Then a herald cried aloud:“ To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

那时传令的大声呼叫说：“各方、各国、各族的人哪，有令传与你们：

那时传令的大声呼叫说：“各方、各国、各族的人哪，有命令传给你们：

那时传令的大声呼叫说：“各方、各国、各族的人哪，有命令传给你们：

传令官大声宣布说：“各族、各邦、各语种的人啊，王有令，

那时，传令官大声呼叫说：“各国、各族、说各种语言的人哪！这是传给你们的命令：

那时，传令官大声宣告：“各民族、各国家、各语言群体，以下是给你们的命令：

那時傳令的大聲呼叫說：「各方、各國、各族的人哪，有令傳與你們：

那時傳令的大聲呼叫說：「各方、各國、各族的人哪，有命令傳給你們：

那時傳令的大聲呼叫說：「各方、各國、各族的人哪，有命令傳給你們：

傳令官大聲宣佈說：「各族、各邦、各語種的人啊，王有令，

那時，傳令官大聲呼叫說：“各國、各族、說各種語言的人哪！這是傳給你們的命令：

那時傳令官使勁地喊着說：『各族之民、列國之民、各種方言的人哪，現在有命令傳與你們：

那時，傳令官大聲宣告：「各民族、各國家、各語言群體，以下是給你們的命令：

遒人大聲呼曰、諸民諸國、諸方言者、今命爾曹、

遒人大聲呼曰、民人族姓、王命爾曹、

遒人遒人或作宣令者大聲呼曰、諸民、諸國、諸族、告爾有命、

Then the herald loudly proclaimed,“ Nations and peoples of every language, this is what you are commanded to do:

Then a messenger called out loudly,“ Listen, you people who come from every nation! Pay attention, you who speak other languages! Here is what the king commands you to do.

And the herald proclaimed aloud,“ You are commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

Then a herald shouted out,“ People of all races and nations and languages, listen to the king’s command!

A herald loudly proclaimed,“ People of every nation and language, you are commanded:

Then the herald loudly proclaimed:“ To you the command is given, you peoples, nations, and populations of all languages,

Then the herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O peoples, nations, and languages,

A herald loudly proclaimed,“ People of every nation and language, you are commanded:

Then an herald cried aloud, To you it is commanded, O people, nations, and languages,

Then the herald made a loud proclamation:“ To you, O peoples, nations, and language groups, the following command is given:

Then the herald cried aloud,“ To you it is commanded, peoples, nations, and languages,

Nebuchadnezzar the king, To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.

Then King Darius wrote: To all peoples, nations, and languages that dwell in all the earth: Peace be multiplied to you.

He cried aloud and said thus:‘ Chop down the tree and cut off its branches, Strip off its leaves and scatter its fruit. Let the beasts get out from under it, And the birds from its branches.

O Zion, You who bring good tidings, Get up into the high mountain; O Jerusalem, You who bring good tidings, Lift up your voice with strength, Lift it up, be not afraid; Say to the cities of Judah,“ Behold your God!”

“ Cry aloud, spare not; Lift up your voice like a trumpet; Tell My people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins.

A foolish woman is clamorous; She is simple, and knows nothing.For she sits at the door of her house, On a seat by the highest places of the city,To call to those who pass by, Who go straight on their way:

Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, Because he willingly walked by human precept.

For the statutes of Omri are kept; All the works of Ahab’s house are done; And you walk in their counsels, That I may make you a desolation, And your inhabitants a hissing. Therefore you shall bear the reproach of My people.”

So the king’s scribes were called at that time, in the third month, which is the month of Sivan, on the twenty-third day; and it was written, according to all that Mordecai commanded, to the Jews, the satraps, the governors, and the princes of the provinces from India to Ethiopia, one hundred and twenty-seven provinces in all, to every province in its own script, to every people in their own language, and to the Jews in their own script and language.