <H4428> made <H6213> a feast <H4960> unto all the people <H5971> that were present <H4672> in Shushan <H7800> the palace, <H1002> both unto great <H1419> and small, <H6996> seven <H7651> days, <H3117> in the court <H2691> of the garden <H1594> of the king's <H4428> palace; <H1055>

6

[Where were] white, <H2353> green, <H3768> and blue, <H8504> [hangings], fastened <H0270> with cords <H2256> of fine linen <H0948> and purple <H0713> to silver <H3701> rings <H1550> and pillars <H5982> of marble: <H8336> the beds <H4296> [were of] gold <H2091> and silver, <H3701> upon a pavement <H7531> of red, <H0923> and blue, <H8336> and white, <H1858> and black, <H5508> marble.

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And they gave [them] drink <H8248> in vessels <H3627> of gold, <H2091> (the vessels <H3627> being diverse <H8138> one from another,) <H3627> and royal <H4438> wine <H3196> in abundance, <H7227> according to the state <H3027> of the king. <H4428>

8

And the drinking <H8360> [was] according to the law; <H1881> none did compel: <H0597> for so the king <H4428> had appointed <H3245> to all the officers <H7227> of his house, <H1004> that they should do <H6213> according to every man's <H0376> <H0376> pleasure. <H7522>

9

Also Vashti <H2060> the queen <H4436> made <H6213> a feast <H4960> for the women <H0802> [in] the royal <H4438> house <H1004> which [belonged] to king <H4428> Ahasuerus. <H0325>

10

On the seventh <H7637> day, <H3117> when the heart <H3820> of the king <H4428> was merry <H2896> with wine, <H3196> he commanded <H0559> Mehuman, <H4104> Biztha, <H0968> Harbona, <H2726> Bigtha, <H0903> and Abagtha, <H0005> Zethar, <H2242> and Carcas, <H3752> the seven <H7651> chamberlains <H5631> that served <H8334> in the presence <H6440> of Ahasuerus <H0325> the king, <H4428>

11

To bring <H0935> Vashti <H2060> the queen <H4436> before <H6440> the king <H4428> with the crown <H3804> royal, <H4438> to shew <H7200> the people <H5971> and the princes <H8269> her beauty: <H3308> for she [was] fair <H2896> to look on. <H4758>

12

But the queen <H4436> Vashti <H2060> refused <H3985> to come <H0935> at the king's <H4428> commandment <H1697> by <H3027> [his] chamberlains: <H5631> therefore was the king <H4428> very <H3966> wroth, <H7107> and his anger <H2534> burned <H1197> in him.

13

Then the king <H4428> said <H0559> to the wise men, <H2450> which knew <H3045> the times, <H6256> (for so [was] the king's <H4428> manner <H1697> toward <H6440> all that knew <H3045> law <H1881> and judgment: <H1779>

14

And the next <H7138> unto him [was] Carshena, <H3771> Shethar, <H8369> Admatha, <H0133> Tarshish, <H8659> Meres, <H4825> Marsena, <H4826> [and] Memucan, <H4462> the seven <H7651> princes <H8269> of Persia <H6539> and Media, <H4074> which saw <H7200> the king's <H4428> face, <H6440> [and] which sat <H3427> the first <H7223> in the kingdom;) <H4438>

15

What shall we do <H6213> unto the queen <H4436> Vashti <H2060> according to law, <H1881> because she hath not performed <H6213> the commandment <H3982> of the king <H4428> Ahasuerus <H0325> by <H3027> the chamberlains? <H5631>

16

And Memucan <H4462> answered <H0559> before <H6440> the king <H4428> and the princes, <H8269> Vashti <H2060> the queen <H4436> hath not done wrong <H5753> to the king <H4428> only, but also to all the princes, <H8269> and to all the people <H5971> that [are] in all the provinces <H4082> of the king <H4428> Ahasuerus. <H0325>

17

For [this] deed <H1697> of the queen <H4436> shall come abroad <H3318> unto all women, <H0802> so that they shall despise <H0959> their husbands <H1167> in their eyes, <H5869> when it shall be reported, <H0559> The king <H4428> Ahasuerus <H0325> commanded <H0559> Vashti <H2060> the queen <H4436> to be brought in <H0935> before <H6440> him, but she came <H0935> not.

18

[Likewise] shall the ladies <H8282> of Persia <H6539> and Media <H4074> say <H0559> this day <H3117> unto all the king's <H4428> princes, <H8269> which have heard <H8085> of the deed <H1697> of the queen. <H4436> Thus [shall there arise] too much <H1767> contempt <H0963> and wrath. <H7110>

19

If it please <H2895> the king, <H4428> let there go <H3318> a royal <H4438> commandment <H1697> from <H6440> him, and let it be written <H3789> among the laws <H1881> of the Persians <H6539> and the Medes, <H4074> that it be not altered, <H5674> That Vashti <H2060> come <H0935> no more before <H6440> king <H4428> Ahasuerus; <H0325> and let the king <H4428> give <H5414> her royal estate <H4438> unto another <H7468> that is better <H2896> than she.

20

And when the king's <H4428> decree <H6599> which he shall make <H6213> shall be published <H8085> throughout all his empire, <H4438> (for it is great,) <H7227> all the wives <H0802> shall give <H5414> to their husbands <H1167> honour, <H3366> both to great <H1419> and small. <H6996>

21

And the saying <H1697> pleased <H3190> <H5869> the king <H4428> and the princes; <H8269> and the king <H4428> did <H6213> according to the word <H1697> of Memucan: <H4462>

22

For he sent <H7971> letters <H5612> into all the king's <H4428> provinces, <H4082> into every province <H4082> <H4082> according to the writing <H3791> thereof, and to every people <H5971> <H5971> after their language, <H3956> that every man <H0376> should bear rule <H8323> in his own house, <H1004> and that [it] should be published <H1696> according to the language <H3956> of every people. <H5971>