Est 3 | Ndebele | STEP | Emva kwalezizindaba inkosi uAhasuwerusi yamkhulisa uHamani indodana kaHamedatha umAgagi , yamphakamisa, yabeka isihlalo sakhe phezu kwazo zonke iziphathamandla ezazilaye .

1 Emva kwalezizindaba inkosi uAhasuwerusi yamkhulisa uHamani indodana kaHamedatha ^a umAgagi ^b, yamphakamisa, yabeka isihlalo sakhe phezu kwazo zonke iziphathamandla ezazilaye ^c. 2 Ngakho zonke inceku zenkosi ezazisesangweni lenkosi zakhothama zamkhonza uHamani, ngoba inkosi yayilaye ngokunjalo ngaye. Kodwa uModekhayi kakhothamanga kakhonzanga ^d. 3 Izinceku zenkosi ezazisesangweni lenkosi ^e zasezisithi kuModekhayi: Kungani useqa umlayo wenkosi ^f? 4 Kwasekusithi zikhuluma laye insuku ngensuku, kodwa engazizwanga, zamtshela uHamani ukuze zibone ukuthi amazwi kaModekhayi azakuma yini; ngoba wayezitshelile ukuthi ungumJuda. 5 UHamani esebonile ukuthi uModekhayi kakhothamanga njalo kakhonzanga kuye ^g, uHamani wagcwala intukuthelo ^h. 6 Wesedelela emehlweni akhe ukumthela isandla uModekhayi yedwa, ngoba babemtshelile abantu bakibo kaModekhayi, ngakho uHamani wadinga ukuchitha wonke amaJuda, ayesembusweni wonke kaAhasuwerusi, abantu bakibo kaModekhayi.

7 Ngenyanga yokuqala, eyinyanga uNisani ⁱ, ngomnyaka wetshumi lambili wenkosi uAhasuwerusi, baphosa iPuri ^j, eliyinkatho, phambi kukaHamani, kusukela osukwini kusiya osukwini, njalo kusukela enyangeni kusiya enyangeni yetshumi lambili ^k, eyinyanga uAdari ^l.

8 UHamani wasesithi enkosini uAhasuwerusi: Kukhona abantu abathile abahlakazeke basabalala phakathi kwabantu ezabelweni zonke zombuso wakho; lemilayo yabo ^m yehlukile kweyabo bonke abantu ⁿ, lemilayo yenkosi kabayenzi; ngakho kakufanelanga enkosini ukuthi ibayekele bahlale. 9 Uba kulungile enkosini, kakubhalwe ukuthi bachithwe, njalo ngizalinganisa amathalenta* esiliva azinkulungwane ezilitshumi ezandleni zabenzi bomsebenzi, ukuze afakwe kokuligugu kwenkosi. 10 Inkosi yasikhupha indandatho yophawu lwayo esandleni sayo, yayinika uHamani indodana kaHamedatha ^o umAgagi ^p, isitha samaJuda. 11 Inkosi yasisithi kuHamani: Isiliva usinikiwe, labantu, ukwenza ngabo njengokuhle emehlweni akho. 12 Kwasekubizwa ababhali benkosi ^q ngenyanga yokuqala ngosuku lwetshumi lantathu lwayo ^r; kwasekubhalwa njengakho konke uHamani ayekulayile, ezikhulwini zenkosi ^s lakubabusi ababephezu kwesabelo lesabelo ^t, lakuziphathamandla zesizwe lesizwe sesabelo lesabelo, njengokombhalo waso ^u, labantu ngabantu ngokolimi lwabo; kwabhalwa ebizweni lenkosi uAhasuwerusi ^v, kwananyathiselwa ngendandatho yophawu lwenkosi. 13 Incwadi zathunyelwa ngesandla sezigijimi ^w kuzo zonke izabelo zenkosi ukuchitha, ukubulala, lokubhubhisa wonke amaJuda, kusukela komutsha kusiya komdala, abantwanyana labesifazana ^x, ngasuku lunye ^y, ngolwetshumi lantathu lwenyanga yetshumi lambili, eyinyanga uAdari ^z, lokuthi kuphangwe impahla yawo ^aa. 14 Ikhophi yombhalo yokuthi umlayo unikwe kuso sonke isabelo ngesabelo yayisobala kubo bonke abantu ukuze balungele lolosuku ^ab. 15 Izigijimi zaphuma ziphangisiswa yilizwi lenkosi ^ac, lomthetho wanikwa eShushani isigodlo. Inkosi loHamani basebehlalela ukunatha, kodwa umuzi iShushani wawusanganisekile ^ad.