Esta
6 Ngobusukobo ikosi yaphilelwa. Nje-ke yayala bona kulethwe incwadi yomlando,+ yafundelwa yona. 2 Kwafunyanwa kutlolwe kiyo lokho uMoridekayi akubikako malungana noBhigitana noTeretjhi, iinkhulu ezimbili zekosi, abalindisango abaluka amano wokubulala iKosi u-Arhatjhiverotjhi.+ 3 Ikosi yabuza: “UMoridekayi wadunyiswa bewavuzwa ngani ngokwenza kwakhe lokhu?” Iinsebenzi zekosi zathi: “Akunalitho enzelwa lona.”
4 Ngokukhamba kwesikhathi ikosi yathi: “Ngubani ongesirhodlweni?” UHamani bekangesirhodlweni esingaphandle+ kwesigodlo azokukhuluma nekosi ngokobana uMoridekayi kufuze aphanyekwe esigodweni amlungiselele sona.+ 5 Iinsebenzi zekosi zathi kiyo: “NguHamani+ ongesirhodlweni.” Yeke ikosi yathi: “Mngeniseni.”
6 UHamani nakangenako ikosi yathi kuye: “Kufuze enzelweni umuntu ikosi efuna ukumdumisa?” UHamani wathi ehliziywenakhe: “Ngubani ikosi engafuna ukumdumisa ngaphandle kwami?”+ 7 UHamani wathi ekosini: “Malungana nomuntu ikosi efuna ukumdumisa, 8 akulethwe isambatho esimbathwa yikosi+ nenjomani ekhwelwa yikosi, ithweswe umkhala webukhosini. 9 Nje-ke isambatho nenjomani azinikelwe omunye wamakhosana wekosi ahlonitjhwa khulu, iinsebenzi kufuze zembathise umuntu ikosi efuna ukumdumisa, zimkhweze injomani zimkhambise etatawini ledorobho. Kufuze zirhuwelele phambi kwakhe, zithi: ‘Ngilokhu okwenzelwa umuntu ikosi efuna ukumdumisa!’”+ 10 Khonokho ikosi yathi kuHamani: “Thatha msinyana isambatho nenjomani, wenze lokhu okutjhoko kuMoridekayi umJuda ohlezi esangweni lekosi. Ungatjhiyi litho olitjhwileko.”
11 UHamani wathatha isambatho nenjomani, wembathisa uMoridekayi+ bewamkhambisa ngenjomani etatawini ledorobho begodu warhuwelela phambi kwakhe, wathi: “Ngilokhu okwenzelwa umuntu ikosi efuna ukumdumisa!” 12 Ngemva kwalokho uMoridekayi wabuyela esangweni lekosi, kodwana uHamani warhabela emzinakhe, alila azigubuzese nehloko. 13 UHamani nakahlathululela umkakhe uZeretjhi+ nabo boke abangani bakhe ngalokho okumehleleko, abeluleki bakhe* nomkakhe uZeretjhi bathi kuye: “Nangabe uMoridekayi esele uthome ukuwa phambi kwakhe, usizukulwana samaJuda, angeze umhlule; kwamambala uzokuwa phambi kwakhe.”
14 Kuthe basakhuluma naye, kwafika iinkhulu zekosi zathatha uHamani msinyana zaya naye esidlweni u-Esta abenzele sona.+