Esteri 1 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Esteri 1 Umbuso ka-Ahashiveroshi

¹ Kwathi emihleni ka-Ahashiveroshi ngu-Ahashiveroshi owabusa kusukela eNdiya kuze kube seKushe, phezu kwezifunda eziyikhulu namashumi amabili nesikhombisa.

² Ukuthi ngalezo zinsuku lapho inkosi u-Ahashiveroshi ihlezi esihlalweni sobukhosi sombuso wayo esigodlweni saseShushani,

³ Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kwakhe wenzela zonke izikhulu zakhe nezinceku zakhe idili; amandla asePheresiya naseMediya, izikhulu nezikhulu zezifunda phambi kwakhe;

⁴ Lapho ebonisa ingcebo yobukhosi bakhe nodumo lobukhosi bakhe obumangalisayo izinsuku eziningi, izinsuku eziyikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili.

⁵ Lapho lezo zinsuku seziphelile, inkosi yenza idili izinsuku eziyisikhombisa kubo bonke abantu ababesesigodlweni uSusan, kusukela kwabakhulu kuya kwabancane, egcekeni lensimu yendlu yenkosi;

⁶ Kwakukhona izilenge ezimhlophe, nokuluhlaza nokuluhlaza, ziboshelwe ngezintambo zelineni elicolekileyo nokububende emasongweni esiliva nasezinsikeni zamatshe amhlophe, imibhede yayiyigolide nesiliva endaweni egandayiweyo ebomvu, nokuluhlaza, nokumhlophe, nokumnyama, nemabula.

⁷ Base bephuza ngezitsha zegolide (izitsha zahlukene enye kwenye) newayini lenkosi ngobuningi, njengokwesimo senkosi.

⁸ Ukuphuza kwakungokomthetho; kakho owaphoqelelayo, ngoba ngokunjalo inkosi yamisa bonke abalindi bendlu yayo ukuthi benze njengokuthanda kwalowo lalowo.

⁹ Indlovukazi uVashiti yenzela abesifazane idili endlini yenkosi u-Ahashiveroshi.

¹⁰ Kwathi ngosuku lwesikhombisa inhliziyo yenkosi isithokozile ngenxa yewayini, yayala oMehumani, noBistha, noHarbona, noBigita, no-Abagta, noSethari, noKarkase, izinduna eziyisikhombisa ezazikhonza phambi kwenkosi u-Ahashiveroshi,

¹¹ ukuletha uVashiti indlovukazi phambi kwenkosi ephethe umqhele wobukhosi ukuze abonise abantu nezikhulu ubuhle bakhe, ngoba wayemuhle ukumbona.

¹² Kepha indlovukazi uVashiti yenqaba ukuza ngesiyalezo senkosi ngesandla sezinceku zayo; ngalokho inkosi yathukuthela kakhulu, nentukuthelo yayo yavutha phakathi kwayo.

¹³ Inkosi yasisithi kwabahlakaniphileyo ababezazi izikhathi, ngoba sasinjalo isimo senkosi kubo bonke ababewazi umthetho lokulunga:

¹⁴ Eceleni kwakhe kwakukhona oKarsena, noSethari, no-Admatha, noTarsisi, noMeresi, noMarsena, noMemukani, izikhulu eziyisikhombisa zasePheresiya naseMediya, ezabona ubuso benkosi, zaba ngabokuqala ukuhlala embusweni.

¹⁵ Ngokomthetho, kufanele senzeni ngendlovukazi uVashiti, ngoba akazange enze umyalo wenkosi u-Ahashiveroshi esebenzisa izinduna?

¹⁶ UMemukani waphendula phambi kwenkosi nezikhulu: Indlovukazi uVashiti akonanga inkosi kuphela, kepha nakuzo zonke izikhulu, nakubantu bonke abakuzo zonke izifunda zenkosi u-Ahashiveroshi.

¹⁷ Ngokuba lesi senzo senkosikazi siyakufika kubo bonke abesifazane, baze badelele amadoda abo emehlweni abo, lapho kuthiwa: Inkosi u-Ahashiveroshi yayala ukuba kulethwe indlovukazi uVashiti phambi kwayo, kepha akafikanga.

¹⁸ Ngokufanayo, amakhosikazi asePheresiya naseMediya ayakusho namuhla kuzo zonke izikhulu zenkosi ezizwe ngesenzo sendlovukazi. Ngaleyo ndlela kuzovela ukwedelela okukhulu nentukuthelo.

¹⁹ Uma kukuhle enkosini, makwehle umthetho wobukhosi kuyo, ulotshwe emithethweni yamaPheresiya namaMede, ukuze kungashintshwa ukuthi uVashiti angabe esafika phambi kwenkosi u-Ahashiveroshi; inkosi mayinike omunye ongcono kunaye impahla yakhe yobukhosi.

²⁰ Kuyakuthi lapho isimemezelo senkosi eyakusenza saziwe embusweni wayo wonke (ngokuba mkhulu), bonke abesifazane bayakuhlonipha amadoda abo, amakhulu namancane.

²¹ Leli zwi lalilungile emehlweni enkosi nasezikhulwini; inkosi yenza njengezwi likaMemukani.

²² Ngoba wathumela izincwadi kuzo zonke izifunda zenkosi, esifundeni ngasinye njengemibhalo yaso, nakubantu ngabanye ngokolimi lwabo, ukuba babuse, kube yilowo nalowo endlini yakhe siqu, nokuthi kwaziwe ngokolimi ngamunye ngamunye womuntu.