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1:1 Ke kaloku kwathi, ngemihla ka-Ahaswerosi, lo nguAhaswerosi.
walawula, ukusuka eIndiya ukuya kutsho kwaTiyopiya, ngaphezu kwekhulu elinesixhenxe kunye
amaphondo angamashumi amabini :)
1:2 Ngaloo mihla, xa ukumkani uAhaswerosi wayehleli etroneni yakhe
ubukumkani obuseShushan komkhulu;
1:3 Ngomnyaka wesithathu wobukumkani bakhe, wabenzela isidlo abathetheli bakhe bonke
abakhonzi bakhe; amandla amaPersi namaMedi, amanene nabathetheli
amaphondo aphambi kwakhe;
1:4 akubon' ukuba ubonisa ubutyebi obuzukileyo bobukumkani bakhe, nozuko lobukumkani bakhe
ubungangamsha bemihla emininzi, imihla elikhulu elinamanci asibhozo.
1:5 Ke kaloku zakuzaliseka ezo ntsuku, ukumkani wenzela bonke isidlo
abantu ababefumaneka eShushan komkhulu, bethabathela kwabakhulu, besa kwabakhulu
iintsuku ezisixhenxe, entendelezweni yomyezo wendlu yokumkani;
1:6 Apho bekukho amawunduwundu amhlophe, naluhlaza, naluhlaza, ebotshelelwe ngemisonto yegolide
Ilinen ecikizekileyo, emfusa, iye kumakhonkco esilivere, neentsika zemarmore emhlophe;
igolide, nesilivere, phezu kombekelelo wamatye abomvu, nemisonto emsi, namhlophe, namnyama;
ibhastile.
1:7 Baseza ngeempahla zegolide;
omnye komnye,) newayini yasebukhosini ininzi, ngokutsho korhulumente
yokumkani.
1:8 Ukusela kwakungokomthetho; akukho namnye wanyanzelayo; kuba bekunjalo
Ukumkani wabamisela bonke abathetheli bendlu yakhe, ukuba benze
ngokokuthanda komntu wonke.
1:9 Kananjalo uVashti ukumkanikazi wenzela abafazi isidlo endlwini yakomkhulu
eyayikakumkani uAhaswerosi.
1:10 Kwathi ngomhla wesixhenxe, ithe intliziyo yokumkani yachwayitha yiwayini, wasuka yena
wabawisela umthetho ooMehuman, noBhizeta, noHarbhona, noBhigeta, noAbhageta, noZetare, no
uKarkas, amathenwa asixhenxe, abekhonza phambi koAhaswerosi
ikumkani,
1:11 mabamzise uVashti ukumkanikazi phambi kokumkani enonkontsho lobukumkanikazi, ukuba abonise
abantu nabathetheli ubuhle bakhe; ngokuba ebemhle imbonakalo.
1:12 Akavuma ukumkanikazi uVashti ukuza ngelizwi lokumkani ngesandla sakhe
Wavutha umsindo kunene ukumkani, wavutha umsindo wakhe
yena.
1:13 Wathi ukumkani kwizilumko, ezaziwazi amaxesha, ngokuba ebenjalo
isiko lokumkani kubo bonke abawazi umthetho nesiko;
1:14 Olandelayo yiKarshena, noShetare, neAdimata, neTarshishe, neMeres,
iMarsena, noMemukan, abathetheli abasixhenxe bamaPersi namaMedi, ababebona
ubuso bokumkani, obengowokuqala ebukumkanini;
1:15 Ngokomthetho siya kumenza ntoni na ukumkanikazi uVashti, ngokuba uyena
akawenzanga umthetho kakumkani uAhaswerosi
amalawuli?
1:16 Waphendula uMemukan phambi kokumkani nabathetheli, wathi, uVashti, ukumkanikazi
akone kukumkani yedwa;
kubo bonke abantu abasemazweni onke kakumkani uAhaswerosi.
1:17 Kuba le nto yokumkanikazi iya kuphuma, ifikelele kubo bonke abafazi, ukuze
bawadelele amadoda abo emehlweni abo, kwakuba kuthe kwenzeka
Kwathiwa, Ukumkani uAhaswerosi wathi makeziswe uVashti ukumkanikazi
phambi kwakhe, akeza.
1:18 Kwanamhla oku iintokazi zamaPersi namaMedi ziya kuthetha kwizizwe zonke
nabathetheli bokumkani, abayivayo le nto yokumkanikazi. Kuya kuba njalo
kunyuka ukudela noburhalarhume.
1:19 Ukuba kuthe kwalunga kukumkani, makuphume ilizwi lokumkani kuye, liphume kuye
mayibhalwe emithethweni yamaPersi namaMedi, ithi yona
Musa ukujikwa, ukuze uVashti angabi seza phambi kokumkani uAhaswerosi; kwaye vumela
Ubukumkani bakhe ukumkani wabunika omnye olungileyo kunaye.
1:20 Wothi ke, wakuvakala umthetho wokumkani, aya kuwenza
ebukumkanini bakhe bonke (ngokuba bukhulu), bonke abafazi baya kunika
wabeke amadoda abo, kwenkulu kwanancinane.
1:21 Ilizwi elo lalunga emehlweni okumkani nabathetheli. wenjenjalo ukumkani
ngokwelizwi likaMemukan.
1:22 Wathumela iincwadi emazweni onke kakumkani, emazweni onke;
ngokombhalo wayo, nabantu bonke ngokwesiko labo
ngolwimi, ukuba elowo alawule kweyakhe indlu, kube njalo
ifanele ipapashwe ngokolwimi lwabantu bonke.