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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. 本模組中文化由長島基督福音教會的Jack起始。多次經本人修改,2025年11月由AI協助更改加入朗讀功能,2026年加入搜尋「中、英」字皆可,顯示「黃底紅字」歡迎大家使用!! 荒漠甘泉五合一■ 中文荒漠甘泉(05月18日)
五月十八日 「我們……遭遇苦難,被壓太重……甚至連活命的指望都絕了。自己心裡也斷定是必死的,叫我們不靠自己,只靠叫死人復活的神。」哥林多後書一章8、9節 壓力之重, 似乎無法估計, 壓迫得非力之所能抗禦, 壓在身上, 壓在心頭, 如在浪中顛覆, 神昏目眩, 敵人的功力, 也有友人的壓力, 壓上加壓, 壓得你喘不出氣。 從壓力中, 認識了唯有主可救你, 從壓力中, 知道愛祂的竿和杖, 壓力使你無靠中得自由, 不可能之時有了依仗, 壓力使你與主融成一片, 生命在祂恩典裏滋長。 遭遇苦難,常使我們重視生命。每一次死裡逃生之後,我們覺得這真是一個新的開始,該怎樣多事神事人。遭遇苦難,也使我們能讓諒解、同情別人的苦難。 人們總常喜歡批評別人沒有信心,逃避試煉;但是曾經苦難的人決不如此,他知道、懂得,別人所遭遇的苦是甚麼。保羅說:「死在我們心中發動,生卻在你們心中發動。」(林後四12) 苦難是催逼我們前進的必需品,正如船中的爐火是使船駛行的必需品一般。─宣信 從苦難的壓迫中, 搾取出靈魂的佳釀, 沒有淚珠的眼睛, 如何反映出晶光明亮?
■ 英文荒漠甘泉(05月18日)
May 18 "I was crushed...so much so that I despaired even of life, but that was to make me rely not on myself, but on the God who raises the dead."(2 Cor. 1:8, 9.) "Pressed out of measure and pressed to all lenght; Pressed so intensely it seems, beyond strenght; Pressed in the body and pressed in the soul, Pressed in the mind till the dark surges roll. Pressure by foes, and a pressure from friends. Pressure on pressure, till life nearly ends. "Pressed into knowing no helper but God; Pressed into loving the staff and the rod. Pressed into liberty where noting clings; Pressed into faith for impossible things. Pressed into living a life in the Lord, Pressed into living a Christ-life outpoured." THE pressure of hard places makes us value life. Every time our life is given back to us from such a trial, it is like a new beginning, and we learn better how much it is worth, and make more of it for God and man. The pressure helps us to understand the trials of others, and fits us to help and sympathize with them. There is a shallow, superficial nature, that gets hold of a theory or a promise lightly, and talks very glibly about the distrust of those who shrink from every trial; but the man or woman who has suffered much never does this, but is very tender and gentle, and knows what suffering really menas. This is what Paul meant when he said, "Death worketh in you." Trials and hard places are needed to press us forward, even as the furnace fires in the hold of that mighty ship give force that moves the piston, drives the engine, and propels that great vessel across the sea in the face of the winds and waves. ─A. B. Simpson. "Out of the presses of pain, Cometh the soul's best wine; And the eyes that have shed no rain, Can shed but little shine.'
■ 永活之泉(05月18日)
五月十八日 屬靈或屬肉體 「弟兄們!我從前對你們說話,不能把你們當作屬靈的,只能把你們當作屬肉體的,在基督裏為嬰孩的。」哥林多前書三章1節 使徒在這兒用人生的三種字眼來描寫屬靈的情況,天然的人若不改變他的情況就「不領會神聖靈的事」(林前二14),只有「屬靈的人才領悟屬靈的事」(林前二13、14),在這兩種人之間有稱作「基督裏的嬰孩」之屬肉體的人,他們生活在嫉妒和紛爭之中(林前三3)。 若能知道我們是屬肉體,不抵擋罪惡、放縱肉體的情慾,是重要的,這種思想會使我們不在乎罪惡過犯存在於我們的生活之中。神呼召我們、聖靈引導我們,都是要我們成為屬靈的人——指每天祈求被帶領進入屬靈生命的人而言。 當主耶穌應許賜下聖靈給門徒,是因他們完全降服於聖靈大能的引導而成事實;同樣,我們如果也毫不保留將自己一切言行完全降服於祂,每天也會得到更新的聖靈。哦!我們的眼睛為此開啟,使我們看出正確蒙福的途徑。 很多基督徒祈求聖靈,但仍保留許多興趣的俗事,要照自己的意思去做。哦!基督徒!當你祈求將整天完全交於聖靈引導,如這是甘心情願,則聖靈就會充滿你、保守並滿足你的生活,使你能盡心事奉神!祈求聖靈教導你明白,完全順服去事奉神是可能的,也是蒙福的生活。
■ 中文屬天日子(05月18日)
五月十八日 道德的感染力 「你們看那天上的飛鳥……你想野地裡的百合花……。」馬太福音六章26、28節 想想野地裡的百合花,怎樣長起來,多麼簡單啊!想想大海,空氣,太陽,星宿,月亮──它們豈不是運行不息呢!因為我們以為自己有用,所以我們阻止了神的計畫影響於我們。耶穌說,發展靈性的方法,只有一個,那就是集中於神。「不必問是否有用於人,只要信我」──注意源頭,就從你裡面流出活水的江河來。我們不能藉著常識得到我們自然生命的泉源,耶穌亦曾教訓我們說,靈性生命的長進,不在於我們的守望,卻集中於我們在天上的父。我們的天父知道我們所在的環境,如果我們不斷地集中於祂,我們靈性的長進,就如百合花一樣。 最影響我們的人,大都不是常想到我們,同我們交談的人們,卻是那些生活如天星,如野地裡的百合花的人們,極單純,極天真的人們,那些生命實是我們的模型。 如果你要有用於神,與耶穌基督發生正當的關係,祂便時時刻刻使你於不知不覺之間把你造成合用的東西。
■ 中文上海嗎哪(05月18日)
五月十八日 「因為你們已經死了,……與基督一同藏在神裡面」歌羅西書三章3節 這個十分肯定且最後絕對會將自己治死的行為,是我們自己不可能做到的。因為這不是自我禁慾修行所能達到的,乃是與基督同死才能完成的。除了基督的十字架和神的靈之外,沒有任何方法能讓我們治死自我。 教堂裡充塞了一些半死的人,他們長年來企圖治死自己,可是總缺乏勇氣給自己致命的一擊。若是他們肯來到耶穌腳前,讓祂來成就這事,那麼我們不僅能與祂同死,還會有安息。因為在十字架上,耶穌為我們而死而活,所以我們只要將老我和罪性,與祂一同藏在神裡面就可以了。當我們完成這個行為之後,我們必須把交給祂的留給祂,並且不再回想那死去的部份。既然不再是老我活著,而是新造的人活著,我們便應該拒絕服從老我,拒絕害怕它。我們必須棄絕老我的尾隨,或試著靠自己來潔淨它。我們一定要認識一切皆在神的手中,都永遠地死了。我們得依靠祂賜給我們新生命的每一個氣息,就像一個新生嬰兒必須依靠他的母親得著生命一樣。
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