百姓听见这凶信就悲哀，也没有人佩戴妆饰。

百姓一听见这坏的信息，他们就悲哀，没有人佩戴首饰。

百姓一听见这坏的信息，他们就悲哀，没有人佩戴首饰。

百姓听见这坏消息，都非常哀伤，不再佩戴饰物了。

人民一听见这凶信，就悲伤起来，也没有人穿戴装饰。

百姓聽見這凶信就悲哀，也沒有人佩戴妝飾。

百姓一聽見這壞的信息，他們就悲哀，沒有人佩戴首飾。

百姓一聽見這壞的信息，他們就悲哀，沒有人佩戴首飾。

百姓聽見這壞消息，都非常哀傷，不再佩戴飾物了。

人民一聽見這凶信，就悲傷起來，也沒有人穿戴裝飾。

人民聽見這個壞消息就悲傷，沒有人佩戴妝飾。

民聞此凶言、為之哀悼、無佩文飾、

又曰、告以色列族云、爾眾強項不馴、我如速臨、必翦滅爾眾、盍去爾文飾、我試思之、將何以待爾。以色列族聞是言。愀然以憂、在何烈山、去其文飾。○

民間此危言遂憂甚、不佩戴文飾、

When the people heard these distressing words, they began to mourn and no one put on any ornaments.

When the people heard these painful words, they began to mourn. No one put on any jewelry.

When the people heard this disastrous word, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.

When the people heard these stern words, they went into mourning and stopped wearing their jewelry and fine clothes.

When the people heard this bad news, they mourned and didn’t put on their jewelry.

When the people heard this sad word, they went into mourning, and none of them put on his jewelry.

And when the people heard this bad news, they mourned, and no one put on his ornaments.

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

When the people heard this bad news, they mourned and didn’t put on their jewelry.

And when the people heard these evil tidings, they mourned: and no man did put on him his ornaments.

When the people heard this troubling word they mourned; no one put on his ornaments.

When the people heard this evil news, they mourned; and no one put on his jewelry.

掃羅的孫子米非波設也下去迎接王；自從王走的那天起，直到王平安回來這天，他沒有修腳，沒有修剪鬍子，也沒有洗衣服。

問萬軍之耶和華殿中的祭司們和先知們說：「我們還要像這許多年來所做的那樣，在五月哭泣、禁食嗎？」

這話語傳到尼尼微王的時候，他從自己的寶座上起來，從身上脫下王袍，披上麻布，坐在灰燼中。

「你要對這地所有的民眾和祭司說：『這七十年來，你們在五月和七月禁食、哀哭，是真的為我禁食嗎？

安逸的婦女啊，你們戰兢吧！安然無慮的女子啊，你們顫抖吧！你們脫下衣服，赤著身子，束上麻布吧！

末迪凱知道了所發生的一切事，就撕裂自己的衣服，披麻蒙灰，出去到城中，大聲痛苦地哀叫。他來到御門前面就停住，因為以麻布為衣袍的人不可進入御門。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。以斯帖的使女們和太監們前來把這事告訴她。王后極其驚慌，就送衣服給末迪凱穿，要他脫去身上的麻布，他卻不接受。