Esta 6:1-14
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Modekhayi uhlonishwa yinkhosi (1-14)
6 Kulobo busuku inkhosi beyingakhoni kulala.* Ngako yatsi akuletfwe incwadzi yemlandvo wangaleso sikhatsi,+ futsi yafundzelwa yona.
2 Kulencwadzi bekubhalwe loko Modekhayi lebekakubikile mayelana naBikthani naThereshi, labebatiphatsimandla letimbili tenkhosi lebetibogadzi bemnyango wesigodlo, futsi lebebente lichinga lekubulala* iNkhosi Ahashiveroshi.+
3 Inkhosi yabuta yatsi: “Yini lesimbonge ngayo Modekhayi futsi simnike mvuzo muni ngaloku?” Tisebenti tenkhosi taphendvula tatsi: “Kute lentelwe kona.”
4 Ngekuhamba kwesikhatsi, inkhosi yatsi: “Kunabani ngephandle?” Hamani bekasembikwendlu*+ yenkhosi etele kutewukhuluma nenkhosi ngekulengisa Modekhayi elugodvweni labekamlungisele lona.+
5 Tinceku tenkhosi tatsi kuyo: “KunaHamani+ langephandle.” Ngako inkhosi yatsi: “Mngeniseni.”
6 Ngesikhatsi Hamani angena, inkhosi yatsi kuye: “Inkhosi ingamentelani umuntfu lefuna kumbonga?” Hamani wacabanga watsi: “Ngubani nje inkhosi lengafuna kumbonga ngaphandle kwami?”+
7 Ngako Hamani watsi enkhosini: “Umuntfu inkhosi lefuna kumbonga,
8 akaletselwe tembatfo tasebukhosini+ letigcokwa yinkhosi kanye nelihhashi leligitjelwa ngiyo, inhloko yalo ihlotjiswe ngemihlobiso yasebukhosini.
9 Letembatfo kanye nalelihhashi kufanele kubukwe ngulenye yetindvuna tenkhosi letihloniphekile, futsi kufanele kugcokiswe lomuntfu inkhosi lefuna kumbonga bese ugitjeliswa kulelihhashi lihambe esigcawini selidolobha. Kufanele kumenyetwe embikwakhe kutsiwe: ‘Naku-ke inkhosi lementela kona umuntfu lefuna kumbonga!’”+
10 Ngaso leso sikhatsi, inkhosi yatsi kuHamani: “Sheshisa! Tsatsa letembatfo kanye nalelihhashi bese loko lokushito ukwentela Modekhayi umJuda lohlala esangweni lenkhosi. Ubokwenta konkhe.”
11 Ngako Hamani watsatsa letembatfo watigcokisa Modekhayi,+ wabese umgibelisa kulelihhashi, wahamba naye esigcawini selidolobha futsi wamemeta embikwakhe watsi: “Naku-ke inkhosi lementela kona umuntfu lefuna kumbonga!”
12 Ngemuva kwaloko Modekhayi wabuyela esangweni lenkhosi, kodvwa Hamani waphutfuma waya endlini yakhe, alila futsi atimbonye inhloko.
13 Watsi Hamani nakacocela umfati wakhe Zereshi+ nabo bonkhe bangani bakhe konkhe lobekwentekile kuye, beluleki bakhe* kanye nemfati wakhe batsi kuye: “Njengobe Modekhayi losasesikhundleni lesiphakeme kunesakho angumJuda,* ngeke umehlule, kunaloko utakuncoba.”
14 Nabasakhuluma naye, tiphatsimandla tenkhosi tefika futsi tamtsatsa masinyane Hamani tamyisa edzilini lebelentiwe ngu-Esta.+
Imibhalo lengentansi
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “yaphelelwa butfongo.”
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “lekubeka sandla.”
^ Nobe “bekasembikwesigodlo.”
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “emadvodza lahlakaniphile.”
^ NgesiHebheru kutsi, “avela enhlanyelweni yemaJuda.”
