Esteri 1:1 Kwathi emihleni ka-Ahashiveroshi, lowo ngu-Ahashiveroshi wabusa, kusukela eNdiya kuze kube Ethiopia, phezu kwekhulu nesikhombisa futhi izifundazwe ezingamashumi amabili :) 1:2 Ukuthi ngalezo zinsuku, lapho inkosi u-Ahashiveroshi ehlezi esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi umbuso owawuseShushani endlini yenkosi, 1:3 Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kwakhe, wenza idili zonke izikhulu zakhe kanye izinceku zakhe; amandla asePheresiya naseMediya, izikhulu nezikhulu zase izifunda, eziphambi kwakhe; 1:4 Lapho ebonisa ingcebo yombuso wakhe wenkazimulo nodumo lwakhe ubukhosi obuhle kakhulu izinsuku eziningi, yebo izinsuku eziyikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili. 1:5 Kwathi seziphelile lezo zinsuku, inkosi yenza idili kubo bonke abantu ababekhona eShushani endlini yenkosi, kusukela kwabakhulu kanye encane, izinsuku eziyisikhombisa, egcekeni lensimu yendlu yenkosi; 1:6 Lapho kwakukhona ezimhlophe, oluhlaza, futhi blue, izilenge, eboshelwe ngezintambo ezinhle Amasongo esiliva nelineni eliyibubende namasongo esiliva nezinsika zemabula; igolide nesiliva endaweni egandaywe ngokubomvu, nokuluhlaza, nokumhlophe, nokumnyama; imabula. 1:7 Futhi babaphuzisa ezitsheni zegolide, (izitsha ezihlukahlukene omunye komunye,) newayini lasebukhosini ngobuningi, ngokusho kombuso wenkosi. 1:8 Ukuphuza kwakungokomthetho; akakho owaphoqelelayo: ngokuba kunjalo inkosi yayimisele zonke izikhulu zendlu yayo ukuba zikwenze ngokwentando yawo wonke umuntu. 1:9 Futhi uVashiti, indlovukazi, wenzela abesifazane idili endlini yenkosi okwakungeyenkosi u-Ahashiveroshi. 1:10 Ngosuku lwesikhombisa, lapho inhliziyo yenkosi ijabule ngewayini, yena wayala uMehumani, noBhizitha, noHarbona, noBigitha, no-Abagtha, noZethari, kanye UCarkasi, izinduna eziyisikhombisa ezazikhonza phambi kuka-Ahashiveroshi Inkosi, 1:11 Ukuletha uVashiti indlovukazi phambi kwenkosi, nomqhele wobukhosi, ukuze abonise abantu nezikhulu ubuhle bakhe, ngokuba wayemuhle ukubukwa. 1:12 Kodwa indlovukazi uVashiti wala ukuza ngesiyalezo senkosi ngesandla sakhe Ngakho inkosi yathukuthela kakhulu, lolaka lwayo lwavutha yena. 1:13 Khona-ke inkosi yathi kwabahlakaniphileyo ababezazi izikhathi, ngoba kwakunjalo indlela yenkosi kubo bonke abawazi umthetho nokwahlulela; 1:14 Futhi eduze kwakhe kwakukhona iKarshena, noShethari, Admatha, Tarshishi, Meresi, iMarsena, noMemukani, izikhulu eziyisikhombisa zasePheresiya naseMediya, ababebona ubuso benkosi, owahlala owokuqala embusweni;) 1:15 Sizokwenzani kuVashiti indlovukazi ngokomthetho, ngoba yena akawenzanga umyalo wenkosi u-Ahashiveroshi ngesandla sakhe ama-chamberlains? 1:16 Futhi uMemukani waphendula phambi kwenkosi nezikhulu, uVashiti, indlovukazi akonanga enkosini kuphela, kodwa nakuzo zonke izikhulu, kanye kubo bonke abantu abasezifundeni zonke zenkosi u-Ahashiveroshi. 1:17 Ngoba lesi senzo sendlovukazi uyovela kubo bonke abesifazane, ukuze bayakuwadelela amadoda abo emehlweni abo, lapho sekwenzeka yabika, inkosi u-Ahashiveroshi yayala uVashiti indlovukazi ukuba alethwe phambi kwakhe, kepha akezanga. 1:18 Ngokufanayo nabesifazane basePheresiya naseMediya bayothi namuhla kubo bonke izikhulu zenkosi, ezizwile ngesenzo sendlovukazi. Kuyoba njalo kuphakama indelelo enkulu nolaka. 1:19 Uma kukuhle enkosini, makuphume umyalo wobukhosi ovela kuye, futhi akulotshwe emithethweni yamaPheresiya lamaMede, ukuthi ungaguqulwa, ukuze uVashiti angabe esafika phambi kwenkosi u-Ahashiveroshi; futhi ake inkosi yanika omunye ongcono kunaye ubukhosi bakhe. 1:20 Futhi lapho isimemezelo senkosi eyokwenza uyomenyezelwa kuwo wonke umbuso wayo, ngokuba mkhulu, bonke abafazi bayakunikela bahloniphe abayeni babo, abakhulu nabancane. 1:21 Leli zwi lalijabulisa inkosi nezikhulu; inkosi yenza njalo ngokwezwi likaMemukani: 1:22 Ngoba wathumela izincwadi kuzo zonke izifunda zenkosi, kuzo zonke izifundazwe ngokombhalo walo, lakubo bonke abantu njengabo ulimi, ukuthi yilowo nalowo abuse endlini yakhe, nokuthi kufanele ishicilelwe ngokolimi lwabo bonke abantu.