Jun 17【每日活水】先求 SHEN 的国和 SHEN 的义

以斯帖记7：1～10

哈曼被处死

1 王带着哈曼来赴王后以斯帖的筵席。

2 这第二次在酒席筵前，王又问以斯帖说：「王后以斯帖啊，你要什么，我必赐给你；你求什么，就是国的一半也必为你成就。」

3 王后以斯帖回答说：「我若在王眼前蒙恩，王若以为美，我所愿的，是愿王将我的性命赐给我；我所求的，是求王将我的本族赐给我。

4 因我和我的本族被卖了，要剪除杀戮灭绝我们。我们若被卖为奴为婢，我也闭口不言；但王的损失，敌人万不能补足。」

5 亚哈随鲁王问王后以斯帖说：「擅敢起意如此行的是谁？这人在哪里呢？」

6 以斯帖说：「仇人敌人就是这恶人哈曼！」哈曼在王和王后面前就甚惊惶。

7 王便大怒，起来离开酒席往御园去了。哈曼见王定意要加罪与他，就起来，求王后以斯帖救命。

8 王从御园回到酒席之处，见哈曼伏在以斯帖所靠的榻上；王说：「他竟敢在宫内、在我面前凌辱王后吗？」这话一出王口，人就蒙了哈曼的脸。

9 伺候王的一个太监名叫哈波拿，说：「哈曼为那救王有功的末底改做了五丈高的木架，现今立在哈曼家里。」王说：「把哈曼挂在其上。」

10 于是人将哈曼挂在他为末底改所预备的木架上。王的忿怒这才止息。

Haman Impaled

1 So the king and Haman went to Queen Esther’s banquet,

2 and as they were drinking wine on the second day, the king again asked, “Queen Esther, what is your petition? It will be given you. What is your request? Even up to half the kingdom, it will be granted.”

3 Then Queen Esther answered, “If I have found favor with you, Your Majesty, and if it pleases you, grant me my life—this is my petition. And spare my people—this is my request.

4 For I and my people have been sold to be destroyed, killed and annihilated. If we had merely been sold as male and female slaves, I would have kept quiet, because no such distress would justify disturbing the king.”

5 King Xerxes asked Queen Esther, “Who is he? Where is he—the man who has dared to do such a thing?”

6 Esther said, “An adversary and enemy! This vile Haman!”Then Haman was terrified before the king and queen.

7 The king got up in a rage, left his wine and went out into the palace garden. But Haman, realizing that the king had already decided his fate, stayed behind to beg Queen Esther for his life.

8 Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining.The king exclaimed, “Will he even molest the queen while she is with me in the house?”As soon as the word left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.

9 Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, “A pole reaching to a height of fifty cubits stands by Haman’s house. He had it set up for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king.”The king said, “Impale him on it!”

10 So they impaled Haman on the pole he had set up for Mordecai. Then the king’s fury subsided.12 When Esther’s words were reported to Mordecai,

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内容观察

1.以斯帖向王请求了什么？（3～4节）

2.亚哈随鲁王如何处置哈曼？（9节）

思考与默想

3.为什么以斯帖不向亚哈随鲁王求个人的愿望，而是求民族的性命？

个人感受

4.看到以斯帖没有求个人的愿望，而是为民族请命，我有什么感想？

决心与应用

5.我何时曾放下自己的愿望，先求 SHEN 的国和义，并最终蒙应允？

6. SHEN 愿意将最好的给我们，为了先求 TA 的国和义，我决定要怎么做？

斯4：13—14“未底改托人回复以斯帖说：“你不要自己以为在王宫里强过任何犹太人，得以幸免，此时你若闭口不言，犹太人必从别处得解脱，蒙拯救：你和你父家必致灭亡，通知你得了王后的位分不是为现今的机会吗？”

灵/修指南

宴席中，亚哈随鲁王心中喜悦，问以斯帖想要什么，以斯帖请求王将犹太民族从死亡中拯救出来（3—4节）。当亚哈随鲁王细问事情的前因后果时，以斯帖说出幕后的主谋是哈曼（5～6节）。王大怒，离开酒席往御花园去，哈曼大大惊惶，就求以斯帖王后救他的命，从御花园回来的亚哈随鲁王看到哈曼伏在以斯帖的榻上，以为哈曼在凌辱王后，就愈发愤怒，下令处死哈曼，最终哈曼被挂在他为末底改所预备的木架上（7～10节）。以斯帖讨王喜悦，她本可以寻求自己的富贵荣华，但她深知 SHEN 立自己为王后的旨意和自己身上所担负的使/命，于是她没有求自己的益处，而是为整个犹太民族请命（参斯4：13～14）。同样的，对信/徒来说，个人的益处并不是最重要的，而是要心怀着 SHEN 国，为属 SHEN 的子民dao告，因为使/命者不会置 SHEN 子民的苦难于不顾。

内室dao告

求 SHEN 让我成为为 SHEN 国子民dao告的人，又成为 SHEN 忠心的使/命者。

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