Esther 1

Xhosa 2024 (ITestamente Entsha)

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1Ngemihla ka-Assuwerosi ibinguAsuwerosi obelawula amazwe alikhulu elinamanci mabini anesixhenxe, ethabathela eIndiya, wesa kwaKushi,

2ngelo xesha, ukumkani uAsuwerosi ebehleli etroneni yobukumkani bakhe kumzi waseShushan;

3Ngomnyaka wesithathu wobukumkani bakhe wabenzela isidlo abathetheli bakhe nabakhonzi bakhe; Igunya lamaPersi namaMedi, nabathetheli, nabathetheli bamazwe, baphambi kwakhe;

4Ekubonakaliseni kwakhe ubutyebi obuzukileyo bobukumkani bakhe, nobuqaqawuli bobungangamsha bobuhle bakhe imihla emininzi, eziintsuku ezilikhulu elinamanci asibhozo anesibini.

5Ekupheleni kwaloo mihla, ukumkani wabenzela isidlo bonke abantu ababeseShushan komkhulu iintsuku zasixhenxe, kwathabathela koyena mkhulu kwesa komncinane, entendelezweni yomyezo wendlu yokumkani;

6Amawunduwundu aba ke ngelinen ecikizekileyo, nemfusa, ebotshelelwe emakhonkcweni esilivere, neentsika zemarmore emhlophe;

7Basela ngeempahla zegolide (ezingezinye) newayini yokumkani ibeninzi, ngokwesigxina sokumkani.

8Ukusela kwakusemthethweni; bekungekho bani ukunyanzelayo, ngokuba ukumkani ubemise bonke abagcini bendlu yakhe, ukuba benze njengoko babefuna bonke abantu.

9Ukumkanikazi uVashti wenzela abafazi isidlo kwibhotwe likakumkani uAhaswerosi.

10Kwathi ngomhla wesixhenxe, yakuchwayitha intliziyo yokumkani yiwayini, wabawisela umthetho ooMehumane, noBhishta, noHarbhona, noBhigeta, noAbhagta, noSetar, noKarkas, abalungiseleli abasixhenxe phambi kokumkani uAhaswerosi;

11mabamzise uVashti, ukumkanikazi phambi kokumkani, enesithsaba sobukumkani, ukuba abonise abantu nabathetheli ubuhle bakhe;

12Akavumanga ukumkanikazi uVashti ukuza ngelizwi lokumkani ngabakhonzi bakhe; ke ngoko, ukumkani waba nomsindo kakhulu, waza wavutha umsindo wakhe ngaphakathi kwakhe.

13Wandula ke ukumkani wathi kwizilumko ezaziwazi amaxesha, ekubeni isimo sengqondo sikakumkani sasinjalo kubo bonke ababewazi umthetho nokusesikweni.

14Ngakuye ibinguKarsena, noSetar, neAdmata, noTarshishe, noMerese, noMarsena, noMemukane, iinkosana ezisixhenxe zamaPersi namaMedi, ezabubonayo ubuso bokumkani, ukuba zibe ngowokuqala ukuhlala ebukumkanini.

15Ngokomthetho, siya kuthini na ngoKumkanikazi uVashti, ekubeni engazange awuphumeze umyalelo kaKumkani uAhaswerosi nabalungiseleli?

16Waphendula uMemukane phambi kokumkani namaphakathi, wathi, Ukumkanikazi uVashti akone kukumkani yedwa;

17Kuba esi senzo sokumkanikazi siya kubonakala kubafazi bonke, bawadelele amadoda abo emehlweni abo, xa kuthiwa, Ukumkani uAsuwerosi wathi, mayiziswe phambi kwakhe inkosikazi uVashti, yenjenjalo ungezi.

18Namhlanje ookumkanikazi basePersi naseMedi baya kuzixela zonke iinkosana zokumkani eziyivileyo le nto yokumkanikazi; Kuya kuvela indelelo eninzi nomsindo.

19Ukuba kubonakala kulungile kukumkani, mawuhle uye kuye umthetho wasebukhosini, ubhalwe emthethweni wamaPersi namaMedi, ukuze ungaguquki, ukuba uVashti akezi kwakhona phambi kokumkani uAhaswerosi; Ukumkani makanikele ubuncwane bakhe kolungileyo kunaye.

20Emva komyalelo kakumkani uya kwaziwa ebukumkanini bakhe bonke (ngokuba bukhulu), bonke abafazi bafanele bawahlonele amadoda abo, amakhulu namancinane.

21Lalunga elo lizwi kukumkani nabathetheli; Wenza ke ukumkani ngokwelizwi likaMemukane.

22Wathumela iincwadi emazweni onke kakumkani, kwisithili ngasinye ngokweencwadi zaso, kwisizwe ngasinye ngokweentetho zaso, ukuba silawule elowo endlwini yakhe, ukuba abonakale ngokwentetho yaso wonke umntu umntu.

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