全新四年樂活讀經
W4 2013-02-07 (斯3)
經文：以斯帖記三1-11
3:1 這事以後，亞哈隨魯王抬舉亞甲族哈米大他的兒子哈曼，使他高升，叫他的爵位超過與他同事的一切臣宰。
3:2 在朝門的一切臣僕都跪拜哈曼，因為王如此吩咐；惟獨末底改不跪不拜。
3:3 在朝門的臣僕問末底改說：「你為何違背王的命令呢？」
3:4 他們天天勸他，他還是不聽，他們就告訴哈曼，要看末底改的事站得住站不住，因他已經告訴他們自己是猶大人。
3:5 哈曼見末底改不跪不拜，他就怒氣填胸。
3:6 他們已將末底改的本族告訴哈曼；他以為下手害末底改一人是小事，就要滅絕亞哈隨魯王通國所有的猶大人，就是末底改的本族。
3:7 亞哈隨魯王十二年正月，就是尼散月，人在哈曼面前，按日日月月掣普珥，就是掣籤，要定何月何日為吉，擇定了十二月，就是亞達月。
3:8 哈曼對亞哈隨魯王說：「有一種民散居在王國各省的民中；他們的律例與萬民的律例不同，也不守王的律例，所以容留他們與王無益。
3:9 王若以為美，請下旨意滅絕他們；我就捐一萬他連得銀子交給掌管國帑的人，納入王的府庫。」
3:10 於是王從自己手上摘下戒指給猶大人的仇敵─亞甲族哈米大他的兒子哈曼。
3:11 王對哈曼說：「這銀子仍賜給你，這民也交給你，你可以隨意待他們。」
默想: 末底改不肯向哈曼跪拜，我們第一個聯想，是因為他是一個猶太人，猶太人一般而言，是不隨便向人跪拜。但是，從撒上廿四8來看，猶太人也是有向人跪拜的時候。很有可能是因為哈曼是屬於亞甲人，亞甲人是亞瑪力王亞甲的後代。亞瑪力人在以色列的歷史中，一直是與以色列人為敵。末底改身為一個猶太人，拒絕向一個歷史仇敵下拜。因為向哈曼下拜，並不符合猶大人的規矩，未底改拒絕下拜，表示他忠於他列祖的上帝，和自己的百姓。對末底改而言，向哈曼這樣的仇敵下拜，即使保全了性命，也是不忠於自己的民族與上帝。無論如何，他是不可能做這樣的事。
題目: 末底改堅持不跪拜哈曼，惹來差一點被滅族的危機，你對此有何看法呢？
3:1 這事以後，亞哈隨魯王抬舉亞甲族哈米大他的兒子哈曼，使他高升，叫他的爵位超過與他同事的一切臣宰。
After these things King Ahasu-e'rus promoted Haman the Ag'agite, the son of Hammeda'tha, and advanced him and set his seat above all the princes who were with him.
3:2 在朝門的一切臣僕都跪拜哈曼，因為王如此吩咐；惟獨末底改不跪不拜。
And all the king's servants who were at the king's gate bowed down and did obeisance to Haman; for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mor'decai did not bow down or do obeisance.
3:3 在朝門的臣僕問末底改說：「你為何違背王的命令呢？」
Then the king's servants who were at the king's gate said to Mor'decai, "Why do you transgress the king's command?"
3:4 他們天天勸他，他還是不聽，他們就告訴哈曼，要看末底改的事站得住站不住，因他已經告訴他們自己是猶大人。
And when they spoke to him day after day and he would not listen to them, they told Haman, in order to see whether Mor'decai's words would avail; for he had told them that he was a Jew.
3:5 哈曼見末底改不跪不拜，他就怒氣填胸。
And when Haman saw that Mor'decai did not bow down or do obeisance to him, Haman was filled with fury.
3:6 他們已將末底改的本族告訴哈曼；他以為下手害末底改一人是小事，就要滅絕亞哈隨魯王通國所有的猶大人，就是末底改的本族。
But he disdained to lay hands on Mor'decai alone. So, as they had made known to him the people of Mor'decai, Haman sought to destroy all the Jews, the people of Mor'decai, throughout the whole kingdom of Ahasu-e'rus.
3:7 亞哈隨魯王十二年正月，就是尼散月，人在哈曼面前，按日日月月掣普珥，就是掣籤，要定何月何日為吉，擇定了十二月，就是亞達月。
In the first month, which is the month of Nisan, in the twelfth year of King Ahasu-e'rus, they cast Pur, that is the lot, before Haman day after day; and they cast it month after month till the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar.
3:8 哈曼對亞哈隨魯王說：「有一種民散居在王國各省的民中；他們的律例與萬民的律例不同，也不守王的律例，所以容留他們與王無益。
Then Haman said to King Ahasu-e'rus, "There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of your kingdom; their laws are different from those of every other people, and they do not keep the king's laws, so that it is not for the king's profit to tolerate them.
3:9 王若以為美，請下旨意滅絕他們；我就捐一萬他連得銀子交給掌管國帑的人，納入王的府庫。」
If it please the king, let it be decreed that they be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those who have charge of the king's business, that they may put it into the king's treasuries."
3:10 於是王從自己手上摘下戒指給猶大人的仇敵─亞甲族哈米大他的兒子哈曼。
So the king took his signet ring from his hand and gave it to Haman the Ag'agite, the son of Hammeda'tha, the enemy of the Jews.
3:11 王對哈曼說：「這銀子仍賜給你，這民也交給你，你可以隨意待他們。」
And the king said to Haman, "The money is given to you, the people also, to do with them as it seems good to you."
3:12 正月十三日，就召了王的書記來，照著哈曼一切所吩咐的，用各省的文字、各族的方言，奉亞哈隨魯王的名寫旨意，傳與總督和各省的省長，並各族的首領；又用王的戒指蓋印，
Then the king's secretaries were summoned on the thirteenth day of the first month, and an edict, according to all that Haman commanded, was written to the king's satraps and to the governors over all the provinces and to the princes of all the peoples, to every province in its own script and every people in its own language; it was written in the name of King Ahasu-e'rus and sealed with the king's ring.
3:13 交給驛卒傳到王的各省，吩咐將猶大人，無論老少婦女孩子，在一日之間，十二月，就是亞達月十三日，全然剪除，殺戮滅絕，並奪他們的財為掠物。
Letters were sent by couriers to all the king's provinces, to destroy, to slay, and to annihilate all Jews, young and old, women and children, in one day, the thirteenth day of the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, and to plunder their goods.
3:14 抄錄這旨意，頒行各省，宣告各族，使他們預備等候那日。
A copy of the document was to be issued as a decree in every province by proclamation to all the peoples to be ready for that day.
3:15 驛卒奉王命急忙起行，旨意也傳遍書珊城。王同哈曼坐下飲酒，書珊城的民卻都慌亂。
The couriers went in haste by order of the king, and the decree was issued in Susa the capital. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Susa was perplexed.
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