Esther 第 8 章 - King James Strong Number Version

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On that day <H3117> did the king <H4428> Ahasuerus <H0325> give <H5414> the house <H1004> of Haman <H2001> the Jews' <H3064> enemy <H6887> unto Esther <H0635> the queen. <H4436> And Mordecai <H4782> came <H0935> before <H6440> the king; <H4428> for Esther <H0635> had told <H5046> what he [was] unto her.

2

And the king <H4428> took off <H5493> his ring, <H2885> which he had taken <H5674> from Haman, <H2001> and gave <H5414> it unto Mordecai. <H4782> And Esther <H0635> set <H7760> Mordecai <H4782> over the house <H1004> of Haman. <H2001>

3

And Esther <H0635> spake <H1696> yet again <H3254> before <H6440> the king, <H4428> and fell down <H5307> at <H6440> his feet, <H7272> and besought <H2603> him with tears <H1058> to put away <H5674> the mischief <H7451> of Haman <H2001> the Agagite, <H0091> and his device <H4284> that he had devised <H2803> against the Jews. <H3064>

4

Then the king <H4428> held out <H3447> the golden <H2091> sceptre <H8275> toward Esther. <H0635> So Esther <H0635> arose, <H6965> and stood <H5975> before <H6440> the king, <H4428>

5

And said, <H0559> If it please <H2896> the king, <H4428> and if I have found <H4672> favour <H2580> in his sight, <H6440> and the thing <H1697> [seem] right <H3787> before <H6440> the king, <H4428> and I [be] pleasing <H2896> in his eyes, <H5869> let it be written <H3789> to reverse <H7725> the letters <H5612> devised <H4284> by Haman <H2001> the son <H1121> of Hammedatha <H4099> the Agagite, <H0091> which he wrote <H3789> to destroy <H0006> the Jews <H3064> which [are] in all the king's <H4428> provinces: <H4082>

6

For how <H0349> can I endure <H3201> to see <H7200> the evil <H7451> that shall come unto <H4672> my people? <H5971> or how <H0349> can I endure <H3201> to see <H7200> the destruction <H0013> of my kindred? <H4138>

7

Then the king <H4428> Ahasuerus <H0325> said <H0559> unto Esther <H0635> the queen <H4436> and to Mordecai <H4782> the Jew, <H3064> Behold, I have given <H5414> Esther <H0635> the house <H1004> of Haman, <H2001> and him they have hanged <H8518> upon the gallows, <H6086> because he laid <H7971> his hand <H3027> upon the Jews. <H3064>

8

Write <H3789> ye also for the Jews, <H3064> as it liketh <H2896> you, <H5869> in the king's <H4428> name, <H8034> and seal <H2856> [it] with the king's <H4428> ring: <H2885> for the writing <H3791> which is written <H3789> in the king's <H4428> name, <H8034> and sealed <H2856> with the king's <H4428> ring, <H2885> may no man reverse. <H7725>

9

Then were the king's <H4428> scribes <H5608> called <H7121> at that time <H6256> in the third <H7992> month, <H2320> that [is], the month <H2320> Sivan, <H5510> on the three <H7969> and twentieth <H6242> [day] thereof; and it was written <H3789> according to all that Mordecai <H4782> commanded <H6680> unto the Jews, <H3064> and to the lieutenants, <H0323> and the deputies <H6346> and rulers <H8269> of the provinces <H4082> which [are] from India <H1912> unto Ethiopia, <H3568> an hundred <H3967> twenty <H6242> and seven <H7651> provinces, <H4082> unto every province <H4082> <H4082> according to the writing <H3791> thereof, and unto every people <H5971> <H5971> after their language, <H3956> and to the Jews <H3064> according to their writing, <H3791> and according to their language. <H3956>

10

And he wrote <H3789> in the king <H4428> Ahasuerus' <H0325> name, <H8034> and sealed <H2856> [it] with the king's <H4428> ring, <H2885> and sent <H7971> letters <H5612> by <H3027> posts <H7323> on horseback, <H5483> [and] riders <H7392> on mules, <H7409> camels, <H0327> [and] young <H1121> dromedaries: <H7424>

11

Wherein the king <H4428> granted <H5414> the Jews <H3064> which [were] in every city <H5892> <H5892> to gather themselves together, <H6950> and to stand <H5975> for their life, <H5315> to destroy, <H8045> to slay, <H2026> and to cause to perish, <H0006> all the power <H2428> of the people <H5971> and province <H4082> that would assault <H6696> them, [both] little ones <H2945> and women, <H0802> and [to take] the spoil <H7998> of them for a prey, <H0962>

12

Upon one <H0259> day <H3117> in all the provinces <H4082> of king <H4428> Ahasuerus, <H0325> [namely], upon the thirteenth <H7969> <H6240> [day] of the twelfth <H8147> <H6240> month, <H2320> which [is] the month <H2320> Adar. <H0143>

13

The copy <H6572> of the writing <H3791> for a commandment <H1881> to be given <H5414> in every province <H4082> <H4082> [was] published <H1540> unto all people, <H5971> and that the Jews <H3064> should be ready <H6264> <H6259> against that day <H3117> to avenge <H5358> themselves on their enemies. <H0341>

14

[So] the posts <H7323> that rode <H7392> upon mules <H7409> [and] camels <H0327> went out, <H3318> being hastened <H0926> and pressed on <H1765> by the king's <H4428> commandment. <H1697> And the decree <H1881> was given <H5414> at Shushan <H7800> the palace. <H1002>

15

And Mordecai <H4782> went out <H3318> from the presence <H6440> of the king <H4428> in royal <H4438> apparel <H3830> of blue <H8504> and white, <H2353> and with a great <H1419> crown <H5850> of gold, <H2091> and with a garment <H8509> of fine linen <H0948> and purple: <H0713> and the city <H5892> of Shushan <H7800> rejoiced <H6670> and was glad. <H8056>

16

The Jews <H3064> had light, <H0219> and gladness, <H8057> and joy, <H8342> and honour. <H3366>

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And in every province, <H4082> <H4082> and in every city, <H5892> <H5892> whithersoever <H4725> the king's <H4428> commandment <H1697> and his decree <H1881> came, <H5060> the Jews <H3064> had joy <H8057> and gladness, <H8342> a feast <H4960> and a good <H2896> day. <H3117> And many <H7227> of the people <H5971> of the land <H0776> became Jews; <H3054> for the fear <H6343> of the Jews <H3064> fell <H5307> upon them.