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1:1 亞哈隨魯作王，從印度直到古實，統管一百二十七省。 This is what happened during the time of Xerxes, 1:1 Hebrew ((Ahasuerus,)) a variant of Xerxes' Persian name; here and throughout Esther the Xerxes who ruled over 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush: 1:1 That is, the upper Nile region
1:2 亞哈隨魯王在書珊城的宮登基； At that time King Xerxes reigned from his royal throne in the citadel of Susa, 1:3 在位第三年，為他一切首領臣僕設擺筵席，有波斯和米底亞的權貴，就是各省的貴冑與首領，在他面前。 and in the third year of his reign he gave a banquet for all his nobles and officials. The military leaders of Persia and Media, the princes, and the nobles of the provinces were present. 1:4 他把他榮耀之國的豐富和他美好威嚴的尊貴給他們看了許多日，就是一百八十日。 For a full 180 days he displayed the vast wealth of his kingdom and the splendor and glory of his majesty. 1:5 這日子滿了，又為所有住書珊城的大小人民在御園的院子裏設擺筵席七日。 When these days were over, the king gave a banquet, lasting seven days, in the enclosed garden of the king's palace, for all the people from the least to the greatest, who were in the citadel of Susa. 1:6 有白色、綠色、藍色的帳子，用細麻繩、紫色繩從銀環內繫在白玉石柱上；有金銀的榻擺在紅、白、黃、黑玉石鋪的石地上。 The garden had hangings of white and blue linen, fastened with cords of white linen and purple material to silver rings on marble pillars. There were couches of gold and silver on a mosaic pavement of porphyry, marble, mother-of-pearl and other costly stones. 1:7 用金器皿賜酒，器皿各有不同。御酒甚多，足顯王的厚意。 Wine was served in goblets of gold, each one different from the other, and the royal wine was abundant, in keeping with the king's liberality. 1:8 喝酒有例，不准勉強人，因王吩咐宮裏的一切臣宰，讓人各隨己意。 By the king's command each guest was allowed to drink in his own way, for the king instructed all the wine stewards to serve each man what he wished. 1:9 王后瓦實提在亞哈隨魯王的宮內也為婦女設擺筵席。 Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in the royal palace of King Xerxes. 1:10 第七日，亞哈隨魯王飲酒，心中快樂，就吩咐在他面前侍立的七個太監米戶幔、比斯他、哈波拿、比革他、亞拔他、西達、甲迦， On the seventh day, when King Xerxes was in high spirits from wine, he commanded the seven eunuchs who served him--Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar and Carcas-- 1:11 請王后瓦實提頭戴王后的冠冕到王面前，使各等臣民看她的美貌，因為她容貌甚美。 to bring before him Queen Vashti, wearing her royal crown, in order to display her beauty to the people and nobles, for she was lovely to look at. 1:12 王后瓦實提卻不肯遵太監所傳的王命而來，所以王甚發怒，心如火燒。 But when the attendants delivered the king's command, Queen Vashti refused to come. Then the king became furious and burned with anger. 1:13 那時，在王左右常見王面、國中坐高位的，有波斯和米底亞的七個大臣，就是甲示拿、示達、押瑪他、他施斯、米力、瑪西拿、米母干，都是達時務的明哲人。按王的常規，辦事必先詢問知例明法的人。王問他們說： Since it was customary for the king to consult experts in matters of law and justice, he spoke with the wise men who understood the times 1:14 那時，在王左右常見王面、國中坐高位的，有波斯和米底亞的七個大臣，就是甲示拿、示達、押瑪他、他施斯、米力、瑪西拿、米母干，都是達時務的明哲人。按王的常規，辦事必先詢問知例明法的人。王問他們說： and were closest to the king--Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memucan, the seven nobles of Persia and Media who had special access to the king and were highest in the kingdom. 1:15 「王后瓦實提不遵太監所傳的王命，照例應當怎樣辦理呢？」 <<According to law, what must be done to Queen Vashti?>> he asked. <<She has not obeyed the command of King Xerxes that the eunuchs have taken to her.>> 1:16 米母干在王和眾首領面前回答說：「王后瓦實提這事，不但得罪王，並且有害於王各省的臣民； Then Memucan replied in the presence of the king and the nobles, <<Queen Vashti has done wrong, not only against the king but also against all the nobles and the peoples of all the provinces of King Xerxes. 1:17 因為王后這事必傳到眾婦人的耳中，說：『亞哈隨魯王吩咐王后瓦實提到王面前，她卻不來』，她們就藐視自己的丈夫。 For the queen's conduct will become known to all the women, and so they will despise their husbands and say, <King Xerxes commanded Queen Vashti to be brought before him, but she would not come.> 1:18 今日波斯和米底亞的眾夫人聽見王后這事，必向王的大臣照樣行；從此必大開藐視和忿怒之端。 This very day the Persian and Median women of the nobility who have heard about the queen's conduct will respond to all the king's nobles in the same way. There will be no end of disrespect and discord. 1:19 王若以為美，就降旨寫在波斯和米底亞人的例中，永不更改，不准瓦實提再到王面前，將她王后的位分賜給比她還好的人。 <<Therefore, if it pleases the king, let him issue a royal decree and let it be written in the laws of Persia and Media, which cannot be repealed, that Vashti is never again to enter the presence of King Xerxes. Also let the king give her royal position to someone else who is better than she. 1:20 所降的旨意傳遍通國（國度本來廣大），所有的婦人，無論丈夫貴賤都必尊敬他。」 Then when the king's edict is proclaimed throughout all his vast realm, all the women will respect their husbands, from the least to the greatest.>> 1:21 王和眾首領都以米母干的話為美，王就照這話去行， The king and his nobles were pleased with this advice, so the king did as Memucan proposed. 1:22 發詔書，用各省的文字、各族的方言通知各省，使為丈夫的在家中作主，各說本地的方言。 He sent dispatches to all parts of the kingdom, to each province in its own script and to each people in its own language, proclaiming in each people's tongue that every man should be ruler over his own household. This is Alex Markley's PHPScripture v1.2.0, displaying a copy of Chinese Union Version Bible in XOOPS. 本模組中文化由長島基督福音教會的Jack起始, 聖經文字部分由CCIM(網路基督使團)網站下載. 如欲修改經文請洽聖經公會. 荒漠甘泉五合一■ 中文荒漠甘泉（01月02日）
一月二日 「這圍殿的旁屋，越高越寬。因旁屋圍殿懸疊而上；所以越上越寬，從下一層，由中一層，到上一層。」以西結書四一章7節 願你前程永遠向高向上， 今天我就為此禱告而瞻望； 隨著歲月推移，季節更新， 願你前程永遠向高向上。 願你天天繼續向高向上， 你的前途等你去開創， 願你繼續向高向上， 一直到救主的身旁。 雖然苦難折磨你， 悲愴臨到你， 你仍要向高向上， 魔鬼設計誘你離開基督， 但你仍要向高向上。 能在平地上馳驅，不該就算知足，我們還該力求登峰造極。在山頂上，露珠何等光明、美麗，空氣多麼清潔、新鮮，居民何其幽逸、清高，他們一推窗就可望見新耶路撒冷！ 多少信徒甘心樂意地過著礦工一般的生活——終日不見天日。他們的臉上原該膏著天上的喜樂油，可是卻抹著淚珠。他們原該在宮殿頂上散步，欣賞利巴嫩的美景，可是卻滿足於牢獄中的枯萎。醒來罷，信徒們，離開你的平地，努力向上罷！ 丟去你的倦懶、冷，以及一切攔阻你向上追求基督的。讓基督作你的源頭、你的中心，要讓祂在萬有上居首位。不要滿意你目前所有的。渴望一個更高、更貴、更豐、更富的生命。向著天！追求更近神！ ─司布真 我願攀登絕頂， 沾得一縷神的榮光； 到達之前， 我仍要不斷祈求， 主啊！ 引我升向更上方。 我們中間沒有多少人真是盡我們所能的活著。我們留戀在平地上，因為我們怕攀山越嶺。山程的崎嶇、峭峻，寒了我們的心，因此我們終身耽擱在霧谷中，從不會瞭解山頂上的佳境，啊，寬容自己的損失是何其大的啊！只要我們肯決心登高尋求神，前面有極大的榮耀和祝福等著我們。 ─密勒
■ 英文荒漠甘泉（01月02日）
January 2 "And there was on enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst."(Ezek. 41.7.) "Still upward be thine onward course: For this I pray today; Still upward as the years go by, And seasons pass away. "Still upward in this comping year. Thy path is all untried: Still upward may'st thou journey on, Close by thy Savior's side. "Still upward e'en though sorrow come, And trials crush thine heart; Still upward may they draw thy soul, With Christ to walk apart. We ought not to rest content in the mists of the valley when the summit of Tabor awaits us. How pure are the dews of the hills, how fresh is the mountain air, how rich the fare of the dwellers aloft, whose windows look into the New Jerusalem! Many saints are content to live like men in coal mines, who see not the sun. Tears may their faces when they might anoint them with celestial oil. Satisfied I am that many a believer pines in a dungeon when he might walk on the palace roof, and view the goodly land and Lebanon. Rouse thee, O believer, from thy low condition! Cast away thy sloth, the lethargy, thy coldness, or whatever interferes with thy chaste and pure love to Christ. Make Him the source, the center, and the circumference of all thy soul's range of delight. Rest no longer satisfied with thy dwarfish attainments. Aspire to a higher, a nobler, a fuller life. Upward to heaven! Nearer to God! ─Spurgeon. "I want to scale the utmost height, And catch a gleam of glory bright; But still I'll pray, till heaven I've found, Lord, lead me on to higher ground!" Not many of us are living at our best. We linger in the lowlands because we are afraid to climb the mountains. The steepness and ruggedness dismay us, and so we stay in the misty valleys and do not learn the mystery of the hills. We do not know what we lose in our self-indulgence, what glory awaits us if only we had courage for the mountain climb, what blessing we should find if only we would move to the uplands of God. ─J. R. M. "Too low they build who build beneath the stars."
■ 永活之泉（01月02日）
一月二日 與神交通 「我愛你們，正如父愛我一樣，你們要常在我的愛裡。」約翰福音十五章9節 神格中的三個身位，乃是父，子，靈。我們每一個人，都是具有位格的個人，與其他人雖有相當的關係，卻都有分別。照樣，神也要向我們啟示祂自己是一位有位格的神。我們所蒙的神聖呼召，就是來和神有交通。 神非常渴望與人有交通。但是罪卻來到人和神的中間成了隔牆。連那些自以為認識神的基督徒，在他們個人與神之間這種愛的關係上，也常常忽略了，甚至認為是無關緊要。 許多人相信，當他們悔改歸主的時候，他們的罪就得了赦免。他們相信神悅納了他們，他們就能到天堂。他們也相信，他們應當盡力遵行神的旨意。但他們卻很少想到，就是地上作父親的，和他的孩子，也有天倫的快樂，所以他們也更應該天天和神有這種蒙福的交通。 神賜下祂的兒子耶穌基督，為要將我們帶到祂面前。但只有當我們密切的活在與耶穌基督交通的時候，纔能成為可能。我們與基督的關係，乃是繫在祂對於我們的愛上。對於這個深厚柔細的大愛，我們自己沒法報答。但是聖靈要在我們裡面作這個工。為此我們必須每天把自己從世界分別出來，憑著信心歸向主耶穌，這樣祂纔能將祂的愛厚厚地澆灌在我們心裡，使我們向著祂也能充滿了愛。 親愛的信徒，要安靜默念這件事。主耶穌說：「愛我的必蒙我父愛他，我也要愛他。」（約十四21）我們把握時間來與主交通。把你的愛告訴祂，對祂說：「主阿！您已經深深的愛上了我，我也何等渴慕愛您勝過一切。」
■ 中文屬天日子（01月02日）
一月二日 你糊里糊塗地出去嗎？ 「亞伯拉罕……出去的時候，還不知往那裡去。」希伯來書十一章8節 你曾像這樣糊里糊塗地出去嗎？如果這樣，人們問你，你便無以回答了。「你將做甚麼？」在基督教事工上，這是一個不易回答的問題。你不知你將要做甚麼，不要緊；但有一件事是應當知道的──神知道祂正在做甚麼。不斷地矯正你對神的態度、靜觀事情的變化、完全信賴你的神吧！只有這種態度叫你永遠驚奇，就是你不知道神將要做甚麼。每天清晨醒來，照著神的信心「出去」。「不要為你的生命憂慮……也不要為你的肉體打算。」……在你未委託神之前所憂慮的事，可以不憂慮了。你曾經問過祂將做甚麼嗎？祂絕不告知你。神不告知你祂將做甚麼；祂只啟示你祂是誰。你相信神妙莫測的神並歸服祂嗎？一直到你對祂所做的任何事情一點也不再驚奇了？ 若你所認識的神，是你與神最接近之時所認識的神，那麼憂慮便是一個極大的錯誤了。讓生命的態度，因信賴神的心，不斷地向前推進。你的生命定有一種不可思議的吸力──使我們的主耶穌基督得到滿足的吸力。你應當超過定見、超過信經、超過經驗，甚至於超過信仰，直到你與神之間沒有一絲兒間隔。
■ 中文上海嗎哪（01月02日）
一月二日 「我必使你們順從我的律例」以西結書卅六章27節 屬靈生命的最高境界，乃是自然，如以西結河中湧流的河水完全不費力的情況。一個有經驗泳者在這河中會停止掙扎，因為他會隨著無法抗拒的激流而去。 當神帶領我們，使我們的靈命及習性成為如自然的脈動般時，那時我們就可以享受在祂神聖的豐盛生命裡。 這些屬靈的習性絕不是瞬間的產物，而是慢慢地培養和被建立出來的。開始時，這些習性的養成與任何一種習慣的形成一樣，乃是一種堅決的意志行為。藉著不斷重覆，這些習性才能定型。第一個階段，我們不僅要下功夫、做正確的選擇，還必須堅定立場、堅持到底。如果我們努力不懈，這些行為才會成為我們的第二天性，而且化成推動我們按習慣做事的力量。 聖靈願意在我們基督徒生命中的每一環，都能培養出一些這樣的習性。假使我們一開始就以信心順服祂，那麼我們不僅會很快地擁有順服的心，甚至會視順服為愉快的事。
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