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7:1 Beza ke ukumkani noHaman ukuba baye esidlweni noEstere ukumkanikazi.
7:2 Waphinda ukumkani wathi kuEstere nangomhla wesibini emthendelekweni
iwayini, Siyintoni na isibongozo sakho, kumkanikazi Estere? woyinikwa;
Ucela ntoni na? Wenze ke, kude kube kwisiqingatha senyanga
ubukumkani.
7:3 Waphendula uEstere ukumkanikazi, wathi, Ukuba ndibabalwe nguwe
bona, kumkani, ukuba kuthe kwalunga kukumkani, mawunikwe umphefumlo wam ngokwam
isibongozo, nabantu bam, ngokucela kwam.
7:4 Kuba kuthengisiwe ngathi, mna nabantu bakowethu, ukuze sitshatyalaliswe, sibulawe, sibulawe
tshabalala. Ukuba bekuthengiswe ngathi ukuba sibe ngamakhoboka namakhobokazana, bendiya kubamba mna
ulwimi, nangona utshaba lungenako ukumelana nomonakalo wokumkani.
7:5 Waphendula ukumkani uAhaswerosi, wathi kuEstere ukumkanikazi, Ngubani na?
yena, kwaye uphi yena, othe waqiqisa entliziyweni yakhe ukwenjenjalo?
7:6 Wathi uEstere, Umbandezeli, ulutshaba, ngulo Haman ungendawo; Emva koko
UHaman woyika phambi kokumkani nokumkanikazi.
7:7 Wesuka ukumkani, enomsindo, esidlweni sewayini, waya endlwini
Wesuka wema uHaman, ukuba awucelele umphefumlo wakhe kuEstere
ukumkanikazi; ngokuba ebebona ukuba ugqitywe ububi ngaye
ukumkani.
7:8 Wabuya ukumkani emyezweni webhotwe, waya endaweni yenkosi
isidlo sewayini; + yaye uHaman wayewe phezu kwesingqengqelo abekuso uEstere.
Wathi ukumkani, Lo kumkanikazi uya kudlwengula na phambi kwam endlwini?
Lathi lakuphuma elo lizwi emlonyeni wokumkani, babugqubuthele ubuso bukaHaman.
7:9 Wathi uHarbhona, elinye lakumathenwa abemi phambi kokumkani, Nanku
nomthi, lowo uHaman abewenzele uMordekayi, ubuziikubhite ezimashumi mahlanu ubude;
owathetha okulungileyo ngokumkani, umi endlwini kaHaman. Emva koko
Wathi ukumkani, Mxhomeni kuwo.
7:10 Bamxhoma ke uHaman emthini lowo, abewulungisele uMordekayi.
Badamba ke ubushushu bokumkani.