- 王帶著哈曼來赴王后以斯帖的筵席.
- 這第二次在酒席筵前、王又問以斯帖說、王后以斯帖阿、你要甚麼、我必賜給你、你求甚麼、就是國的一半、也必為你成就。
- 王后以斯帖回答說、我若在王眼前蒙恩、王若以為美、我所願的、是願王將我的性命賜給我、我所求的、是求王將我的本族賜給我.
- 因我和我的本族被賣了、要剪除殺戮滅絕我們.我們若被賣為奴為婢、我也閉口不言、但王的損失、敵人萬不能補足。
- 亞哈隨魯王問王后以斯帖說、擅敢起意如此行的是誰、這人在哪裡呢。
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- So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen.
- And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
- Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition, and my people at my request:
- For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's damage.
- Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he, and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so?
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