AmaJuda anikwa ilungelo lokuzikhusela
1Kwangaloo mini ke ukumkani uAsuwerosi wawunikela kukumkanikazi uEstere umzi kaHaman owayelutshaba lwamaJuda. Ke uModekayi weza kungena kwakumkani, kuba ukumkani wayexelelwe nguEstere indlela abazalana ngayo. 2Ukumkani wawukhulula emnweni wakhe umsesane wakhe wokunyathelisa, lowo wayebuye wawohlutha kuHaman, waza wawunika uModekayi. Ke uEstere wawunikezela kuModekayi umzi kaHaman.
3Ke kaloku uEstere wabuya wathetha nokumkani, eguqe ezinyaweni zakhe elila. Wambongoza ukuba alitshitshise iyelenqe lokutshabalalisa amaJuda elaliqulunqwe nguHaman um-Agagi. 4Waza ke ukumkani wathatha intonga yakhe yokulawula yegolide, wayolulela kuEstere, waza ke yena waphakama wema phambi kokumkani.
5UEstere wathi: “Xa kukholekile kuwe, kumkani, ukuba uyandamkela, ubona ukuba yinto entle le, ube nam undithakazelela, makukhutshwe isihlokomiso esitshitshisa esiya sikaHaman unyana kaHamedata um-Agagi, eso wayesibhalele ukutshabalalisa amaJuda kuzo zonke izithili zikakumkani. 6Uthi ndingathini kodwa ukusinyamezela isithwakumbe esinje phezu kwabantu bakowethu? Ndingathini ukubukela amawethu etshatyalaliswa?”
7Ke kaloku ukumkani uAsuwerosi wamphendula ukumkanikazi uEstere enoModekayi umJuda wathi: “Ngenxa yokuba uHaman ehlasele amaJuda, umzi wakhe ndiwunikezele kuEstere. Ke yena uHaman ndimxhome emthini olungiselelwe oko. 8Ngoko ke bhalani esinye isihlokomiso egameni likakumkani ngenxa yamaJuda, nithethe ngaloo ndlela iya kuthi ifaneleke kuni, nize nisinyathelise ngomsesane kakumkani. Kaloku yonke into ebhalwe egameni likakumkani yaza yanyatheliswa ngomsesane wakhe ayinakuze iguqulwe.”
9Ngoko nangoko oonobhala bakomkhulu babizwa ngomhla wamashumi mabini anantathu kwinyanga yesithathu uSivan. Babhala ngokwemiyalelo kaModekayi eyayibhekiswa kumaJuda neerhuluneli nabalawuli nezikhulu zaloo maphondo alikhulu mashumi mabini anesixhenxe, kuqalela kwelaseIndiya kuthi xhaxhe ngeKushe. Ezi zihlokomiso zabhalwa ngobhalo nangolwimi lwephondo ngalinye, kananjalo zabhekiswa nakumaJuda ngobhalo nolwimi lwawo. 10UModekayi wabhala egameni likakumkani uAsuwerosi, wazinyathelisa izihlokomiso ezo ngomsesane kakumkani, waza wazithumela ngezigidimi ezikhwele amahashe anamendu aluhlobo olufuywa kwakumkani.
11Esi sihlokomiso sikakumkani amaJuda azo zonke izixeko sawanika ilungelo lokuba aqokelelane azikhusele, atshabalalise abulale ade atshitshise nabani na oxhobileyo noba ngowaluphi na uhlanga okanye ngowaliphi na iphondo, xa ewahlasela ndawonye nabafazi nabantwana bawo, aze ahluthe nantoni na eyeyotshaba lwawo. 12Usuku olwamiselwa amaJuda ukuba enze le nto kuwo onke amaphondo olawulo lukakumkani uAsuwerosi yaba ngumhla weshumi elinesithathu kwinyanga yeshumi elinambini uAdare. 13Ke ikopi yalo mthetho yayiza kukhutshelwa iphondo ngalinye, ibhengezwe kubantu bohlanga ngalunye, ukuze amaJuda alungele ukuziphindezela ngaloo mini kwiintshaba zawo.
14Zaphuma ke izigidimi zakomkhulu, zikhwele amahashe akomkhulu, zaphalisa ngeenjongo zokufezekisa umyalelo kakumkani. Kananjalo ke isihlokomiso eso sabhengezwa nasebhotwe eSusa.
15Ke kaloku uModekayi waphuma apho ebhotwe, evathe ezakomkhulu eziluhlaza nezimhlophe, etsho ngembasa yegolide nomnweba welinen ecikizekileyo emfusa ngebala. Isixeko saseSusa senza itheko lemivuyo. 16KumaJuda loo mini yayiyeyokonwaba nokuvuya, uchulumacho newonga. 17Kwiphondo ngalinye nakwisixeko ngasinye apho sahamba khona eso sihlokomiso, yaba yimincili nochulumanco kumaJuda, ebhiyoza ngezidlo. Ke into eninzi yabantu bezinye iintlanga yaba ngamaJuda ngaloo mini ngenxa yokuba ingenelwe kukuwoyika amaJuda.
