Esteri 6 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Esteri 6

¹ Ngalobo busuku inkosi ayizange ilale ubuthongo, yayala ukuba kulethwe incwadi yemilando; zafundwa phambi kwenkosi.

² Kwatholakala kulotshiwe ukuthi uMoridegayi walandisa ngoBhigitana noTeresi, izincekukazi ezimbili zenkosi, abalindisango, ababezama ukubeka isandla enkosini u-Ahashiveroshi.

³ Inkosi yasisithi: Ludumo luni lesithunzi uMordekhayi akwenzileyo ngalokhu? Izinceku zenkosi ezaziyikhonza zathi: “Akenziwanga lutho.”

⁴ Inkosi yasisithi: Ngubani osegcekeni? UHamani wayesengena egcekeni elingaphandle lendlu yenkosi ukukhuluma nenkosi ukuphanyeka uMoridekayi emthini abemlungisele yona.

⁵ Izinceku zenkosi zathi kuye: “Bheka, uHamani umi egcekeni.” Yathi inkosi: “Makangene.”

⁶ Lapho uHamani engena, inkosi yathi kuye: “Makwenziweni ngomuntu inkosi ethanda ukumdumisa na? UHamani wasesithi enhliziyweni yakhe: Inkosi ingathokoza bani ukudumisa ngaphandle kwami?

⁷ UHamani wasesithi enkosini: Ngoba umuntu inkosi ethanda ukumdumisa.

⁸ Makulethwe ingubo yobukhosi inkosi eyembathayo, nehhashi eligibele inkosi, nomqhele wobukhosi obekwe ekhanda layo.

⁹ Le ngubo nehhashi makunikezwe esandleni sesinye sezikhulu zenkosi ezihlonipheke kakhulu ukuba zigqokise umuntu inkosi ethanda ukumdumisa ngayo, zimlethe ngehhashi ezitaladini zomuzi, zimemeze phambi kwakhe, Kuyakwenziwa kanjalo kumuntu inkosi ethanda ukumdumisa.

¹⁰ Inkosi yathi kuHamani: “Shesha uthathe ingubo nehhashi njengokusho kwakho, wenze njalo kumJuda uMoridegayi ohlezi esangweni lenkosi; ungavimbi lutho kukho konke okukhulumile.

¹¹ UHamani wayesethatha ingubo nehhashi, wembathisa uMoridegayi, wamkhwelisa esigcawini somuzi, wamemeza phambi kwakhe, wathi: Makwenziwe kanje kumuntu inkosi emfunayo.

¹² UMoridekayi wabuye wafika esangweni lenkosi; Kepha uHamani waphuthuma endlini yakhe, elila, ezimboze ikhanda.

¹³ UHamani wamtshela uSeresi umkakhe nabo bonke abangane bakhe ngakho konke okumehleleyo. Izazi zakhe noSeresi umkakhe zathi kuye: “Uma uMoridegayi oqale ukuwa phambi kwakhe engowenzalo yabaJuda, awuyikumhlula, kepha uyakuwa nokuwa phambi kwakhe.

¹⁴ Kwathi zisakhuluma naye, kwafika izinceku zenkosi, zamphuthumisa uHamani esidlweni u-Esteri ayesilungisile.