Esteri 5 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Esteri 5

¹ Kwathi ngosuku lwesithathu u-Esteri wembatha ingubo yakhe yobukhosi, wema egcekeni elingaphakathi lendlu yenkosi malungana nendlu yenkosi; inkosi yahlala esihlalweni sayo sobukhosi endlini yenkosi malungana nesango lendlu.

² Lapho inkosi ibona u-Esteri indlovukazi emi egcekeni, wazuza umusa emehlweni ayo; inkosi yelulela u-Esteri intonga yegolide eyayisesandleni sayo. Khona-ke u-Esteri wasondela wathinta isihloko sentonga yobukhosi.

³ Inkosi yasisithi kuye: Ufunani, ndlovukazi Esta? futhi siyini isicelo sakho? uyakunikwa kuze kube yingxenye yombuso.

⁴ U-Esteri wathi: “Uma kukuhle emehlweni enkosi, makeze inkosi noHamani namuhla esidlweni engiyilungisele yona.”

⁵ Inkosi yasisithi: UHamani kaphangise, ukuze enze njengokutsho kukaEsta. Inkosi noHamani base befika esidlweni u-Esteri ayesilungisile.

⁶ Inkosi yasisithi kuEsta edilini lewayini: Uyini umkhuleko wakho? Futhi siyini isicelo sakho? kuyakufezwa engxenyeni yombuso.

⁷ U-Esteri waphendula wathi: “Isicelo sami nesicelo sami yilokhu;

⁸ Uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni enkosi, futhi uma kukuhle enkosini ukunginika umkhuleko wami nokugcwalisa isicelo sami, inkosi noHamani mabeze esidlweni engibalungisele sona, futhi kusasa ngizobalungiselela. Yenza njengokusho kwenkosi.

⁹ Khona-ke uHamani waphuma ngalolo suku ejabula futhi enenhliziyo ejabulayo, kodwa lapho uHamani ebona uMoridekayi esangweni lenkosi ukuthi akasukumanga futhi akazange athuthumele ngenxa yakhe, uHamani wagcwala ulaka ngoMoridekayi.

¹⁰ Kepha uHamani wazibamba, wathi efika endlini yakhe, wabiza abangane bakhe noSereshi umkakhe.

¹¹ UHamani wabalandisa ngenkazimulo yengcebo yakhe, nangobuningi babantwana bakhe, nakho konke inkosi eyamkhulisa ngakho, nokuthi uziphakamisile ngaphezu kwezikhulu nezinceku zenkosi.

¹² Ngaphezu kwalokho, uHamani wathi: “Yebo, indlovukazi u-Esteri ayizange ivumele muntu ukuba angene kanye nenkosi esidlweni eyayisilungisile, ngaphandle kwami; futhi kusasa nami ngizomenywa kuye kanye nenkosi.

¹³ Kodwa konke lokhu akungisizi ngalutho, lapho ngibona uMoridekayi umJuda ehlezi esangweni lenkosi.

¹⁴ Umkakhe uSereshi labo bonke abangane bakhe bathi kuye: “Mawuphakanyiswe ugodo oluyizingalo ezingamashumi ayisihlanu, nikhulume enkosini kusasa ukuba uMoridekayi alengiswe kuso; bese ungena ngokuthokoza kanye nenkosi esidlweni. Lendaba yaba mnandi kuHamani; futhi wenza ugodo.