Esther 3

Xhosa 2024 (ITestamente Entsha)

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1Emva koko ukumkani uAsuwerosi wamphakamisa uHaman, unyana kaHamedata, umAgagi, wamphakamisa, wambeka etroneni yakhe ngaphezu kwabathetheli bonke ababenaye.

2Bonke abakhonzi bokumkani, ababesesangweni lokumkani, baqubuda, baqubuda kuHaman; ngokuba ukumkani ubewise umthetho wenjenjalo ngaye. Ke yena uMordekayi akaqubuda kuye, akamhlonela;

3Bathi abakhonzi bokumkani, ababesesangweni lokumkani kuMordekayi, Yini na ukuba uwaphule umthetho wokumkani?

4Ke kaloku, bathetha naye imini yonke, akabaphulaphula; bamxelela uHaman, ukuba aya kuma na amazwi kaMordekayi, kuba ubebaxelele ukuba yena ungumYuda.

5Wabona uHaman ukuba uMordekayi akaguqi, nokuba akamzukisa; wavutha ngumsindo uHaman.

6Wagweba uMordekayi yedwa ukuba amse izandla; ngokuba bambonise abantu bakuloMordekayi; ngoko ke, uHaman wazama ukuwatshabalalisa onke amaYuda kubo bonke ubukumkani baseAsswerosi, abantu bakaMordekayi.

7Ngenyanga yokuqala, oko kukuthi, inyanga enguNisan, ngonyaka weshumi elinesibini kaKumkani uAhaswerosi, benza iPuri, oko kukuthi, amaqashiso, phambi koHaman yonke imihla nenyanga nganye, kwada kwayinyanga yeshumi elinesibini, oko kukuthi inyanga enguAdare.

8Wathi uHaman kukumkani uAhaswerosi, Kukho olunye uhlanga oluthe saa, oluthe saa ezintlangeni emazweni onke obukumkani bakho; nemithetho yabo yahlukile kweyabo bonke abantu; nemithetho yokumkani abayigcini; ke ngoko, akulungile ukuba ukumkani anyamezele.

9Ukuba kulungile kukumkani, makubhalwe ukuba zitshatyalaliswe, yaye ndonikela ishumi lamawaka eetalente zesilivere esandleni sabo banomcimbi wokuzizisa kwindawo yokugcina ubuncwane kakumkani.

10Ukumkani wawukhulula umsesane wakhe esandleni sakhe, wawunika uHaman, unyana kaHadete, umAgagi, umbandezeli wamaYuda.

11Wathi ukumkani kuHaman, Unikiwe isilivere, wena nabantu; yenza kubo ngokokuthanda kwakho.

12Babizwa ke ababhali bakakumkani ngomhla weshumi elinesithathu wenyanga yokuqala, kwaza kwabhalwa ngokoko konke awakuthethayo uHaman kubaphathiswa bakakumkani, neerhuluneli ezaziphethe isithili ngasinye, nakubalawuli bezizwe zonke ezivela kumazwe ngamazwe amanye amazwe isithili ngasinye sinombhalo waso, kwaye isizwe ngasinye sinolwimi lwaso; yabhalwa egameni likaKumkani uAhaswerosi yaza yatywinwa ngomsesane kakumkani.

13Kwathunyelwa iincwadi kuwo onke amaphondo kakumkani, ukuba kutshatyalaliswe, kubulawe, kutshatyalaliswe onke amaYuda, kuthabathele komncinane kuse kwixhego, abantwana nabafazi, ngamini-nye, ngomhla weshumi elinesithathu lweshumi elinesibini elinesibini yinyanga enguAdare ke, niyiphange imfuyo yabo.

14Ikopi yomthetho, eyayiza kuwiswa iphondo ngalinye, yaziswa kuzo zonke iintlanga, ukuba ziya kuhlala zilungile loo mini.

15Amanani aphuma ngokukhawuleza ngokomyalelo kakumkani, yaye umyalelo weza kuSusan ebhotwe. Ukumkani noHaman bahlala phantsi, basela; kodwa isixeko sakwaSusan sasisiphithiphithi.

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