Esther said,“ If it please the king, and if I have found favor with him, and if he thinks it is right, and if I am pleasing to him, let there be a decree that reverses the orders of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, who ordered that Jews throughout all the king’s provinces should be destroyed.

说：“亚甲族哈米大他的儿子哈曼设谋传旨，要杀灭在王各省的犹大人。现今王若愿意，我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若以为美，若喜悦我，请王另下旨意，废除哈曼所传的那旨意。

说：“王若以为好，我若在王面前蒙恩，王若认为合宜，我若在王眼前得喜悦，请王下谕旨，废除亚甲人哈米大他的儿子哈曼设谋，要杀灭王各省的犹太人所颁的诏书。

说：“王若以为好，我若在王面前蒙恩，王若认为合宜，我若在王眼前得喜悦，请王下谕旨，废除亚甲人哈米大他的儿子哈曼设谋，要杀灭王各省的犹太人所颁的诏书。

说：“王若愿意，我若得到王的恩宠，王若认为好，并且喜悦我，就请王降旨，废除亚甲人哈米大他的儿子哈曼阴谋灭绝各省犹太人的谕旨。

她说：“王若是同意，我若是在王面前蒙恩，王若以为这事是对的，王若喜爱我，就请下旨，废除亚甲族哈米大他的儿子哈曼设计的谕文，就是他写下要消灭在王各省的犹大人的谕文。

她说：“如果王认为好，如果我在王面前蒙恩，如果这事在王面前合宜，如果我在王眼前蒙喜悦，就请王下旨撤回亚甲人哈米达塔的儿子哈曼所谋设的诏书，就是他写下要消灭王各省中犹太人的那诏书。

說：「亞甲族哈米大他的兒子哈曼設謀傳旨，要殺滅在王各省的猶大人。現今王若願意，我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若以為美，若喜悅我，請王另下旨意，廢除哈曼所傳的那旨意。

說：「王若以為好，我若在王面前蒙恩，王若認為合宜，我若在王眼前得喜悅，請王下諭旨，廢除亞甲人哈米大他的兒子哈曼設謀，要殺滅王各省的猶太人所頒的詔書。

說：「王若以為好，我若在王面前蒙恩，王若認為合宜，我若在王眼前得喜悅，請王下諭旨，廢除亞甲人哈米大他的兒子哈曼設謀，要殺滅王各省的猶太人所頒的詔書。

說：「王若願意，我若得到王的恩寵，王若認為好，並且喜悅我，就請王降旨，廢除亞甲人哈米大他的兒子哈曼陰謀滅絕各省猶太人的諭旨。

她說：“王若是同意，我若是在王面前蒙恩，王若以為這事是對的，王若喜愛我，就請下旨，廢除亞甲族哈米大他的兒子哈曼設計的諭文，就是他寫下要消滅在王各省的猶大人的諭文。

說：『王若以為好，我若在王面前蒙恩寵，這事在王面前若看為對，我在王眼中若得了王的喜悅，就請寫下勅令、取消亞甲族哈米大他的兒子哈曼所計謀的詔書，就是他所寫下來要除滅在王各省的猶大人的。

她說：「如果王認為好，如果我在王面前蒙恩，如果這事在王面前合宜，如果我在王眼前蒙喜悅，就請王下旨撤回亞甲人哈米達塔的兒子哈曼所謀設的詔書，就是他寫下要消滅王各省中猶太人的那詔書。

曰、亞甲族人、哈米大他子哈曼、設謀頒詔、殺戮在王諸州之猶大人、如王悅之、我若沾恩於王前、王視為善、王目悅我、則請降諭廢之、

如王悅施恩婢子、請旨除哈曼所頒之詔、赦王畿之猶大人。

曰、亞甲族哈米大他子哈曼設謀傳詔、欲滅在王各州之猶大人、今王若樂允、我若蒙恩於王前、王若以為是、我若見悅於王、請王更降一詔、收回哈曼所傳之詔、

“ If it pleases the king,” she said,“ and if he regards me with favor and thinks it the right thing to do, and if he is pleased with me, let an order be written overruling the dispatches that Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, devised and wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.

She said,“ King Xerxes, I hope you will think what I’m asking is the right thing to do. I hope you are pleased with me. If you are, and if it pleases you, let an order be written. Let it take the place of the messages Haman wrote. Haman was the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite. He planned to kill the Jews. He wrote orders to destroy us in all your territories.

And she said,“ If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and if the thing seems right before the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let an order be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman the Agagite, the son of Hammedatha, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the provinces of the king.

She said,“ If it pleases the king and I have found favor with him, if the matter seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his eyes, let a royal edict be written. Let it revoke the documents the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

Then she said,“ If it pleases the king and if I have found favor before him, and the matter seems proper to the king and I am pleasing in his sight, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to eliminate the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

and said,“ If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight and the thing seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to revoke the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to annihilate the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

And she said, If it please the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right before the king, and I be pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews that are in all the king’s provinces:

She said,“ If it pleases the king, and I have found approval before him, if the matter seems right to the king and I am pleasing in his sight, let a royal edict be written. Let it revoke the documents the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

And said, If it please the king, and if I have found favour in his sight, and the thing[ seem] right before the king, and I[ be] pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews which[ are] in all the king’s provinces:

She said,“ If the king is so inclined and if I have met with his approval and if the matter is agreeable to the king and if I am attractive to him, let an edict be written rescinding those recorded intentions of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, which he wrote in order to destroy the Jews who are throughout all the king’s provinces.

She said,“ If it pleases the king, and if I have found favor in his sight, and the thing seem right to the king, and I am pleasing in his eyes, let it be written to reverse the letters devised by Haman, the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, which he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all the king’s provinces.

Queen Esther replied,“ If I have found favor with the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my request, I ask that my life and the lives of my people will be spared.

So on April 17 the king’s secretaries were summoned, and a decree was written exactly as Haman dictated. It was sent to the king’s highest officers, the governors of the respective provinces, and the nobles of each province in their own scripts and languages. The decree was written in the name of King Xerxes and sealed with the king’s signet ring.Dispatches were sent by swift messengers into all the provinces of the empire, giving the order that all Jews— young and old, including women and children— must be killed, slaughtered, and annihilated on a single day. This was scheduled to happen on March 7 of the next year. The property of the Jews would be given to those who killed them.

If I have found favor with the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my request and do what I ask, please come with Haman tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for you. Then I will explain what this is all about.”

He said,‘ Please let me go, for we are having a family sacrifice. My brother demanded that I be there. So please let me get away to see my brothers.’ That’s why he isn’t here at the king’s table.”

And the king loved Esther more than any of the other young women. He was so delighted with her that he set the royal crown on her head and declared her queen instead of Vashti.

After that, the young woman who most pleases the king will be made queen instead of Vashti.” This advice was very appealing to the king, so he put the plan into effect.

How will anyone know that you look favorably on me— on me and on your people— if you don’t go with us? For your presence among us sets your people and me apart from all other people on the earth.”

If it is true that you look favorably on me, let me know your ways so I may understand you more fully and continue to enjoy your favor. And remember that this nation is your very own people.”