Esta 2
2
Esta wentiwa inkhosikati lenkhulu
1Emvakwesikhatsi kutfukutsela kwenkhosi Ahashiveroshi kwabotja. Wakhumbula nekwenta kwakhe Vashti kanye netinyatselo temtsetfo lamtsatsela tona. 2Labanye beluleki lababesedvute naye bameluleka batsi: “Inkhosi ayikhetselwe emantfombatana lamahle. 3Inkhosi ayikhetse bantfu babe ngemancusa ayo kulelo nakulelo live lelingaphansi kwalombuso. Lamancusa kufanele afune emantfombatana lamahle awaletse lapha esigodlweni, eSusa, awetfule kuHegayi, indvuna yalabasikati. Yena utawanika timonyo nemihlobiso. 4Inkhosi itawube seyikhetsa leyo ntfombatana letayitsandza kakhulu, iyente ibe yinkhosikati lenkhulu esikhundleni saVashti.” Leseluleko sabonakala sisihle emehlweni enkhosi, ngako yavele yenta njengobe yayitjeliwe.
5Kuleyo ndlunkhulu eSusa kwakuneliJuda lekwakunguModekhayi, umsa waJayire, umsa waShimeyi, umsa waKhishi wesive sakaBhenjamini. 6 Ngesikhatsi Nebukhadnezari, inkhosi yaseBhabhulona, atfumba Jehoyakhini eJerusalema, Modekhayi abengulomunye walabo labatfunjwa. 7Lo-Esta labebitwa ngekutsi nguHadasa ngesiHebheru, abemuhle eme kahle. Modekhayi wamfaka esiswini sakhe ekufeni kwebatali bakhe. Empeleni, Esta abeyindvodzakati yemnakaboyise waModekhayi, ngako abengudzadzewabo.
8Emvakwekukhishwa kwalesimemetelo semtsetfo lomusha emantfombatana lamanyenti aletfwa lapha esigodlweni saseSusa, na-Esta abengulomunye wawo. Naye wetfulwa etandleni taHegayi labeyindvuna yabo esihoncweni. 9Hegayi wamtsandza, waba nengati lenhle kuHegayi. Hegayi akacitsanga sikhatsi, wavele wesukela etulu kutsi amnike konkhe lakudzingako nekudla kwelikhetselo. Ngetulu kwekumnika indzawo lekhetsiwe waphindze wamnika tisebenti letisikhombisa kutsi timsebente.
10Esta akazange ayitsi vu indzaba yekutsi usive sini, ngobe phela Modekhayi abetsite angaboyikhuluma leyo, kutsi uliJuda. 11Onkhe emalanga Modekhayi abevamise kutendlulisa lapha esihoncweni sesigodlo, afuna phela kutfola kahle kutsi Esta unjani nekutsi uphetfwe njani.
12Ngaphambili kwekutsi intfombatana ingene enkhosini Ahashiveroshi kwakufanele itsatse umnyaka isaticola ngemafutsa lakhetsiwe lagcotjiswa ngemantfombatana; tinyanga letisitfupha bekuba tekuticola nekutilolonga ngemafutsa elikhetselo, bese kutsi letisitfupha letilandzelako tibe tekutigcobisa nekutitsela ngemakha nangetimonyo. 13Leyo naleyo ntfombatana yayitsi nayiyawungena endlunkhulu enkhosini inikwe nome yini leyo leyifunako. 14Kwakutsi ntsambama intfombatana ingene enkhosini, bese kutsi ekuseni nayivuka khona ingeniswe kulesinye sigodlo lapho bebagadvwa khona nguShashgazi, labeyindvuna yemaphovela. Abengeke aphindze abuyele enkhosini ngaphandle kwekutsi inkhosi loyo leyayimtsandzile imgagule ngelibito.
15Lase liyefika-ke ligema la-Esta. Esta lona abeyindvodzakati ya-Abihayili, umnakaboyise waModekhayi. Modekhayi wamfaka esiswini sakhe; Esta-ke abetsandvwa nguye wonkhe umuntfu. Futsi yena akazange afune lokunye, abeneliswa nguloko lanikwa kona nguHegayi, indvuna yemaphovela.
16Wangeniswa-ke enkhosini Ahashiveroshi endlunkulu. Wangeniswa ngenyanga yelishumi lekwakuyinyanga yaThebethi, ngemnyaka wesikhombisa wekubusa kwayo. 17Inkhosi yatsatseka nga-Esta, kwendlula onkhe lawa lamanye emantfombatana. Yatsandza Esta ngetulu kwawo onkhe emantfombatana, ngako yamkhetsa emkhatsini wawo yametfwesa umchele webukhosi, yambeka waba yinkhosikati lenkhulu esikhundleni saVashti. 18Ngako-ke inkhosi yenta lelikhulu lidzili, yentela Esta netiphatsimandla tayo. Yamemetela lilanga lekuphumula kuto tonkhe tigodzi, yephana ngetipho letinyenti tasebukhosini kubo bonkhe bantfu.
Modekhayi usindzisa inkhosi ekufeni
19Ngesikhatsi emantfombatana asabutfwe kwesibili, Modekhayi abehlala emphundvwini yendlunkhulu. 20 Esta wawafihla emasiko, nemihambo kanye nemisimeto yesive sakubo, njengobe Modekhayi abemyalile. Wachubeka wawagcina emavi aModekhayi, njengobe abenta asemncane.
21Ngesikhatsi Modekhayi aseyindvuna yasesigodlweni senkhosi, abekanye naboBikthani naThereshi, tindvuna tenkhosi letatigadza indlela leya endlunkhulu. Letindvuna tayitfukutselela inkhosi tafuna lisu lekuyibulala. 22Modekhayi watsi kube ayive lendzaba, wayibika enkhosikatini Esta. Inkhosikati lenkhulu yabikela inkhosi ngalendzaba, yasho nekutsi ive ngaModekhayi. 23 Kwatsi kube kuphenywe kahle kutfolakale kutsi lendzaba yayiliciniso; lamadvodza lamabili alengiswa ngentsambo. Konkhe loko kwabhalwa encwadzini yemilandvo yemakhosi, inkhosi, Ahashiveroshi, ibuka.
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