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3:1 Emveni kwezo zinto, ukumkani uAhaswerosi wamphakamisa uHaman, unyana ka-Ahaswerosi
UHamedata umAgagi wamphakamisa, wasimisa isihlalo sakhe ngaphezu kwezizwe zonke
Abathetheli ababenaye.
3:2 Bonke abakhonzi bokumkani, ababesesangweni lokumkani, baqubuda, baqubuda
Wamhlonela uHaman; ngokuba ukumkani ubewise umthetho wenjenjalo ngaye. Kodwa
UMordekayi akaqubuda, akaqubuda kuye.
3:3 Bathi abakhonzi bokumkani, ababesesangweni lokumkani
UMordekayi, Yini na ukuba uwugqithe umthetho wokumkani?
3:4 Kwathi ke, bakumana ukutsho kuye imihla ngemihla, wabaphulaphula
akabaxelelanga ukuba bamxelele uHaman, ukukhangela ukuba amazwi kaMordekayi na
kuba ubebaxelele ukuba yena ungumYuda.
3:5 Wabona uHaman ukuba uMordekayi akaguqi, akaqubuda kuye
Wavutha ngumsindo uHaman.
3:6 Wakucekisa ukuba amse izandla uMordekayi yedwa; kuba babebonisile
Waza ke uHaman wabatshabalalisa bonke abantu bakaMordekayi
AmaYuda awayesebukumkanini bonke buka-Ahaswerosi
abantu bakaMordekayi.
3:7 Ngenyanga yokuqala, oko kukuthi, inyanga enguNisan, ngomnyaka weshumi elinambini
Ukumkani uAhaswerosi bawisa iPuri, oko kukuthi, iqashiso, phambi koHaman kwasemini
namhlanje, inyanga nenyanga, ukuya kwinyanga yeshumi elinesibini, oko kukuthi, inyanga
inyanga uAdare.
3:8 Wathi uHaman kukumkani uAhaswerosi, Kukho abantu abathile abathe saa
abasasazekileyo phakathi kwezizwe emazweni onke akowenu
ubukumkani; nemithetho yabo yahlukile kweyabantu bonke; kananjalo abagcini
nemithetho yokumkani; ke akufanelekile ukuba ukumkani ayeke
bona.
3:9 Ukuba kuthe kwalunga kukumkani, makubhalwe ukuba batshatyalaliswe
Ndiya kuhlawula ishumi lamawaka eetalente zesilivere ezandleni zabo
Umphathiswa weshishini elo, uyingenise ebuncwaneni bokumkani.
3:10 Ukumkani wawukhulula umsesane wakhe esandleni sakhe, wawunika uHaman unyana
kaHamedata umAgagi, umbandezeli wamaYuda.
3:11 Wathi ukumkani kuHaman, Uyinikiwe abantu isilivere leyo
wenze kuzo njengoko kulungileyo emehlweni akho.
3:12 Kwaza kwabizwa ababhali bokumkani ngomhla weshumi elinesithathu wokuqala
kwabhalwa ngako konke abewise umthetho ngako uHaman
kwiirhuluneli zokumkani, nakumabamba aphezu kwento yonke;
nakubathetheli bezizwe ngezizwe zamazwe ngamazwe, ngokwezizwe ngezizwe
ukubhalwa kwayo, nezizwe ngezizwe ngokwentetho yazo; kwi
kwabhalwa igama lokumkani uAhaswerosi, kwatywinwa ngomsesane wokumkani.
3:13 Zathunyelwa iincwadi ngezigidimi kuwo onke amaphondo kakumkani, ukuba
ukutshabalalisa, nokuwatshabalalisa onke amaYuda, kuthabathele komncinane nakwixhego;
abantwana abancinane nabafazi, ngamini-nye, nangomhla weshumi elinesithathu kuyo
ngenyanga yeshumi elinesibini (yinyanga enguAdare ke leyo), ukuba kuthengwe amaxhoba
babe lixhoba.
3:14 Ikopi yombhalo lowo, yokuze awiselwe umthetho onke amazwe ngamazwe;
kwavakaliswa kubo bonke abantu, ukuba bakulungele oko
usuku.
3:15 Izigidimi zaphuma zingxamile ngelizwi lokumkani;
umthetho wawiswa eShushan komkhulu. Bahlala ke ukumkani noHaman
ukusela; Ke yona isixeko saseShushan sasididekile.