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アハシユエロスすなはち印度いんどよりエテオピヤまで百ひやく二十七州しうを治をさめたるアハシユエロスの世よ
Now it came to pass in the days of Ahasuerus, (this is Ahasuerus which reigned, from India even unto Ethiopia, over an hundred and seven and twenty provinces:)

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アハシユエロス王わうシユシヤンの城しろにてその國くにの祚くらゐに坐ざしをりける當時ころ
That in those days, when the king Ahasuerus sat on the throne of his kingdom, which was in Shushan the palace,

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その治世ぢせいの第だい三年ねんにその牧伯等つかさたちおよび臣僕しもべ等らのために酒宴しゆえんを設まうけたり ペルシヤとメデアの武士もののふおよび貴たふとき族やからと諸しよ州しうの牧伯等つかさたちその前󠄃まへにありき
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:

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時ときに王わうその盛さかんなる國くにの富有とみとその大おほいなる威光ゐくわうの榮さかえを示しめして衆多おほくの日ひをわたり百ひやく八十日にちに及およびぬ
When he shewed the riches of his glorious kingdom and the honour of his excellent majesty many days, even an hundred and fourscore days.

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これらの日ひのをはりし時とき王わうまた王わうの宮みやの園そのの庭にはにてシユシヤンに居をる大だい小せうのすべての民たみのために七日なぬかの間あひだ酒宴しゆえんを設まうけたり
And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;

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白しろ緑みどり靑あをの帳幔とばりありて細布ほそぬのと紫色むらさきの紐ひもにて銀ぎんの環わおよび蝋石らふせきの柱はしらに繋つながるまた牀榻いすは金きん銀ぎんにして赤あか白しろ黄き黑くろの蝋石らふせきの上うへに居すゑらる
Where were white, green, and blue, hangings, fastened with cords of fine linen and purple to silver rings and pillars of marble: the beds were of gold and silver, upon a pavement of red, and blue, and white, and black, marble.

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金きんの酒盃さかづきにて酒さけを賜たまふその酒盃さかづきは此これと彼かれおのおの異ことなり王わうの用もちゐる酒さけをたまふこと夥おびただし王わうの富有とみに適󠄄かなへり
And they gave them drink in vessels of gold, (the vessels being diverse one from another,) and royal wine in abundance, according to the state of the king.

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その飮のむことは法はふにかなひて誰たれも强しふることを爲せず 其そは王わう人びととして各々おの〳〵おのれの好このむごとく爲なさしむべしとその宮內くないのすべての有司つかさに命めいじたればなり

And the drinking was according to the law; none did compel: for so the king had appointed to all the officers of his house, that they should do according to every man's pleasure.

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后きさきワシテもまたアハシユエロス王わうに屬ぞくする王わう宮きうの內うちにて婦󠄃女をんなのために酒宴しゆえんをまうけたり
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.

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第七日なぬかめにアハシユエロス王わう酒さけのために心こゝろ樂たのしみ王わうの前󠄃まへに事つかふる七人にんの侍從じじうメホマン、ビスタ、ハルボナ、ビグタ、アバグタ、セタルおよびカルカスに命めいじ
On the seventh day, when the heart of the king was merry with wine, he commanded Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, and Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas, the seven chamberlains that served in the presence of Ahasuerus the king,

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后きさきワシテをして后きさきの冠冕かんむりをかぶりて王わうの前󠄃まへに來きたらしめよと言いへり 是こは彼かれ觀みるに美うるはしければその美麗うるはしきを民等たみどもと牧伯等つかさたちに見しめさんとてなりき
To bring Vashti the queen before the king with the crown royal, to shew the people and the princes her beauty: for she was fair to look on.

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しかるに后きさきワシテ侍從じじうが傳つたへし王わうの命めいに從したがひて來きたることを肯うけがはざりしかば王わうおほいに憤いきどほりて震怒いかりその衷うちに燃もゆ

But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him.

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是こゝにおいて王わう時ときを知しれる智者ちしやにむかひて言いふ（王わうはすべて法律おきてと審理さばきに明あきらかなる者ものにむかひて是かくの如ごとくするを常つねとせり
Then the king said to the wise men, which knew the times, (for so was the king's manner toward all that knew law and judgment:

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時ときに彼かれの次つぎにをりし者ものはペルシヤおよびメデアの七人にんの牧伯きみカルシナ、セタル、アデマタ、タルシシ、メレス、マルセナ、メムカンなりき 是これみな王わうの面かほを見みる者ものにして國くにの第一だいいちに位くらゐせり）
And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)

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后きさきワシテ、アハシユエロス王わうが侍從じじうをもて傳つたへし命めいを爲なさざれば法律おきてにしたがひて如何いかに彼かれになすべきや
What shall we do unto the queen Vashti according to law, because she hath not performed the commandment of the king Ahasuerus by the chamberlains?

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メムカン王わうと牧伯つかさたちの前󠄃まへに答こたへて曰いふ 后きさきワシテは唯たゞ王わうにむかひて惡あしき事ことをなしたる而已のみならず一切すべての牧伯つかさたちおよびアハシユエロス王わうの各かく州しうのもろもろの民たみにむかひてもまた之これを爲なせるなり
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.

前に戻る　【エステル書1章17節】

后きさきのこの事ことあまねく一切すべての婦󠄃女をんなに聞きこえて彼かれらつひにその夫をつとを藐いやしめ觀みて言いはん アハシユエロス王わう后きさきワシテに己おのれのまへに來きたれと命めいじたりしに來きたらざりしと
For this deed of the queen shall come abroad unto all women, so that they shall despise their husbands in their eyes, when it shall be reported, The king Ahasuerus commanded Vashti the queen to be brought in before him, but she came not.

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而しかして后きさきの此この所󠄃行しわざを聞きけるペルシヤとメデアの諸しよ夫人ふじんもまた今日こんにち王わうのすべての牧伯等つかさたちに是かくのごとく言いはん然さすれば必かならず藐視いやしめと忿怒いかり多おほく起󠄃おこるべし
Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.

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王わうもし之これを善よしとしたまはばワシテは此この後のちふたゝびアハシユエロス王わうの前󠄃まへに來きたるべからずといふ王わう命めいを下くだし之これをペルシヤとメデアの律法おきての中うちに書かきいれて更かはること無なからしめ而しかしてその后きさきの位くらゐを彼かれに勝󠄃まされる他ほかの者ものに與あたへたまへ
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.

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王わうの下くだしたまはん御詔みことのりこの大おほいなる御み國くにに徧あまねく聞きこえわたる時ときは妻つまたる者ものことごとくその夫をつとを大小だいせうとなく共ともに敬うやまふべしと
And when the king's decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to their husbands honour, both to great and small.

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王わうと牧伯等つかさたちこの言ことばを善よしとしければ王わうメムカンの言ことばのごとく爲なしたり
And the saying pleased the king and the princes; and the king did according to the word of Memucan:

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かくて王わうの諸しよ州しうに徧あまねく書ふみをおくりもろもろの州しうにその文字もじにしたがひて書かきおくりもろもろの民たみにその言語ことばにしたがひて書かきおくり凡すべて男子をとこたる者ものはその家いへの主しゆとなるべくまたおのれの民たみの言ことばを用もちひてものいふべしと諭さとしぬ
For he sent letters into all the king's provinces, into every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people after their language, that every man should bear rule in his own house, and that it should be published according to the language of every people.