Est 7 | Ndebele | STEP | Bafika-ke inkosi loHamani uku ya kuba ledili loEsta indlovukazi.

a5:6, 9:12

b 5:8

c3:9, 4:7

d 1 Lan 21:30

Esther 7

Ukuchithwa lokulengiswa kukaHamani

1 Bafika-ke inkosi loHamani ukuyakuba ledili loEsta indlovukazi. 2 Inkosi yasisithi kuEsta langosuku lwesibili edilini lewayini: Siyini isicelo sakho, Esta ndlovukazi? njalo uzasinikwa. Siyini-ke isifiso sakho? kuzakwenziwa ngitsho kuze kube yingxenye yombuso ^a. 3 UEsta indlovukazi wasephendula wathi: Uba ngithole umusa emehlweni akho, nkosi, njalo uba kukuhle enkosini, impilo yami kangiyinikwe ngesicelo sami labantu bakithi ngesifiso sami ^b. 4 Ngoba sithengisiwe, mina labantu bakithi, ukuthi sibhujiswe sibulawe njalo sichithwe; kodwa uba besithengiswe ukuba yizigqili lezigqilikazi ngabe ngithule; lanxa isitha besingelinganise ukoniwa kwenkosi ^c.

5 Inkosi uAhasuwerusi yasikhuluma yathi kuEsta indlovukazi: Ngubani lo, futhi ungaphi lo ogcwalise inhliziyo yakhe ukwenza njalo? 6 UEsta wasesithi: Umuntu, umbandezeli lesitha, nguHamani lo okhohlakeleyo. UHamani waseqhaqhazela phambi kwenkosi lendlovukazi ^d.

7 Inkosi yasisukuma edilini lewayini olakeni lwayo, yaya esivandeni sesigodlo ^e; uHamani wasesukuma ukuncengela impilo yakhe kuEsta indlovukazi, ngoba wabona ukuthi okubi sekuqunywe ^f yinkosi ngaye ^g. 8 Inkosi isiphendukile ivela esivandeni sesigodlo isiya endlini yedili lewayini ^h, uHamani wayewele phezu kombheda uEsta ayekuwo. Inkosi yasisithi: Usuzadlova indlovukazi ilami endlini yini? Ilizwi laphuma emlonyeni wenkosi; basebembomboza ubuso bukaHamani ⁱ. 9 UHaribona omunye wabathenwa wasesithi phambi kwenkosi ^j: Khangela-ke, ugodo uHamani alwenzele uModekhayi, owayeyikhulumele okuhle inkosi, lumi endlini kaHamani, ubude buzingalo ezingamatshumi amahlanu. Inkosi yasisithi: Umlengiseni kulo ^k. 10 Basebemlengisa uHamani kulologodo ayelulungisele uModekhayi. Lwaseludeda ulaka lwenkosi ^l.