U-Esteri WesiGriki 10

₁Inkosi yathelisa izwe neziqhingi zolwandle intela. ₂Zonke izenzo zayo negunya layo namandla ayo. yonke indaba yobukhulu bayo angithi kulotshiwe encwadini yezindaba zamakhosi aseMediya nasePheresiya. ₃UMoridekhayi waphatha ngegunya izindaba zenkosi u-Arithahishashithi, waba mkhulu embusweni ehlonishwa nangabaJuda. Impilo yakhe yamenza wathandeka esizweni sonke sakubo.

_3aUMoridekhayi wathi: “Lezi zinto zivela kuNkulunkulu; _3bngokuba ngiyalikhumbula iphupho engaba nalo ngalezi zinto, akukho nayinye engayibonayo engenzakalanga.”

_3cNankuya umthombo owaphenduka umfula, kwase kuba khona ukukhanya nelanga kanye namanzi amaningi, lo mfula ngu-Esteri, inkosi eyamthathayo yamenza indlovukazi. _3dIzilo ezimbili nguHamani nami. _3eIzizwe yilezo ezihlangane ukuchitha igama labaJuda. _3fKanti isizwe sami, ngu-Israyeli, yilabo abakhala kuNkulunkulu bakhululwa. UNkulunkulu ubasindisile abantu bakhe; iNkosi isophulile kubo bonke lobu bubi; uNkulunkulu uzenzile izimanga ezinkulu, izimanga ezingakaze zenzeke phakathi kwezizwe. _3gKwakungenxa yalesi sizathu wenza izinkatho ezimbili, eyodwa ingeyabantu bakaNkulunkulu, kanti enye ingeyezizwe zonke, _3hkwafika isikhathi phambi kukaNkulunkulu naphakathi kwezizwe sokuba kwenziwe isinqumo ngazo zombili lezi nkatho. _3iUNkulunkulu wayesebakhumbula abantu bakhe wasithetha isizwe esiyifa lakhe. _3kNgakho-ke bayogcina lezi zinsuku ngenyanga u-Adari, usuku lwe-14 nolwe-15 lwayo ngokuhlangana bathokoze bajabule phambi kukaNkulunkulu, izizukulwane ngezizukulwane kube phakade phakathi kwabantu bakhe aba-Israyeli.

_3lNgonyaka wesine wokubusa kukaPhitholemi kanye noKleyopatra, uDositheyusi owathi engumphristi kanye nomLevi, kanye nendodana yakhe uPhitholemi baletha eGibhithe le ncwadi ekhuluma ngePhurimi abathi isemthethweni futhi yayihunyushwe nguLisimakhusi indodana kaPhitholemi, omunye wezakhamuzi zaseJerusalema.

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