Lord, please pay careful attention to my prayer. Listen to the prayers of all of us. We take delight in bringing honor to your name. Give me success today when I bring my request to King Artaxerxes.” I was the king’s wine taster.

主啊，求你侧耳听你仆人的祈祷，和喜爱敬畏你名众仆人的祈祷，使你仆人现今亨通，在王面前蒙恩。”我是作王酒政的。

唉，主啊，求你侧耳听你仆人的祈祷，听喜爱敬畏你名众仆人的祈祷，使你仆人今日亨通，在这人面前蒙恩。”我是王的酒政。

唉，主啊，求你侧耳听你仆人的祈祷，听喜爱敬畏你名众仆人的祈祷，使你仆人今日亨通，在这人面前蒙恩。”我是王的酒政。

主啊，求你侧耳听你仆人的祷告，垂听那些喜爱敬畏你名的众仆人的祈求，使你仆人今天亨通，在王面前蒙恩。”我是王的侍酒总管。

主啊，求你留意听你仆人的祷告，也听那些喜爱敬畏你名的仆人的祷告；求你使你的仆人今天顺利，使他在这人面前蒙怜悯。”那时我是王的酒政。

主啊，求你側耳聽你僕人的祈禱，和喜愛敬畏你名眾僕人的祈禱，使你僕人現今亨通，在王面前蒙恩。」我是作王酒政的。

唉，主啊，求你側耳聽你僕人的祈禱，聽喜愛敬畏你名眾僕人的祈禱，使你僕人今日亨通，在這人面前蒙恩。」我是王的酒政。

唉，主啊，求你側耳聽你僕人的祈禱，聽喜愛敬畏你名眾僕人的祈禱，使你僕人今日亨通，在這人面前蒙恩。」我是王的酒政。

主啊，求你側耳聽你僕人的禱告，垂聽那些喜愛敬畏你名的眾僕人的祈求，使你僕人今天亨通，在王面前蒙恩。」我是王的侍酒總管。

主啊，求你留意聽你僕人的禱告，也聽那些喜愛敬畏你名的僕人的禱告；求你使你的僕人今天順利，使他在這人面前蒙憐憫。”那時我是王的酒政。

主啊，願你的耳傾聽你僕人的祈禱，傾聽這些喜愛敬畏你名的僕人的祈禱，使你僕人今日順利，使他在王面前得蒙憐憫。』那時我做王的酒政。

主歟、求爾側耳、垂聽爾僕之禱、及喜悅寅畏爾名之僕所祈、使僕今日亨通、蒙矜恤於王前、是時我為王酒正、

今求耶和華垂聽爾僕、及夤畏爾者所祈、使我今日亨通、沾恩於王、當是時我為王酒正。

求主側耳俯聽僕之祈禱、及欲敬畏主名者諸僕之祈禱、求主使僕今日亨通、蒙恩於王王原文作此人前、當是時、我為王之酒政、

Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of this your servant and to the prayer of your servants who delight in revering your name. Give your servant success today by granting him favor in the presence of this man.” I was cupbearer to the king.

O Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants who delight to fear your name, and give success to your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cupbearer to the king.

O Lord, please hear my prayer! Listen to the prayers of those of us who delight in honoring you. Please grant me success today by making the king favorable to me. Put it into his heart to be kind to me.” In those days I was the king’s cup bearer.

Please, Lord, let your ear be attentive to the prayer of your servant and to that of your servants who delight to revere your name. Give your servant success today, and grant him compassion in the presence of this man. At the time, I was the king’s cupbearer.

Please, Lord, may Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and the prayer of Your servants who delight to revere Your name, and please make Your servant successful today and grant him mercy before this man.” Now I was the cupbearer to the king.

O Lord, I pray, please let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant, and to the prayer of Your servants who desire to fear Your name; and let Your servant prosper this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” For I was the king’s cupbearer.

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who delight to fear thy name; and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. Now I was cupbearer to the king.

Please, Lord, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of Your servant and to that of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success today, and have compassion on him in the presence of this man. At the time, I was the king’s cupbearer.

O Lord, I beseech thee, let now thine ear be attentive to the prayer of thy servant, and to the prayer of thy servants, who desire to fear thy name: and prosper, I pray thee, thy servant this day, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man. For I was the king’s cupbearer.

Please, O Lord, listen attentively to the prayer of your servant and to the prayer of your servants who take pleasure in showing respect to your name. Grant your servant success today and show compassion to me in the presence of this man.” Now I was cupbearer for the king.

Lord, I beg you, let your ear be attentive now to the prayer of your servant, and to the prayer of your servants, who delight to fear your name; and please prosper your servant today, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” Now I was cup bearer to the king.

Please pay careful attention to my prayer. See how your people are suffering. Please listen to me. I’m praying to you day and night. I’m praying for the people of Israel. We Israelites have committed sins against you. All of us admit it. I and my family have also sinned against you.

Wine was brought in for King Artaxerxes. It was the month of Nisan in the 20th year of his rule. I got the wine and gave it to him. I hadn’t been sad in front of him before. But now I was.

So here is what I, Ezra, say to you people of Israel.“ Give praise to the Lord. He is the God of our people who lived long ago. He has put it in the king’s heart to bring honor to the Lord’ s temple in Jerusalem. The king has honored the Lord in his letter.The Lord has been kind to me. He has caused the king and his advisers to be kind to me. In fact, all the king’s powerful officials have been kind to me. The strong hand of the Lord my God helped me. That gave me new strength. So I gathered together leaders from Israel to go up to Jerusalem with me.”

May I also have a letter to Asaph? He takes care of the royal park. I want him to give me some logs so I can make beams out of them. I want to use them for the gates of the fort that is by the temple. Some of the logs will also be used in the city wall. And I’ll need some for the house I’m going to live in.” God was kind to me and helped me. So the king gave me what I asked for.

Pray for us. We feel sure we have done what is right. We desire to live as we should in every way.

He gave the chief wine taster’s job back to him. Once again the wine taster put the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.

It was the first year of the rule of Cyrus. He was king of Persia. The Lord inspired him to send a message all through his kingdom. It happened so that what the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah would come true. The message was written down. It said,

Lord, hear my prayer. Listen to my cry for mercy.

In the Lord’ s hand the king’s heart is like a stream of water. The Lord directs it toward all those who please him.

So Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a teacher who knew the Law of Moses very well. The Lord, the God of Israel, had given Israel that law. The king had given Ezra everything he asked for. That’s because the Lord his God helped him.

But the chief wine taster didn’t remember Joseph. In fact, he forgot all about him.

Then the chief wine taster spoke up. He said to Pharaoh,“ Now I remember that I’ve done something wrong.

You hated knowledge. You didn’t choose to have respect for the Lord.

Lord, we are living the way your laws command us to live. We are waiting for you to act. We want your honor and fame to be known.My heart longs for you at night. My spirit longs for you in the morning. You will come and judge the earth. Then the people of the world will learn to do what is right.

Then the man said,“ Your name will not be Jacob anymore. Instead, it will be Israel. You have wrestled with God and with people. And you have won.”

So the chief wine taster told Joseph his dream. He said to him,“ In my dream I saw a vine in front of me.There were three branches on the vine. As soon as it budded, it flowered. And bunches of ripe grapes grew on it.Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand. I took the grapes. I squeezed them into Pharaoh’s cup. Then I put the cup in his hand.”“ Here’s what your dream means,” Joseph said to him.“ The three branches are three days.In three days Pharaoh will let you out of prison. He’ll give your job back to you. And you will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand. That’s what you used to do when you were his wine taster.

Lord, listen to me. Pay attention to my cry for your mercy.

So Pharaoh became angry with his two officials, the chief wine taster and the chief baker.

May the Mighty God cause him to show you mercy. May the man let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. And if I lose my sons, I lose them.”

Please save me from the hand of my brother Esau. I’m afraid he’ll come and attack me and the mothers with their children.