Ngikhipha umyalo wokuthi bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli nabapristi babo namaLevi embusweni wami, abayothanda ukukhuphukela eJerusalema ngokuzithandela kwabo, kumelwe bahambe nawe.
Esteri 9:14 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024 Inkosi yasilaya ukuthi kube njalo, kwaphuma umlayo eSusa; bawaphanyeka amadodana ayishumi kaHamani. IBHAYIBHELI ELINGCWELE Inkosi yasho ukuba kwenziwe kanjalo; umthetho washaywa eShushani; bawaphanyeka amadodana ayishumi kaHamani. IsiZulu 2020 Inkosi yayaleza ukuba kwenziwe lokho; umthetho washaywa eShushani, amadodana alishumi kaHamani aphanyekwa ezigxotsheni zokuphanyeka. |
Ngikhipha umyalo wokuthi bonke abantu bakwa-Israyeli nabapristi babo namaLevi embusweni wami, abayothanda ukukhuphukela eJerusalema ngokuzithandela kwabo, kumelwe bahambe nawe.
Basebemphanyeka uHamani emthini ayewulungisele uMoridekayi. Lwase luphela ulaka lwenkosi.
UHaribona, omunye wezinceku, wathi phambi kwenkosi: “Bheka, futhi umgxobo oyizingalo ezingamashumi amahlanu ukuphakama, uHamani awenzela uMoridekayi owakhuluma kahle ngenkosi, umi endlini kaHamani.” Inkosi yasisithi: Mphanyekeni kuso.
Wayesethi u-Esteri: “Uma inkosi ithanda, mawanikwe abaJuda abaseShushani ukuba benze nakusasa njengomthetho wanamuhla, namadodana ayishumi kaHamani alengiswe esigxotsheni.
AbaJuda ababeseShushani babuthana nabo ngosuku lweshumi nane lwenyanga ka-Adari, babulala abantu abangamakhulu amathathu eShushani; kepha abazibekanga izandla zabo empangweni.
Uma umuntu ezala abantwana abayikhulu, aphile iminyaka eminingi, zibe ziningi izinsuku zeminyaka yakhe, nomphefumulo wakhe ungasuthi ngokuhle, futhi angabi nakumbelwa; Ngithi, ukuzalwa okungakafiki kuhle kunaye.
Futhi lapho ebona u-Amaleki, waphakamisa isimo sakhe futhi wathi: U-Amaleki wayengowokuqala wezizwe; kodwa ukuphela kwakhe kuyakuba ngukubhubha kwakhe kuze kube phakade.
UKristu wasihlenga esiqalekisweni somthetho, esenziwe isiqalekiso ngenxa yethu, ngokuba kulotshiwe ukuthi: “Uqalekisiwe wonke olenga emthini;