UEstere 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.