Bible Reading Plan – Day 259

₁Ke kaloku akuyiva into ehlileyo uModekayi wazikrazula iimpahla awayezinxibile, wafaka ezirhwexayo, wazigalela ngothuthu, wangena esixekweni ehamba ebhomboloza kabuhlungu. ₂Wahamba wee xhaxhe ngamasango asebhotwe, kuba wayengavumelekanga ukungena khona umntu onxibe ezirhwexayo. ₃Kuwo onke amaphondo apho safikelela khona esi saziso somyalelo kakumkani amaJuda alila ezimathontsi, azila ukutya, atsho ngesingqala, enxibe ezirhwexayo, ezigalele ngothuthu.

₄Zithe ke iimpelesi zikaEstere ndawonye namaphakathi zakumxelela ngoModekayi wasuka wabandezeleka. Wathumelela uModekayi iimpahla zokunxiba, koko yena wasuka wazimangala. ₅Ke uEstere wathumela uHataki iphakathi likakumkani elalijongene naye ukuba liye kuqonda ukuba wayekhathazwe yintoni na uModekayi.

₆UHataki lowo ke waya apho kuModekayi ebaleni lesixeko phambi kwesango lakomkhulu. ₇UModekayi wamchubela konke okwakwenzekile, ndawonye nemali leyo yayiza kufakwa nguHaman koovimba bakomkhulu ukuze kutshatyalaliswe amaJuda. ₈Kananjalo ke wamnika nekopi yaloo mthetho wawuyalela ukutshatyalaliswa kwamaJuda, lowo wawubhengezwe eSusa, ukuze awubonise uEstere, amchazele konke, futhi ambongoze ukuba azame ukuya kubonana nokumkani, amcenge abe nebuya-mbo mayela nabantu bakowabo.

₉Ke uHataki wabuya wenza ingxelo kuEstere ngako konke okwakuthethwe nguModekayi. ₁₀UEstere ke wayalela uHataki ukuba athi kuModekayi: ₁₁“Onke amaphakathi kakumkani kunye nabantu bonke bezithili zakomkhulu bayazi ukuba xa indoda okanye umfazi engene phakathi kwibhotwe lokumkani, engakhange abe umenyiwe, umthetho kakumkani mnye qwaba: kukuba umntu lowo abulawe kuphele. Umntu onjalo usindiswa kukuba ukumkani asuke amkhombe ngentonga yakhe yolawulo yegolide. Kambe ke sezidlule iintsuku ezimashumi mathathu emva kokuba ndandikhe ndabizwa ngukumkani.”

₁₂Akuba uModekayi exelelwe ngamazwi kaEstere, ₁₃wabayalela ukuba bamphendule uEstere bathi: “Uze ungazikhohlisi ngokuthi kuba wena ulapho endlwini kakumkani, nguwe wedwa oya kusinda kumaJuda xa ewonke. ₁₄Kaloku xa uthe wathula wee cwaka ngeli thuba lentlekele, hleze luvele lona usindiso lwamaJuda, kodwa ke luthi gqi ngankalo yimbi, ube ke phofu wena nendlu kayihlo uza kutshabalala. Kambe ke, ngubani owaziyo, mhlawumbi wabekwa kwesi sikhundla sasebukhosini khon' ukuze ujongane namaxesha anje.”

₁₅Ke uEstere wathumela le mpendulo kuModekayi: ₁₆“Hamba uye kuwaqokelela onke amaJuda alapha kwesi sixeko saseSusa, xa ninonke nenze inzila ngenxa yam. Ze nithathe iintsuku ezintathu ningatyi ningaseli imini nobusuku. Nam ndikunye neempelesi zam siza kuzila kwenjengani. Yakuba yenzekile ke le nto, ndiza kuya kukumkani, nakuba nje ndisazi ukuba loo nto kukwaphula umthetho. Noko ke, ukuba ndifile, ndifile ke!”

₁₇Wemka ke uModekayi, waza wenza ngokwayo yonke loo miyalelo wayeyinikwe nguEstere.

₁Kuthe ke ngosuku lwesithathu uEstere wavatha ezobukhosi, wangena phakathi enkundleni yasebhotwe, wema phambi kwendlu kakumkani. Ukumkani wayengqendeve esihlalweni sakhe sobukhosi apho kuloo ndlu, ejonge esangweni. ₂Uthe ke ukumkani, akubona uEstere emi apho enkundleni, waziva anelisekile akumjonga, waza ke wamkhomba ngentonga yakhe yolawulo yegolide awayeyiphethe. Wasondela ke uEstere, waza ke wachukumisa incam yaloo ntonga.

₃Ukumkani ke wathi kuye: “Ngaba ufuna ntoni, kumkanikazi Estere? Uze kucela ntoni? Nantoni na oyifunayo woyinikwa, kude kuthi xhaxhe ngesiqingatha sombuso wam.”

₄UEstere uphendule ngelithi: “Xa kukholekile kuwe, kumkani, ndicela ukuba wena ndawonye noHaman niye ethekweni endinilungiselele lona namhlanje.”

₅Ke ukumkani wathi: “Khawulezani nibize uHaman eze apha, ukuze senze ngokwesicelo sikaEstere.”

Ngoko ke ukumkani ekunye noHaman baya kwelo theko babelilungiselelwe nguEstere. ₆Xa basela iwayini ke ukumkani wabuza kuEstere wathi: “Khawutsho, sithini isicelo sakho? Loo nto uyicelayo woyinikwa. Ufuna ndikwenzele ntoni? Woyenzelwa nantoni na, kude kuthi xhaxhe ngesiqingatha sombuso wam.”

₇Ke uEstere uphendule ngelithi: “Nasi isicelo nesikhungo sam. ₈Ukuba ngenene ndamkelekile kukumkani, ezimisele ukwenza ngokwesicelo sam, ukumkani ndawonye noHaman ngomso mabeze kwitheko endibalungiselele lona. Ngelo thuba ke ndowuphendula lo mbuzo awubuzayo ukumkani.”

₉Ngaloo mini ke uHaman wagoduka echwayitile. Kambe ke uthe akubona uModekayi esangweni lokumkani, ephawula nokuba akakhange amkhathalele ashukume nokushukuma xa adlulayo kuye, suka wafutheka ngumsindo ngenxa yesimo sikaModekayi. ₁₀Kambe ke noko uHaman wabuya wazithibaza, wagoduka.

Apho ekhaya ke waqokelela izihlobo zakhe ndawonye nomkakhe uZereshi, ₁₁waza ke wabaqhayisela ngobutyebi bakhe nangoonyana abaninzi, ngokunjalo nangeendlela awayewongwe ngazo ngukumkani wada wamphakamisa kunazo zonke izikhulu namaphakathi akhe.

₁₂Waqhuba uHaman wathi: “Akuphelelanga kwezo zinto, nangoku ndim ndedwa umntu omenywe ngukumkanikazi uEstere ukuba aye nokumkani kwitheko alenzileyo. Ewe, kwakhona undimemele kwitheko aza kuba nalo nokumkani ngomso. ₁₃Kambe ke xa iyonke le nto ayindiniki konwaba ngakumbi nangakumbi xa ndisaphikele ukubona laa mJuda unguModekayi ehleli esangweni lakomkhulu.”

₁₄Umkakhe uZereshi ndawonye nazo zonke izihlobo zikaHaman bathi kuye: “Makwakhiwe umthi wokuxhoma uphakame ube ziimitha ezimashumi mabini anambini, uze ke ngomso ucele ukumkani amxhome apho uModekayi. Hamba ke uye ethekweni kunye nokumkani uchwayitile.”

Eli cebiso lamkholisa uHaman, waza ke wawenza loo mthi wokuxhoma.

₁Ke kaloku ngobo busuku ukumkani waphuthelwa, waza ke wathi makuziswe incwadi yeembali zeengcombolo zolawulo lwakhe. Yeziswa ke, yafundwa esiva ukumkani. ₂Apho kuyo ke kwafunyaniswa ukuba uModekayi wadiza iyelenqe likaBhigetan noTereshi amaphakathi okumkani awayefuna ukubulala ukumkani uAsuwerosi. La maphakathi ayengabalindi bamasango.

₃Ukumkani wabuza wathi: “Yeyiphi imbeko newonga uModekayi alenzelweyo ngenxa yesi senzo?”

Izicaka zikakumkani ezazimlungiselela zathi: “Zange enzelwe nto.”

₄Ukumkani ke wathi: “Ngubani okhoyo ngoku apha ebhotwe?” Ke uHaman wayesandula ukungena kwinkundla engaphandle yasebhotwe apho, eze kuthetha nokumkani mayela nokuxhonywa kukaModekayi kuloo mthi wayewulungiselele ukumxhoma kuwo.

₅Ke izicaka zikakumkani zathi kuye: “Nankuya uHaman emi enkundleni.”

Ukumkani wathi: “Mngeniseni.”

₆Akungena ke uHaman ukumkani wathi kuye: “Uthi makwenziwe ntoni ngomntu aziva efuna ukumwonga ukumkani?”

Ke uHaman wacinga ngaphakathi kwakhe wathi: “Ngubani omnye ongawongwa ngukumkani ngaphandle kwam?” ₇Ngoko ke uHaman waphendula ukumkani wathi: “Loo mntu afuna ukumwonga ukumkani ₈makanxitywe umnweba wobukhosi owakhe wanxitywa ngukumkani, aze akhweliswe ihashe elisetyenziswa ngukumkani, elo lihonjisiweyo lada labekwa imbasa yakomkhulu entloko. ₉Ke umnweba lowo nehashe elo malinikwe elinye lawona matshawe kakumkani aphambili. Mabamfake loo mnweba ke umntu afuna ukumwonga ukumkani, baze bamkhwelise kwelo hashe, bamkhokele ahamba-hambe kwizitalato zesixeko, bona bahambe bekhwaza besithi: ‘Nantsi ke into ayenzelwayo umntu athanda ukumwonga ukumkani!’ ”

₁₀Ukumkani ke wathi kuHaman: “Khawuleza uthathe umnweba lowo kunye nehashe elo, wenze ngaloo ndlela kuModekayi umJuda ohlala esangweni likakumkani. Uze ukwenze konke oko ukuthethileyo, ungashiyi nento le.”

₁₁Ngoko ke uHaman wawuthatha umnweba lowo nehashe elo, wamambathisa uModekayi, wamkhwelisa ehashini, wahamba phambi kwakhe, ekhwaza esithi: “Nantsi ke into ayenzelwayo umntu athanda ukumwonga ukumkani!”

₁₂Kamva ke uModekayi wabuyela esangweni kwakumkani apho. Ke yena uHaman wagoduka ethe nxokotho edanile. ₁₃Akufika ekhaya wabalisela umkakhe uZereshi kunye nezihlobo zakhe zonke ngako konke okwakumhlele ngaloo mini.

Ke abacebisi bakhe ndawonye nomkakhe uZereshi bathi kuye: “Ukuba ke lo mfo unguModekayi okuthobe kangaka engowohlanga lwamaJuda, akunako ukumelana naye – ngokuqinisekileyo wena uza kutshabalala!” ₁₄Bathe besathetha naye njalo agaleleka amaphakathi kakumkani, aza ke emka naye ngokukhawuleza uHaman, amsa kwelo theko lalilungiswe nguEstere.

₁Ngoko ke ukumkani kunye noHaman baya ethekweni likakumkanikazi uEstere. ₂Bathe ke besasela iwayini ngolo suku lwesibini, ukumkani waphinda wathi kuEstere: “Khawutsho, sithini na isicelo sakho, kumkanikazi Estere? Loo nto uyicelayo woyinikwa. Ucela ntoni ke? Woyenzelwa nantoni na, kude kuthi xhaxhe ngesiqingatha sombuso wam.”

₃Ke ukumkanikazi uEstere waphendula wathi: “Ukuba ndiyamkeleka kuwe, kumkani, ukuba kukholekile kuwe, ndincede usindise ubomi bam, uhlangule nabantu bakowethu, ndiyakucela. ₄Kaloku mna ndawonye nabantu bakowethu kuthengisiwe ngathi ukuze sitshatyalaliswe, sibulawe, sicinywe igama. Ukuba bekuthengiswe ngathi ukuba sibe ngamakhoboka namakhobokazana ngendithe cwaka, kuba bekungayi kubakho ntlungu ingako inyanzelisa ukuba kude kuphazanyiswane nomhlekazi.”

₅Ukumkani uAsuwerosi wabuza kukumkanikazi uEstere wathi: “Ngubani lowo? Uphi loo mntu ube nesibindi sokwenza into enjalo?”

₆UEstere wathi: “Lo mtshutshisi ulutshaba sesi sikhohlakali singuHaman.”

Ke uHaman warhwaqela apho phambi kokumkani nokumkanikazi. ₇Ukumkani wathi thwasu enomsindo, waphuma kwelo theko lewayini, wee gwiqi waya kutshona kumyezo wasebhotwe. Kambe ke uHaman waqonda ukuba ukumkani selenesigqibo ngesiphelo sakhe, ngoko ke yena wasala ecengana nokumkanikazi uEstere ngenxa yobomi bakhe.

₈Kanye xa abuyayo ukumkani apho kumyezo wasebhotwe, ebuyela apho esidlweni, yena uHaman kwakuxa aziphosa kwisofa abe ekuyo uEstere.

Ukumkani wakhuza wathi: “Yini le! Ngoku ude aphazamisane nokumkanikazi kanye ngoku ahleli nam endlwini!”

Lithe nje ukuba liphume elo lizwi emlonyeni kakumkani, basuka bamgquma ubuso uHaman. ₉Waza ke uHabhona, elinye lamaphakathi ajongene nokumkani, wathi: “Kambe ukhona umthi wokuxhoma phaya ngasendlwini kaHaman; uziimitha ezimashumi mabini anambini ukuphakama. Wakhiwe nguye, esenzela uModekayi lo wathethayo wamhlangula ukumkani.”

Ukumkani ke wathi: “Mxhomeni kuwo!” ₁₀Ngoko ke uHaman waxhonywa kuloo mthi wayewulungiselele uModekayi; ke wona umsindo kakumkani watsho wathotha.