那時在各個省，在王令和他的法令所傳到的地方，猶太人都大大哀慟；他們禁食、哭泣、哀號，許多人躺在麻布和灰燼上。

王的谕旨所到的各省各处，犹大人大大悲哀，禁食哭泣哀号，穿麻衣躺在灰中的甚多。

王的谕旨和敕令所到的各省各处，犹太人都极其悲哀，禁食哭泣哀号，许多人躺在麻布和炉灰中。

王的谕旨和敕令所到的各省各处，犹太人都极其悲哀，禁食哭泣哀号，许多人躺在麻布和炉灰中。

王的命令和谕旨传到各省，各地的犹太人极其悲伤，他们禁食、哭泣、哀号，许多人身披麻衣躺在灰中。

王的谕旨和命令传到的各省各地，犹大人都大大悲哀，禁食、哭泣、悲伤；许多人披上麻衣，躺在灰尘中。

那时在各个省，在王令和他的法令所传到的地方，犹太人都大大哀恸；他们禁食、哭泣、哀号，许多人躺在麻布和灰烬上。

王的諭旨所到的各省各處，猶大人大大悲哀，禁食哭泣哀號，穿麻衣躺在灰中的甚多。

王的諭旨和敕令所到的各省各處，猶太人都極其悲哀，禁食哭泣哀號，許多人躺在麻布和爐灰中。

王的諭旨和敕令所到的各省各處，猶太人都極其悲哀，禁食哭泣哀號，許多人躺在麻布和爐灰中。

王的命令和諭旨傳到各省，各地的猶太人極其悲傷，他們禁食、哭泣、哀號，許多人身披麻衣躺在灰中。

王的諭旨和命令傳到的各省各地，猶大人都大大悲哀，禁食、哭泣、悲傷；許多人披上麻衣，躺在灰塵中。

王的諭旨和勅令所到的各省各處，猶大人中都大大哀悼，並且禁食、哭泣、舉哀；多數人也拿麻布和爐灰去當床鋪。

詔至各州、猶大人悲甚、禁食、哭泣、哀號、衣麻臥於灰中者眾、

詔至各州、猶大人禁食哀哭、衣麻蒙灰甚眾。

王之詔命所至之各州各地、猶大人俱大哀痛、禁食、哭泣、悲號、衣麻蒙塵者甚眾、

In every province to which the edict and order of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping and wailing. Many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

All the Jews were very sad. They didn’t eat anything. They wept and cried. Many of them put on the rough clothing people wear when they’re sad. They were lying down in ashes. They did all these things in every territory where the king’s order and law had been sent.

And in every province, wherever the king’s command and his decree reached, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting and weeping and lamenting, and many of them lay in sackcloth and ashes.

And as news of the king’s decree reached all the provinces, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and wailed, and many people lay in burlap and ashes.

There was great mourning among the Jewish people in every province where the king’s command and edict reached. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

In each and every province where the command and decree of the king came, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and mourning rites; and many had sackcloth and ashes spread out as a bed.

And in every province where the king’s command and decree arrived, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

There was great mourning among the Jewish people in every province where the king’s command and edict came. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay on sackcloth and ashes.

And in every province, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came,[ there was] great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

Throughout each and every province where the king’s edict and law were announced there was considerable mourning among the Jews, along with fasting, weeping, and sorrow. Sackcloth and ashes were characteristic of many.

In every province, wherever the king’s commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing; and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

於是我轉向主耶和華，以禱告、懇求、禁食、披麻蒙灰來尋求他。

因此我說：「請你轉眼別看我，讓我痛哭吧！不要因我子民的毀滅而強行安慰我！」

難道這就是我所喜悅的禁食，這就是讓人刻苦己心的日子嗎？難道是讓人像蘆葦一樣垂著頭，以麻布和灰燼為鋪嗎？難道這就是你所謂的禁食，這就是耶和華所悅納的日子嗎？

到那日，主萬軍之耶和華呼籲你們哭泣哀號、剃光頭髮、束上麻布。

亞哈隨魯年間，亞哈隨魯統治著從印度到庫實的一百二十七個省；

「於是王吩咐僕人們：『把他的手腳捆起來，丟到外面的黑暗裡去！在那裡將有哀哭和切齒。』

「你當去，把所有在蘇薩中的猶太人都聚集起來，為我禁食，三天三夜不吃不喝；我和我的使女們也會如此禁食。然後我就去見王，雖然這樣不符合法令；我如果因此滅亡，就滅亡吧！」

使者們來到掃羅的基比亞，把這事說給民眾聽，全體民眾就放聲大哭。

他來到的時候，看哪，以利正坐在路旁的座位上守望，因為他為神的約櫃憂心。那人進城裡報信時，全城都哀叫起來。以利聽見呼號的聲音，就問：「這喧囂的聲音是怎麼回事呢？」那人趕快過來，向以利報告。

希西加王聽了就撕裂自己的衣服，披上麻布，進入耶和華的殿。他派遣宮廷總管以利亞敬、書記舍伯納和祭司中年長的，個個披上麻布，到亞摩斯的兒子先知以賽亞那裡。他們對他說：「希西加如此說：『今天是一個患難、責罰、恥辱的日子；因為嬰孩已經臨盆，我們卻沒有力氣生下來。

把他們丟進火爐裡。在那裡將有哀哭和切齒。

一月十三日，王的書記們被召來，照著哈曼所吩咐的一切，給王的行政官們、管理各省的省長和各民族的首領下旨，用各省的文字給各個省，用各民族的語言給各個民族，以亞哈隨魯王的名義下旨，又用王的印戒封印。

把這個無用的奴僕丟到外面的黑暗裡去！在那裡將有哀哭和切齒。』