Yǐsītièjì 5

1 Dì sān rì , Yǐsītiĕ chuān shang zhāo fù , jìn wánggōng de neì yuàn , duì diàn zhàn lì . wáng zaì diàn lǐ zuò zaì bǎozuò shang , duì zhe diàn mén .

2 Wáng jiàn wáng hòu Yǐsītiĕ zhàn zaì yuàn neì , jiù shī ēn yú tā , xiàng tā shēn chū shǒu zhōng de jīn zhàng , Yǐsītiĕ biàn xiàng qián mó zhàng tóu .

3 Wáng duì tā shuō , wáng hòu Yǐsītiĕ a , nǐ yào shénme . nǐ qiú shénme , jiù shì guó de yī bàn yĕ bì cìgĕi nǐ .

4 Yǐsītiĕ shuō , wáng ruò yǐwéi mĕi , jiù qǐng wáng daì zhe Hǎmàn , jīnrì fù wǒ suǒ yùbeì de yánxí .

5 Wáng shuō , jiào Hǎmàn sù sù zhào Yǐsītiĕ de huà qù xíng . yúshì wáng daì zhe Hǎmàn fù Yǐsītiĕ suǒ yùbeì de yánxí .

6 Zaì jiǔ xí yán qián , wáng yòu wèn Yǐsītiĕ shuō , nǐ yào shénme , wǒ bì cìgĕi nǐ . nǐ qiú shénme , jiù shì guó de yī bàn yĕ bì wèi nǐ chéngjiù .

7 Yǐsītiĕ huídá shuō , wǒ yǒu suǒ yào , wǒ yǒu suǒ qiú .

8 Wǒ ruò zaì wáng yǎnqián méng ēn , wáng ruò yuànyì cì wǒ suǒ yào de , zhún wǒ suǒ qiú de , jiù qǐng wáng daì zhe Hǎmàn , zaì fù wǒ suǒ yào yùbeì de yánxí . míngrì wǒ bì zhào wáng suǒ wèn de shuō míng .

9 Nà rì Hǎmàn xīn zhōng kuaìlè , huān huānxǐ xǐ dì chūlai . dàn jiàn Mòdǐgǎi zaì zhāo mén bú zhàn qǐlai , lián shēn yĕ bù dòng , jiù mǎn xīn nǎonù Mòdǐgǎi .

10 Hǎmàn zànqiĕ rĕnnaì huí jiā , jiào rén qǐng tā péngyou hé tā qīzi Xìlìsī lái .

11 Hǎmàn jiāng tā fù hòu de róngyào , zhòngduō de érnǚ , hé wáng táijǔ tā shǐ tā chāo hū shǒulǐng chénpú zhī shang , dōu shùshuō gĕi tāmen tīng .

12 Hǎmàn yòu shuō , wáng hòu Yǐsītiĕ yùbeì yánxí , chúle wǒ zhī waì bù xǔ biérén suí wáng fù xí . míngrì wáng hòu yòu qǐng wǒ suí wáng fù xí .

13 Zhǐshì wǒ jiàn Yóudà rén Mòdǐgǎi zuò zaì zhāo mén , suī yǒu zhè yīqiè róngyào , yĕ yǔ wǒ wúyì .

14 Tāde qī Xìlìsī hé tā yīqiè de péngyou duì tā shuō , bù rú lì yī gè wǔ zhàng gāo de mù jià , míng zǎo qiú wáng jiāng Mòdǐgǎi guà zaì qí shang , ránhòu nǐ kĕyǐ huān huānxǐ xǐ dì suí wáng fù xí . Hǎmàn yǐ zhè huà wèi mĕi , jiù jiào rén zuò le mù jià .

Yǐsītièjì 5 Commentary

Chapter 5

Esther's application received. (1-8) Haman prepares to hang Mordecai. (9-14)

Verses 1-8 Esther having had power with God, and prevailing, like Jacob, had power with men too. He that will lose his life for God, shall save it, or find it in a better life. The king encouraged her. Let us from this be encouraged to pray always to our God, and not to faint. Esther came to a proud, imperious man; but we come to the God of love and grace. She was not called, but we are; the Spirit says, Come, and the Bride says, Come. She had a law against her, we have a promise, many a promise, in favour of us; Ask, and it shall be given you. She had no friend to go with her, or to plead for her; on the contrary, he that was then the king's favourite, was her enemy; but we have an Advocate with the Father, in whom he is well pleased. Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace. God put it into Esther's heart to delay her petition a day longer; she knew not, but God did, what was to happen in that very night.

Verses 9-14 This account of Haman is a comment upon ( Proverbs 21:24 ) . Self-admirers and self-flatterers are really self-deceivers. Haman, the higher he is lifted up, the more impatient he is of contempt, and the more enraged at it. The affront from Mordecai spoiled all. A slight affront, which a humble man would scarcely notice, will torment a proud man, even to madness, and will mar all his comforts. Those disposed to be uneasy, will never want something to be uneasy at. Such are proud men; though they have much to their mind, if they have not all to their mind, it is as nothing to them. Many call the proud happy, who display pomp and make a show; but this is a mistaken thought. Many poor cottagers feel far less uneasiness than the rich, with all their fancied advantages around them. The man who knows not Christ, is poor though he be rich, because he is utterly destitute of that which alone is true riches.

Chapter Summary

INTRODUCTION TO ESTHER 5

This chapter gives an account of Esther's going in to the king, and of his holding out the golden sceptre to her, on which she invited him and Haman to a banquet of wine that day, and to another the next day, Es 5:1-8, which highly delighted Haman; and he went to his house and family with great joy, and yet chagrined at Mordecai's not bowing to him; wherefore, at the advice of his wife and friends, he erected a gallows to hang him upon, proposing to get a grant for it from the king the next day, Es 5:9-14.