6 Esta watsi: “Sitsa setfu, umuntfu losenyanyako, nalesisinengiso kuye ngunangu Hamani, lonenhlitiyo lembi!” Hamani wahlahlela inkhosi nenkhosikati lenkhulu emehlo asetfukile, esaba.
Tatsi kube tonkhe titsa tetfu tive ngaloko, tonkhe tive letibomakhelwane takubona, letitsa tetfu tesaba tase tiyajabha, ngobe tabona kutsi lomsebenti siwente ngekusitwa nguNkulunkulu wetfu.
Inkhosi yakhumula indandatho yayo leyayineluphawu lwekugcoba simemetelo lesiphuma enkhosini, yayinika lesitsa semaJuda, Hamani, umsa waHamedatha, umtukulu wa-Agagi.
Inkhosi Ahashiveroshi yabuta inkhosikati Esta, yatsi: “Ngubani lowo? Ukuphi yena lowo muntfu lowente leso sento lesinjalo?”
Ngalona lelo langa inkhosi Ahashiveroshi yadla tonkhe timphahla taHamani, sitsa nemhluphi wemaJuda, watinika inkhosikati Esta, tema ngaye. Esta walandzisa inkhosi ngekuhlobana kwabo naModekhayi; ngako kusukela ngalelo langa Modekhayi waba nemvume yekungena endlunkhulu.
Nangihlaselwa ngulababi betama kungimita bangibulale, ngihlaselwe titsa nalabamelene nami, bayawukhubeka, bawele phansi.
Kutfukutsela kwenkhosi kunjengesitfunywa sekufa; kodvwa umuntfu lohlakaniphile uyayidvudvuta inhlitiyo yayo.
Nawubona lophuyile acindzetelwe endzaweni letsite, asemukwe emalungelo akhe nekwehlulelwa ngebucotfo, kungakumangalisi loko. Lowo nalowo lophetse unemuntfu longetulu kwakhe, kantsi nalowo longetulu kwakhe unemuntfu longetulu kwabo bonkhe.
Inhlitiyo yami iyaphatamiseka, kwesaba kuyangitfutfumelisa; kuhlwa lebengiloku ngikufisa sekujike kwaba sesabiso kimi.
Kodvwa Nkulunkulu uyabehlulela labo labangephandle; nemBhalo utsi: “Mcosheni lomubi emkhatsini wenu!”
bese-ke lowo longenamtsetfo uyembulwa; Jesu iNkhosi uyawumbhubhisa ngemoya wemlomo wakhe, amcedze ngekubonakala kwenkhatimulo yekufika kwakhe.
Njengobe kusho sisho salabadzala sitsi: ‘Kubenti balokubi kuvela tento letimbi,’ ngako mine ngingeke ngikubeke sandla.