에스더 7:4
For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.
Context
This verse from 에스더 Chapter 7 connects to 10 cross-references. 에스라가 물문 앞 광장에서 율법책을 읽어 남녀 모두에게 들려준다. 레위인들이 백성들에게 율법을 해석하여 이해시킨다. 백성들이 울자 이날은 거룩한 날이니 슬퍼하지 말라고 위로한다. 초막절 준비를 위해 각자 집으로 돌아가 나뭇가지를 꺾어온다.
다른 번역본
for we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s damage.
for we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent--but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.'
For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.
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