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Incwadi ka-Esteri ayilisho neze igama likaNkulunkulu. Kunalokho, lichaza inkosi ebonakala sengathi ithathe indawo kaNkulunkulu. UXerxes, inkosi yasePheresiya, wenzela bonke ababusi bakhe, abezombangazwe, nezinceku idili elikhulu. Kuyisimemezelo samandla ka-Xerxes angenakuqhathaniswa, inkazimulo, nengcebo. Izinsuku ezingu-187 abaholi basePheresiya benza idili futhi baphuze nenkosi yabo. UXerxes ufana nonkulunkulu ngokupha kwakhe nangokuchichimayo. Ngisho nesigodlo sika-Xerxes sibonakala siphezulu. Eqinisweni, ukuphela kwendawo emiBhalweni ephikisana nokunotha, ubuhle, nombala wesigodlo sikaXerxes ithempeli likaNkulunkulu.

Njengobufakazi bokugcina bobukhulu bakhe, uXerxes ubiza indlovukazi yakhe, uVashiti, ukuba ibukise ngobuhle bayo phambi kwezikhulu zombuso wakhe ezibuthene. Kodwa uyenqaba ukudlala indima yakhe eshashalazini eliwubukhazikhazi lomyeni wakhe. Ecasulwe ukuthi ubukhosi bakhe buye baphikiswa obala, uXerxes ubiza amadoda akhe ahlakaniphile ukuze axazulule le nkinga. Bathi abafazi bezikhulu zikaXerxes bazogolozela abayeni babo ukuba balulaze igunya lika-Xerxes, njengoVashiti. Kuwo wonke amandla akhe anjengonkulunkulu, igunya lika-Xerxes lintekenteke futhi libukelwa phansi ngowesifazane oyedwa kuphela. UXerxes ulandela iseluleko samadoda akhe ahlakaniphile, uxosha uVashiti, futhi unquma ukumfaka omunye umuntu olalela ngendlela ayifunayo.

Izinsizwa zenkantolo yakhe ziphakamisa ukuthi kube nomncintiswano ozocacisa ngendlovukazi entsha. Ngokungafani noVashiti, izintombi zombuso zazibukisa ngobuhle bazo phambi kwenkosi, khona-ke uXerxes wayezobonisa ukubusa kwakhe okunjengonkulunkulu phezu kwazo ngamunye ngamunye; noma yimuphi owesifazane “obemjabulisa” kakhulu ozoba indlovukazi entsha. U-Xerxes uyawuthanda lo mbono.

Kodwa omunye wabesifazane abangene ohlelweni lukaXerxes yintombi engumJuda, u-Esteri. Njengabapristi bakwa-Israyeli bazilungiselela ukungena ethempelini likaNkulunkulu, u-Esteri ulungiselela ukungena ekamelweni likaXerxes. Kodwa lapho uXerxes ekugcineni embiza ukuze abonise ukubusa kwakhe, uthweswa umqhele njengendlovukazi yasePheresiya. UXerxes wenza elinye idili futhi wonke umbuso uphinde uthole ukuphana okunjengokukankulunkulu kwenkosi yawo.

UNkulunkulu akukhulunywa ngaye encwadini ka-Esteri. Esikhundleni sakhe, sinikezwe unkulunkulu oziphikisayo kuXerxes. Unamandla onke, kodwa uyacasuka. Umholi ozimele omithetho yakhe ingujuqu, kodwa kuphela lapho ebhalwa abanye ngemuva kokuphuza. Futhi umbusi omandla akhe antekenteke ngokuphelele ezandleni zabesifazane ayecabanga ukuthi angawasebenzisa. Ngokushesha, u-Esteri uzoze ahlehlise omunye wemithetho ka-Xerxes “engenakuhlehliswa”. Ubunkulunkulu buka-Xerxes buyihlaya kangangokuthi siyaphoqeleka ukuthi sibuze ukuthi uNkulunkulu ongabonakali wamaJuda ubhala lamahlaya yini.

ipeni likaNkulunkulu elingabonakali livame ukumisa abesifazaneukuba baqede ukubulawa kwemibuso emibi. UVashiti no-Esteri bangamazwi kaNkulunkulu amasha aphikisana nokuba buthaka kwemibuso efana nePheresiya. Ngisho nokusindiswa kwethu kuJesu emibusweni yokugcina yesono nokufa kuqala ngokukhetha kukaNkulunkulu enye intombi engumJuda uMariya. NjengoVashiti no-Esteri, uyibika lokuntenga kwemibuso. UMary uze acule ukuthi ukukhulelwa kwakhe kusho ukuphela kwesimiso somhlaba njengoba sasimile. Futhi ingelosi yathi ingane kaMariya yayizobusa njengeNkosi kuze kube phakade.

Ingane kaMariya nguJesu. Ngokungafani noXerxes, uJesu akayona inkosi ezenza umninimandla onke; unguNkulunkulu othatha ukungabi namandla kwesintu. Futhi njengoba u-Esteri eyiswa ekamelweni lokulala lombusi, uJesu wakhumulwa waba nqunu futhi wabekwa ethuneni lapho ababusi balomhlaba besebenzisa amandla abo. Kodwa njengoba u-Esteri evuka embhedeni wakhe futhi ethweswa umqhele njengeNdlovukazi, uJesu wavuka kwabafileyo futhi wathweswa umqhele njengeNkosi yeqiniso newukuphela kwayo enamandla onke. Ngokungafani noXerxes, uJesu akawasebenzisi amandla akhe ukuze abuse labo abangavikelekile, kodwa umisela uMbuso wobuhle obungaguquguqukikubantu bakhe. UNkulunkulu ka-Esteri ongashiwongo ubusa kuze kube phakade. Futhi ngisho namanje, ezweni lapho kubonakala sengathi kungenzeka ukuthi ulahlekile, uNkulunkulu usabhala amahlaya futhi ekhetha ezincane nezingabalulekile ukuze ahlehlise abafana nonkulunkulu nabaziqhenyayo.

Sengathi uMoya oNgcwele angavula amehlo akho ukuze ubone uNkulunkulu ovame ukubonakala engabonakali. Futhi kwangathi ungambona uJesu njengeNdodana kaMariya ezele ukuzogumbuqela imibuso yomhlaba.