I hope you will be pleased to give me what I want. And I hope you will be pleased to listen to my appeal. If you are, I’d like you and Haman to come tomorrow to the feast I’ll prepare for you. Then I’ll answer your question.”

我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若愿意赐我所要的，准我所求的，就请王带着哈曼再赴我所要预备的筵席。明日我必照王所问的说明。”

我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若愿意赐我所要的，准我所求的，就请王和哈曼再赴我为你们预备的宴席。明日我必照王的话去做。”

我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若愿意赐我所要的，准我所求的，就请王和哈曼再赴我为你们预备的宴席。明日我必照王的话去做。”

我若得到王的恩宠，王若愿意赐我所要所求的，就请王明天带哈曼再来赴我预备的宴席，到时我一定向王禀明。”

我若是在王眼前蒙恩，王若是愿意赐给我所要的，成全我所求的，就请王带着哈曼明天再来赴我为你们预备的筵席；明天我必照着王的命令行。”

如果我在王眼前蒙恩，如果王认为好，愿意赐予我所请求的、成全我所求的，就请王和哈曼明天再来赴我为你们摆设的宴席；明天我将照着王的话去做。”

我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若願意賜我所要的，准我所求的，就請王帶着哈曼再赴我所要預備的筵席。明日我必照王所問的說明。」

我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若願意賜我所要的，准我所求的，就請王和哈曼再赴我為你們預備的宴席。明日我必照王的話去做。」

我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若願意賜我所要的，准我所求的，就請王和哈曼再赴我為你們預備的宴席。明日我必照王的話去做。」

我若得到王的恩寵，王若願意賜我所要所求的，就請王明天帶哈曼再來赴我預備的宴席，到時我一定向王稟明。」

我若是在王眼前蒙恩，王若是願意賜給我所要的，成全我所求的，就請王帶著哈曼明天再來赴我為你們預備的筵席；明天我必照著王的命令行。”

我若在王面前蒙恩寵，王若喜歡賜給我所求的，實行我所要的，就請王和哈曼明天來赴我為王和哈曼所要豫備的筵席；明天我就要照王所說的話來行。』

如果我在王眼前蒙恩，如果王認為好，願意賜予我所請求的、成全我所求的，就請王和哈曼明天再來赴我為你們擺設的宴席；明天我將照著王的話去做。」

我若沾恩於王前、且王悅之、允我所求、成我所欲、請與哈曼、赴我所設之宴、明日必依王言而行、

我若蒙恩於王前、王若樂允、賜我所欲、行我所求、我明日將為王與哈曼復設筵、願王使哈曼隨王赴筵、我乃遵王命以所求奏告王、

If the king regards me with favor and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet I will prepare for them. Then I will answer the king’s question.”

If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my wish and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”

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.”

If I have found favor in the eyes of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and perform my request, may the king and Haman come to the banquet I will prepare for them. Tomorrow I will do what the king has asked.”

if I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my request and do what I wish, may the king and Haman come to the banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king says.”

If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and fulfill my request, then let the king and Haman come to the banquet which I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”

if I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to- morrow as the king hath said.

If the king approves of me and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and perform my request, may the king and Haman come to the banquet I will prepare for them. Tomorrow I will do what the king has asked.”

If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king hath said.

If I have found favor in the king’s sight and if the king is inclined to grant my request and perform my petition, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them. At that time I will do as the king wishes.

If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it pleases the king to grant my petition and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I will prepare for them, and I will do tomorrow as the king has said.”

Then Queen Esther answered,“ Your Majesty, I hope you will be pleased to let me live. That’s what I want. Please spare my people. That’s my appeal to you.

In their hearts human beings plan their lives. But the Lord decides where their steps will take them.

That night the king couldn’t sleep. So he ordered the official records of his rule to be brought in. He ordered someone to read them to him.What Mordecai had done was written there. He had uncovered the plans of Bigthana and Teresh. They were two of the king’s officers who guarded the door of the royal palace. They had decided to kill King Xerxes.“ What great honor has Mordecai received for doing that?” the king asked.“ Nothing has been done for him,” his attendants answered.The king asked,“ Who is in the courtyard?” Haman had just entered the outer courtyard of the palace. He had come to speak to the king about putting Mordecai to death. He wanted to talk about putting Mordecai’s body on the pole he had prepared for him.The king’s attendants said to him,“ Haman is standing in the courtyard.”“ Bring him in,” the king ordered.Haman entered. Then the king asked him,“ What should be done for the man I want to honor?” Haman said to himself,“ Is there anyone the king would rather honor than me?”So he answered the king. He said,“ Here is what you should do for the man you want to honor.Have your servants get a royal robe you have worn. Have them bring a horse you have ridden on. Have a royal mark placed on its head.Then give the robe and horse to one of your most noble princes. Let the robe be put on the man you want to honor. Let him be led on the horse through the city streets. Let people announce in front of him,‘ This is what is done for the man the king wants to honor!’ ”“ Go right away,” the king commanded Haman.“ Get the robe. Bring the horse. Do exactly what you have suggested. Do it for Mordecai the Jew. He’s sitting out there at the palace gate. Make sure you do everything you have suggested.”So Haman got the robe and the horse. He put the robe on Mordecai. And he led him on horseback through the city streets. He walked along in front of him and announced,“ This is what is done for the man the king wants to honor!”After that, Mordecai returned to the palace gate. But Haman rushed home. He covered his head because he was very sad.He told his wife Zeresh everything that had happened to him. He also told all his friends. His advisers and his wife Zeresh spoke to him. They said,“ Your fall from power started with Mordecai. He’s a Jew. So now you can’t stand up against him. You are going to be destroyed!”They were still talking with him when the king’s officials arrived. They hurried Haman away to the feast Esther had prepared.

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.