Esteri 2 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Esteri 2 Intombazane ejabulisa inkosi mayibe yindlovukazi esikhundleni sikaVashiti

¹ Ngemva kwalezi zinto, lapho ulaka lwenkosi u-Ahashiveroshi selubohlile, wamkhumbula uVashiti nalokho ayekwenzile nalokho okwakunqunyelwe kuye.

² Izinceku zenkosi ezimkhonzayo zathi: “Inkosi mayifunelwe izintombi ezinhle;

³ Inkosi mayimise izinduna kuzo zonke izifunda zombuso wayo ukuba zibuthe zonke izintombi ezinhle esigodlweni saseSusa, endlini yabesifazane, ngaphansi kwesandla sikaHege, induna yenkosi, umlindi wabesifazane.

⁴ Intombazane enhle enkosini mayibe yindlovukazi esikhundleni sikaVashiti. Le ndaba yaba mnandi enkosini; Futhi wakwenza.

⁵ Kwakukhona esigodlweni saseShushani umJuda othile ogama lakhe linguMoridegayi indodana kaJayire kaSimeyi kaKishi wakwaBenjamini;

⁶ abathunjwa eJerusalema kanye nokuthunjwa kanye noJekoniya, inkosi yakwaJuda, owathunjwa nguNebukadinesari, inkosi yaseBabele.

⁷ Wayesondla uHadasa, ongu-Esteri, indodakazi kayisekazi; ngokuba yayingenayise noma unina, intombazana yayiyinhle, iyinhle; uMoridekayi wafa uyise nonina wayithatha yaba yindodakazi yakhe.

⁸ Lapho kuzwakala umyalo nomyalo wayo wenkosi, nalapho izintombi eziningi zibuthene esigodlweni uSusan ngaphansi kwesandla sikaHegayi, u-Esteri naye walethwa endlini yenkosi ngaphansi kwesandla sikaHegayi umgcini wabesifazane.

⁹ Intombi yamthokozisa, yathola umusa kuyo; washesha wamnika izinto zakhe zokuhlanjululwa, nakho konke okwakhe, nezintombi eziyisikhombisa abemelwe ukuziphiwa, ziphuma endlini yenkosi; wamkhetha yena nezincekukazi zakhe phezu kwendawo enhle kunazo zonke yendlu yabesifazane.

¹⁰ U-Esteri akabatshelanga abantu bakubo nomndeni wakubo, ngoba uMoridegayi wayemyalile ukuba angasho.

¹¹ UMoridegayi wayehamba zonke izinsuku phambi kwegceke lendlu yabesifazane ukuze azi ukuthi u-Esteri unjani nokuthi kuzokwenzekani kuye.

¹² Lapho incekukazi ngayinye ingena ngokudedelana ukungena enkosini u-Ahashiveroshi, isinezinyanga eziyishumi nambili njengomthetho wabesifazane, ngokuba zaphelela kanjalo izinsuku zokuhlanjululwa kwabo, izinyanga eziyisithupha ngamafutha emure, nezinyanga eziyisithupha. Ngephunga elimnandi, nezinye izinto zokuhlanzwa kwabesifazane;

¹³ Zase zifika zonke izintombi enkosini kanje; konke ayekufuna wanikwa ukuthi ahambe laye endlini yabesifazana ukuya endlini yenkosi.

¹⁴ Yahamba kusihlwa, ngangomuso yabuyela endlini yesibili yabesifazane, phansi kwesandla sikaSheshahasi, induna yenkosi, egada izancinza; nokuthi wayeshiwo ngegama.

¹⁵ Lapho kufika ithuba lika-Esteri, indodakazi ka-Abihayili, uyisekazi kaMoridekayi, owamthatha ukuba abe indodakazi yakhe, wangena enkosini, akafunanga lutho ngaphandle kwalokho uHegayi, inceku yenkosi, umlindi wenkosi. Abesifazane, abamisiwe. U-Esteri wazuza umusa emehlweni abo bonke abambonayo.

¹⁶ Ngakho u-Esteri wayiswa enkosini u-Ahashiveroshi endlini yayo yobukhosi ngenyanga yeshumi, eyinyanga kaThebeti, ngomnyaka wesikhombisa wokubusa kwayo.

¹⁷ Inkosi yamthanda u-Esteri ngaphezu kwabo bonke abesifazane, wathola umusa nesihe emehlweni ayo ngaphezu kwazo zonke izintombi; wayesemthwesa umqhele wobukhosi, wamenza indlovukazi esikhundleni sikaVashiti.

¹⁸ Inkosi yayisilungisela zonke izikhulu zayo nezinceku zayo idili elikhulu, idili lika-Esteri; wakhulula izifunda, wapha izipho ngokomthetho wenkosi.

¹⁹ Lapho izintombi zibuthana ngokwesibili, uMoridekayi wahlala phansi esangweni lenkosi.

²⁰ U-Esteri akakasho inzalo yakhe nabantu bakubo; njengokumyala kukaMoridegayi; ngoba u-Esteri wenza umyalo kaMoridegayi njengalapho esondliwa nguye.

²¹ Ngalezo zinsuku lapho uMoridekayi ehlezi esangweni lenkosi, izinceku ezimbili zenkosi, uBhigithani noTeresi, ababeqapha umnyango, bathukuthela bazama ukubeka isandla enkosini u-Ahashiveroshi.

²² Le ndaba yaziwa nguMoridegayi, wayitshela u-Esteri inkosikazi; u-Esteri wayimemezela inkosi yayo egameni likaMoridekayi.

²³ Lapho indaba isiphenyisiswa, yafunyanwa; baphanyekwa bobabili emthini, kwalotshwa encwadini yezindaba zemihla ngemihla phambi kwenkosi.