UEstere
8:1 Ngaloo mini ukumkani uAhaswerosi wayinika indlu kaHaman amaYuda.
lutshaba lukaEstere ukumkanikazi. UMordekayi weza phambi kokumkani; ngenxa
UEstere ubeyixelile into abeyiyo kuye.
8:2 Ukumkani wawukhulula umsesane wakhe, abewuthabathe kuHaman, wawunika
kuMordekayi. UEstere wammisa uMordekayi phezu kwendlu kaHaman.
8:3 Waphinda uEstere, wathetha phambi kokumkani, wawa ezinyaweni zakhe.
waza wambongoza ngeenyembezi, ukuba abususe ububi bukaHaman uYehova
nguAgagi, necebo lakhe awayelenzile ngamaYuda.
8:4 Waza ukumkani wayolulela kuEstere intonga yegolide; Ngoko uEstere
wesuka wema phambi kokumkani.
8:5 wathi, Ukuba kuthe kwalunga kukumkani, ukuba ndithe ndababalwa nguye
emehlweni, nelo zwi lithe tye phambi kokumkani, ndaye ndalunga ke mna
amehlo akhe, mazibhalwe, zijikwe kwiileta aziyilwe nguHaman uYehova
unyana kaHamedata umAgagi, awayibhalayo ukuba awatshabalalise amaYuda
zikuwo onke amaphondo kakumkani.
8:6 Kuba ndingathini na ukuba nako ukububona ububi obuya kubazela abantu bakowethu? okanye
Ndingathini na ukuba nako ukukubona ukutshatyalaliswa kwemizalwane yam?
8:7 Wathi ukumkani uAhaswerosi kuEstere ukumkanikazi, nakuMordekayi ukumkani
Yabona, indlu kaHaman ndiyinike uEstere;
waxhonywa emthini, ngenxa yokuba wasa isandla sakhe kumaYuda.
8:8 Ngokunjalo zibhaleleni amaYuda, ngoko enithanda ngako, egameni lokumkani, nithi
yitywine ngomsesane wokumkani; kuba umbhalo obhaliweyo encwadini
igama lokumkani, elitywinelwe ngomsesane wokumkani, akukho namnye ulibuyisayo.
8:9 Babizwa ke ababhali bokumkani ngelo xesha ngenyanga yesithathu.
oko kukuthi, inyanga enguSivan, ngomhla wamashumi amabini anesithathu kuyo; kwaye yona
kwabhalwa ngako konke uMordekayi awawisa umthetho ngako kumaYuda
kwiirhuluneli, nakumasekela, nabaphathi bamaphondo abathe
ukusuka eIndiya ukuya eKushe, amaphondo alikhulu elinamanci mabini anesixhenxe.
kwiphondo ngalinye ngokombhalo walo, nakwilizwe ngelizwe
abantu ngokolwimi lwabo, nakumaYuda ngokombhalo wabo;
nangolwimi lwabo.
8:10 Wabhala egameni lokumkani uAhaswerosi, walitywina ngelizwi lokumkani.
ikhonkco, bathumela iincwadi ngezigidimi abamahashe, nabakhweli koondlebende;
iinkamela, namathole eenkomo aziinkunzi;
8:11 Uthe ngoko ukumkani wawavumela amaYuda akwimizi ngemizi, ukuba ahlanganisane
bona ngokwabo kunye, nokumela umphefumlo wabo, ukuba batshabalalise, babulale;
nokuwaphelisa onke amandla abantu nelizwe elo
babahlasela, abancinane kwanabafazi, babaphange
babe lixhoba,
8:12 ngamini-nye, emazweni onke kakumkani uAhaswerosi, ngamini-nye
Ngosuku lweshumi elinesithathu lwenyanga yeshumi elinesibini, eyinyanga enguAdare ke leyo.
8:13 Ikopi yombhalo lowo, ukuba awiselwe umthetho onke amazwe ngamazwe;
yavakaliswa kubo bonke abantu, ukuze amaYuda ahlale exhobile
ngaloo mini ukuziphindezelela ezintshabeni zabo.
8:14 Zaphuma ke izigidimi, zikhwele iimeyile neenkamela, zingxamile
kwaye enyanzeliswa ngumthetho wokumkani. Wawiswa ke umthetho lowo
iShushan komkhulu.
8:15 Waphuma uMordekayi ebusweni bokumkani, enengubo yasebukhosini
nemisonto emsi nemhlophe, nesithsaba esikhulu segolide, nengubo yokwaleka
ilinen ecikizekileyo nemfusa; Wavuya umzi waseShushan, wagcoba.
8:16 KumaYuda kwabakho ukukhanya, nokuvuya, nemihlali, nembeko.
8:17 nakuzo zonke iindawo, nakwimizi ngemizi, yonke indawo yokumkani
wafika umthetho nommiselo ke, kwabakho uvuyo nochulumanco kumaYuda, nesidlo
kunye nosuku oluhle. Kwaye into eninzi yabantu belizwe yaba ngamaYuda; ukwenzela i
bafikelwa kukunkwantya ngamaYuda.