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1 Ngesikhatsi sakhe, Ahashiveroshi* bekabusa kusukela eNdiya kuya eTopiya,* etifundzeni letingu-127,+ 2 futsi bekahleti esihlalweni sakhe sebukhosi lesisesigodlweni* saseShushani.*+ 3 Ngemnyaka wesitsatfu wekubusa kwakhe, wentela tonkhe tindvuna netisebenti takhe lidzili. Wamema libutfo lasePheresiya+ nelaseMediya,+ wamema netikhulu nebaholi betifundza, 4 futsi kwaphela emalanga langu-180 abakhombisa umcebo wembuso wakhe lokhatimulako kanye nemandla akhe nebukhulu bakhe. 5 Kwatsi nakuphela lamalanga, inkhosi yenta lidzili lelatsatsa emalanga langu-7, yalentela bonkhe bantfu lebebakulesigodlo* saseShushani,* kusukela kumuntfu losetulu kuya kulophansi, futsi lentelwa ebaleni lesigodlo senkhosi. 6 Lonkhe lelibala belihlotjiswe ngetindvwangu telineni, naletentiwe ngakotini, nangaletiluhlata njengesibhakabhaka. Betibanjwe ngemafindvo lentiwe ngendvwangu yelikhetselo futsi kuwo bekufakwe tintsambo letentiwe ngensontfo lebukhwebeletane.* Letintsambo betiboshelwe etindingilizini telisiliva lebetinanyatsiselwe etinsikeni temabuli. Bekuphindze kube nabosofa beligolide nebelisiliva esiyilweni lesentiwe ngelitje lelibovu lokutsiwa yiphofiri, ngemabuli lemhlophe, ngematje laligugu nangemabuli lemnyama.
7 Liwayini belitselwa etindzebeni* teligolide; nguleyo naleyo ndzebe beyehlukile kulenye, futsi leliwayini lasebukhosini belilinyenti kakhulu kubonakala kutsi lenkhosi lenjingile. 8 Kulomcimbi bekunemtsetfo lotsi kute lokufanele aphocelelwe* kutsi anatse, ngobe inkhosi beyihlele netiphatsimandla tayo kutsi umuntfu ngamunye anatse ngendlela latsandza ngayo.
9 INkhosikati Vashti+ nayo beyentele bafati lidzili esigodlweni seNkhosi Ahashiveroshi.
10 Ngelilanga lesi-7, ngesikhatsi inkhosi* ijabulile ngenca yekunatsa liwayini, yatjela boMehumani, Biztha, Habona,+ Biktha, Abagitha, Zethari naKhakhasi, labatiphatsimandla letingu-7 letisebentela iNkhosi Ahashiveroshi, 11 kutsi baletse Vashti iNkhosikati embikwenkhosi, futsi ete afake umchele* wakhe webukhosi kuze bantfu kanye netindvuna babone buhle bakhe, ngobe bekamuhle kakhulu. 12 Kodvwa iNkhosikati Vashti yachubeka nekwala kuya enkhosini njengobe inkhosi beyitfumele tiphatsimandla tayo kutsi tiyibite. Ngako inkhosi yatfukutsela yagana lunwabu.
13 Inkhosi yabese ikhuluma nemadvodza lahlakaniphile labekayicondza indlela tintfo lebetentiwa ngayo kadzeni (ngaleyondlela lendzaba yenkhosi yaletfwa kubo bonkhe labo labawati kahle umtsetfo nekutekwa kwemacala, 14 futsi labo labebasondzelene nayo bekunguKhashena, Shethari, Admatha, Thashishi, Meresi, Masena naMemukhani, lokutindvuna letingu-7+ tasePheresiya naseMediya lebetiya njalo enkhosini futsi lebetisetikhundleni letisetulu embusweni). 15 Inkhosi yabuta yatsi: “Ngekusho kwemtsetfo, kufanele yentiweni iNkhosikati Vashti njengobe yalile kuta kimi, mine Nkhosi Ahashiveroshi, ngesikhatsi ngitfumela tiphatsimandla tami kutsi tiyibite?”
16 Nakeva loku, Memukhani wakhuluma embikwenkhosi netindvuna tayo watsi: “INkhosikati Vashti ayikedzeleli inkhosi nje kuphela,+ kodvwa yedzelele tonkhe tindvuna nabo bonkhe bantfu labakuto tonkhe tifundza teNkhosi Ahashiveroshi. 17 Loko lokwentiwe yinkhosikati kutawatiwa ngibo bonkhe bafati, futsi batawedzelela emadvodza abo batsi: ‘Ngisho neNkhosikati Vashti yala kuya eNkhosini Ahashiveroshi nayiyibita.’ 18 Kusukela lamuhla, bafati betindvuna tasePheresiya naseMediya labatiko ngaloko lokwentiwe yinkhosikati, batawukhuluma ngalendlela nemadvodza abo, lokutawubangela kwedzelelana nekutfukutselisana. 19 Nangabe kukuhle enkhosini, inkhosi ayikhiphe umtsetfo wekutsi Vashti angaphindzi ete embikweNkhosi Ahashiveroshi bese ubhalwa emitsetfweni yemaPheresiya nemaMediya lengagucuki,+ futsi lesikhundla sekuba yinkhosikati inkhosi ayisinikete lomunye umfati loncono kunaye. 20 Kutawutsi lomtsetfo wenkhosi nawuvakala kuto tonkhe tindzawo letingephansi kwalombuso lomkhulu, bonkhe bafati batawahlonipha emadvodza abo, kusukela kulesesikhundleni lesiphakeme kuye kulephansi.”
21 Loku kwayijabulisa inkhosi kanye netindvuna, futsi inkhosi yenta loko lobekushiwo nguMemukhani. 22 Ngako yatfumela tincwadzi kuto tonkhe tifundza letisembusweni wayo,+ nguleso naleso sifundza sabhalelwa ngendlela yaso yekubhala futsi nguleso naleso sive sabhalelwa ngelulwimi lwaso, kuze indvodza ngayinye ibe yinhloko* emndenini wayo futsi ikhulume lulwimi lwakubo.