My heart grows weak. Fear makes me tremble. I longed for evening to come. But it brought me horror instead of rest.

我心慌张，惊恐威吓我。我所羡慕的黄昏，变为我的战兢。

我心慌乱，惊恐威吓我。我所渴望的黄昏，反成为我的恐惧。

我心慌乱，惊恐威吓我。我所渴望的黄昏，反成为我的恐惧。

我心慌意乱，惊惧不堪，我期盼的黄昏却令我恐惧。

我的心迷糊，惊恐威吓着我；我所爱慕的黄昏，竟使我战兢。

我的心慌乱，恐怖惊扰着我，我所爱慕的黄昏竟使我恐惧。

我心慌張，驚恐威嚇我。我所羨慕的黃昏，變為我的戰兢。

我心慌亂，驚恐威嚇我。我所渴望的黃昏，反成為我的恐懼。

我心慌亂，驚恐威嚇我。我所渴望的黃昏，反成為我的恐懼。

我心慌意亂，驚懼不堪，我期盼的黃昏卻令我恐懼。

我的心迷糊，驚恐威嚇著我；我所愛慕的黃昏，竟使我戰兢。

我的心迷迷糊糊，戰慄發抖使我驚惶；我所愛慕的黃昏竟使我恐怖戰兢。

我的心慌亂，恐怖驚擾著我，我所愛慕的黃昏竟使我恐懼。

我心震驚、威烈使我恐怖、黃昏之望、變為戰慄、

我心昏迷、戰栗特甚、深宵宴樂、忽變駭懼、

我心昏迷、極為悚惶、我宴樂之夜、變為驚駭之夜、

My heart falters, fear makes me tremble; the twilight I longed for has become a horror to me.

My heart staggers; horror has appalled me; the twilight I longed for has been turned for me into trembling.

My mind reels and my heart races. I longed for evening to come, but now I am terrified of the dark.

My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.

My mind reels, horror overwhelms me; The twilight I longed for has been turned into trembling for me.

My heart wavered, fearfulness frightened me; The night for which I longed He turned into fear for me.

My heart fluttereth, horror hath affrighted me; the twilight that I desired hath been turned into trembling unto me.

My heart staggers; horror terrifies me. He has turned my last glimmer of hope into sheer terror.

My heart panted, fearfulness affrighted me: the night of my pleasure hath he turned into fear unto me.

My heart palpitates, I shake in fear; the twilight I desired has brought me terror.

My heart flutters. Horror has frightened me. The twilight that I desired has been turned into trembling for me.

How terrible it will be for those who get up early in the morning to start drinking! How terrible for those who stay up late at night until they are drunk with wine!They have harps and lyres at their banquets. They have tambourines, flutes and wine. But they don’t have any concern for the mighty acts of the Lord. They don’t have any respect for what his power has done.So my people will be taken away as prisoners. That’s because they don’t understand what the Lord has done. Their nobles will die of hunger. The rest of the people won’t have any water to drink.So Death opens its jaws to receive them. Its mouth is open wide to swallow them up. Their nobles and the rest of the people will go down into it. They will go there together with all those who have wild parties.

Absalom ordered his men,“ Listen! When Amnon has had too much wine to drink, I’ll say to you,‘ Strike Amnon down.’ When I do, kill him. Don’t be afraid. I’ve given you an order, haven’t I? Be strong and brave.”So Absalom’s men killed Amnon, just as Absalom had ordered. Then all the king’s sons got on their mules and rode away.

They are stirred up. So I will set a feast in front of them. I will make them drunk. And they will shout and laugh. But then they will lie down and die. They will never wake up,” announces the Lord.

That very night Belshazzar, the king of Babylon, was killed.

King Belshazzar gave a huge banquet. He invited a thousand of his nobles to it. He drank wine with them.

Esther said,“ The man hates us! He’s our enemy! He’s this evil Haman!” Then Haman was terrified in front of the king and queen.The king got up. He was very angry. He left his wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman realized that the king had already decided what he was going to do to him. So he stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.The king returned from the palace garden to the dinner hall. Just then he saw Haman falling on the couch where Esther was lying. The king shouted,“ Will he even treat the queen like this? Will he harm her while she’s right here with me in the palace?” As soon as the king finished speaking, his men covered Haman’s face.Then Harbona said,“ There’s a pole standing near Haman’s house. He has prepared it for Mordecai. Mordecai is the one who spoke up to help you. Haman had planned to have him put to death. He was going to have the pole stuck through his body. Then he was going to set it up at a place where it would be 75 feet above the ground.” Harbona was one of the officials who attended the king. The king said to his men,“ Put Haman to death! Stick the pole through his body! Set it up where everyone can see it!”So they did. And they used the pole Haman had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king’s anger calmed down.

“ And that’s not all,” Haman added.“ I’m the only person Queen Esther invited to come with the king to the feast she gave. Now she has invited me along with the king tomorrow.

“ Be careful. If you aren’t, your hearts will be loaded down with wasteful living, drunkenness and the worries of life. Then the day the Son of Man returns will close on you like a trap. It will happen suddenly.That day will come on every person who lives on the whole earth.Always keep watching. Pray that you will be able to escape all that is about to happen. Also, pray that you will not be judged guilty when the Son of Man comes.”

I will make Babylon’s officials and wise men drunk. I will do the same thing to its governors, officers and soldiers. They will lie down and die. They will never wake up,” announces the King. His name is the Lord Who Rules Over All.

Suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared. They wrote something on the plaster of the palace wall. It happened near the lampstand. The king watched the hand as it wrote.

Sinful people send their children out like a flock of lambs. Their little ones dance around.They sing to the music of tambourines and lyres. They have a good time while flutes are being played.Those who are evil spend their years living well. They go down to their graves in peace.

In the morning you will say,“ We wish it were evening!” In the evening you will say,“ We wish it were morning!” Your hearts will be filled with fear. The things you see will terrify you.

Abigail went back to Nabal. He was having a dinner party in the house. It was the kind of dinner a king would have. He had been drinking too much wine. He was very drunk. So she didn’t tell him anything at all until sunrise.The next morning Nabal wasn’t drunk anymore. Then his wife told him everything. When she did, his heart grew weak. He became like a stone.About ten days later, the Lord struck Nabal down. And he died.

His enemies will be tangled up among thorns. Their wine will make them drunk. They’ll be burned up like dry straw.