U-ESTA 6
Ukuhlonitjhwa kwakaMoridekayi
1Ngobusukobo ikosi yaphilelwa. Nje-ke yayala bonyana kulethwe incwadi yemilando ekhumbuza imisebenzi yemihla ngemihla. Ngambala incwadi yemilando leyo yafundwa phambi kwekosi. 2Kwafunyanwa kutlolwe kiyo bonyana uMoridekayi gade atheni ngoBhigitana noTeretjhi okubaphakulwa ababili bekosi ebegade kubaqaphi bomnyango wesigodlo begodu bafuna indlela yokubulala ikosi u-Arhatjhiverotjhi. 3Nje-ke ikosi yathi: “Ngiyiphi ihlonipho nokukhuliswa okwenzelwa uMoridekayi ngesenzwesi?”
Iinceku zayo ebeziyilotjha zayiphendula zathi: “Akunanja akhe enzelwa yona.”
4Ikosi yabuza yathi: “Ingabe kunomuntu ongangeluleka ngesirhodlwenapho na?”
Ngesikhatheso uHamani gade asanda ukungena ngesirhodlweni esingaphandle sesigodlo bonyana azokukhuluma nekosi kobana uMoridekayi akahlonyelwe esigodweni egade asele amlungiselele sona. 5Nje-ke iinceku zekosi zaphendula ikosi zathi: “Iye, nangu uHamani ajame ngesirhodlweni.”
Yeke ikosi yathi: “Mngeniseni.”
6Mbala uHamani wangena, nje-ke ikosi yathi kuye: “Kufuze kwenziweni ngendoda ikosi efuna ukuyidlhudlha?”
Manje uHamani wazitjela wathi: “Ingaba ngubani ikosi engathanda ukumdlhudlha ngaphandle kwami?”
7Yeke wathi ekosini: “Mayelana nendoda ikosi ethokozela ukuyidlhudlha, 8akulethwe izambatho zobukhosi ikosi ekhe yazembatha bese kulethwa nenjomani ekhe yakhwelwa yikosi nethweswe isihlohlo sobukhosi. 9Izambathwezo nenjomani azinikelwe omunye weenkhulu zekosi ongusaziwako bese yena wembathisa indoda ikosi ethanda ukuyidlhudlha leyo. Abayikhweze phezu kwenjomanapho, ikhambe ebaleni ledorobho kumenyezelwe phambi kwayo kuthiwe: ‘Kuzakwenziwa bunje endodeni ikosi ethanda ukuyidlhudlha.’ ”
10Ikosi yathi kuHamani: “Khamba khona nje uthathe izambatho nenjomani njengombana utjhwile, wenze lokho kuMoridekayi umJuda osebandla lesigodlweni. Ungatjhiyi nokukodwa kilokho okubalileko.”
11Nje-ke uHamani wathatha izambatho nenjomani, wembathisa uMoridekayi bewamkhweza phezu kwenjomani, wamkhambisa ebaleni ledorobho amemezela asithi: “Kuzakwenziwa bunje endodeni ikosi ethanda ukuyidlhudlha!”
12UMoridekayi wabuyela ebandla lesigodlweni. Kodwana nakunguHamani yena warhabela endlinakhe alila, azigubuzese ihloko. 13Nje-ke watjela boke abangani bakhe kanye nomkakhe uZeretjhi yoke into emehleleko. Yeke abeluleki bakhe nomkakhe uZeretjhi bathi kuye: “Nangabe uMoridekayi osele asungule ukukuguqisa phambi kwakhe ungowesizwe samaJuda, angeze usalunga phambi kwakhe kodwana mbala uzomgobela.”
14Kwathi basakhuluma naye njalo, kwafika abaphakulwa bekosi bamrhabisela emnyanyeni ebegade ulungiswe ngu-Esta.
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