Esteri 7 - Contemporary Zulu Bible 2024

Esteri 7

¹ Inkosi noHamani base befika ukudla no-Esteri inkosikazi.

² Inkosi yasisithi kuEsta ngosuku lwesibili edilini lewayini: Uyini umthandazo wakho, ndlovukazi Esta? Futhi siyini isicelo sakho? uyakufezwa kuze kube yingxenye yombuso.

³ Indlovukazi u-Esteri yasiphendula yathi: “Uma ngifumene umusa emehlweni akho, nkosi, futhi uma kukuhle enkosini, mangiphiwe ukuphila kwami ngokucela kwami nakubantu bami ngokucela kwami.

⁴ Ngokuba sithengisiwe, mina nabantu bami, ukuba sibhujiswe, sibulawe, sibhubhe. Kodwa uma sithengiswa sibe yizigqila nezigqilakazi, ngangithula ulimi lwami, nakuba isitha sasingenakubuyisela umonakalo wenkosi.

⁵ Inkosi u-Ahashiveroshi yasiphendula yathi ku-Esteri indlovukazi: “Ngubani lowo, futhi uphi lowo ozidlayo enhliziyweni yakhe ukwenza lokhu na?

⁶ U-Esteri wathi: “Isitha nesitha nguHamani lo omubi.” Khona-ke uHamani wesaba inkosi nendlovukazi.

⁷ Inkosi yasukuma ngolaka lwayo edilini lewayini, yaya ensimini yesigodlo; uHamani wasukuma ukuba acele ukuphila kwakhe ku-Esteri inkosikazi; ngoba wabona ukuthi inkosi yayinqume okubi phezu kwakhe.

⁸ Inkosi yayisibuya ensimini yendlu yenkosi, yaya endaweni yedili; uHamani wawela embhedeni u-Esteri ayekuwo. Inkosi yasisithi: Indlovukazi izangena endlini phambi kwami yini? Kwathi ekuphumeni kwelizwi emlonyeni wenkosi, babumbesa ubuso bukaHamani.

⁹ UHaribona, omunye wezinceku, wathi phambi kwenkosi: “Bheka, futhi umgxobo oyizingalo ezingamashumi amahlanu ukuphakama, uHamani awenzela uMoridekayi owakhuluma kahle ngenkosi, umi endlini kaHamani.” Inkosi yasisithi: Mphanyekeni kuso.

¹⁰ Basebemphanyeka uHamani emthini ayewulungisele uMoridekayi. Lwase luphela ulaka lwenkosi.