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Ukuya enkosini ungabizwanga kuwukugwetshwa kokufa, futhi iNdlovukazi u-Esteri isanda kubeka ukuphila kwayo ezandleni zenkosi. Bobabili yena nabantu bamaJuda bazobulawa ngaphandle uma inkosi ibonisa isihe futhi inikeza uEsteri ithuba lokuhlehlisa isimemezelo sokuqothulwa kohlanga esabhalwa uHamani. Kodwa ngokuphambene nokwesaba kwakhe, u-Esteri akafi. Kunalokho inkosi inikeza u-Esteri ingxenye yombuso wakhe. Eyokuqala kweziningi ezixakayo—ukubuyisela emuva kwalokho obekulindelekile.
Ushintsho olulandelayo luwukuthi u-Esteri ucela idili nenkosi noHamani esikhundleni sokucela ukuphila kwabantu bakubo. UEsteri uthelela inkosi yakhe noHamani iwayini futhi umeme izidakwa ukuba zizodla futhi ngakusasa. Lapho uHamani ephuma edilini, ubona uMoridekayi, owayesanqaba ukukhothamela igunya lakhe. UHamani uyayibamba intukuthelo yakhe okwesikhashana aze ufike ekhaya. Uyamkhohlwa uMoridekayi njengoba ezigabisa kubangane bakhe nomndeni wakhe ngenhlanhla yakhe, amandla akhe, nezimemo zakhe edilini lendlovukazi. Kodwa intukuthelo yakhe iyabhodla futhi umkakhe umtshelangecebo lokuba uHamani abulale uMoridekayi ngokumbethela esigxotsheni esingamamitha angu-75 emoyeni. Kuyinsika enkulu ukufanisa ukuzikhukhumeza kukaHamani, ngakho ngokwemvelo leli cebo liyamjabulisa. Kodwa kukhona okuzove;a maduze.
UXerxes akakwazi ukulala futhi ucela ukuba afundelwe imibhalo yakhe yasebukhosini. Njengoba umqulu ufundwa, uXerxes uyaqaphela ukuthi uMoridekayi wake wasindisa ukuphila kwakhe futhi akazange agujwe ngendlela efanele. UHamani ungena ngesango endlini, elungele ukubulala uMoridekayi kuyilapho u-Xerxes elungiselela ukumgubha. UXerxes ubuza uHamani ukuthi kufanele amhloniphe kanjani umuntu inkosi ejabulayo ngaye. UHamani, engazi muntu omkhulu njengaye, uphimisa ngazo zonke izinhlonipho nemigubho ayengayifisa yena. Ejatshuliswe amacebo kaHamani, uXerxes umtshela ukuba agcwalise wonke amaphupho akhe angabinomona futhi ajabulele uMoridekayi, indoda ahlela ukumbulala. Okuxakayo ukuthi igama likaHamani lisho “odumile.” Futhi kulo mzuzu usaziwayo uHamani uphoqeleka ukuthi agubhe indoda eyodwa enqabile ukumbungaza. Igama likaHamani selithotshisiwe futhi umkaHamani uyakuqonda lokhu njengesithunzi salokho okuzayo. Owesifazane owaphefumulela uHamani ukuba abulale uMoridekayi esigxotsheni manje ubikezela ukuthi uHamani uzobethelwa endukwini yakhe.
Ngokushesha, uHamani ubizelwa kwelinye idili. Kodwa uEsteri wembula, ngokokuqala ngqá, ukuthi ungumJuda, okusho ukuthi uHamani wenze uzungu lokubulala indlovukazi kaXerxes. UHamani uncenga ukuba abulawe, kodwa uXerxes wenza iphutha lapho ecela uHamani njengokuhlasela. Ufuna ukuba uHamani abulawe ngokushesha esigxotsheni esakhelwe uMoridekayi.
UNkulunkulu akukhulunywa ngaye embusweni kaXerxes wamaqaba. Esikhundleni, sinikezwa ubulungiswa ngakho-ke bekungeke kube ukungaziphenduleli ukuphetha ngokuthi ayikho imbongi yaphezulu. Ngesikhathi "odumile" ecabanga ukuthi uzohlonishwa, uphoqeleka ukuba agubhe isitha sakhe; idili uHamani ayecabanga ukuthi lalikhuluma ngokuphakama kwakhe kwaba ukuwa kwakhe; umzuzu wokuncenga kwakhe wahlulelwa njengobefuna ukulwa, futhi isigxobo ayecabanga ukuthi sizobonisa udumo lwakhe olulimele kwaba ukuhlanjalazwa kwegama lakhe emphakathini. UNkulunkulu uyadidana, futhi ubhala umlando ukuze ububi obenziwa njalo bube nemilolozelo enobubi obujeziswayo.
Kodwa itulo elikhulu kunawo wonke ngokumelene nabantu bakaNkulunkulu kwakungeyena uHamani wasePheresiya; KwakunguSathane ngokumelena noJesu. NjengoHamani, uSathane wadonsa zonke izithiyo zoMbuso ukuba abulale isitha sakhe. Futhi njengoHamani ugxumeka imishayo ukuze abethele uJesu. Kodwa ngokungafani nomlobika-Esteri owalungisa ngokumangalisayo ububi bukaHamani ngaphambi kokuba kwenzeke, uJesu uyafa. Kodwa njengoba nje u-Esteri ayenemfihlo eyaqeda icebo likaHamani, kwakunemfihlo eyayifihlwe ekufeni kukaJesu. Ukube uSathane nababusi bakhe babeyazi le mfihlo, ngabe abazange bambethele uJesu esiphambanweni. Futhi njengoba nje uMoridekayi eba namandla phezu kukaHamani, uJesu waba namandla phezu kokufa ngokwako.
Azikho ezombangazwe ezingamhloniphi uNkulunkulu futhi alikho ithuna elimnyama kakhulu uNkulunkulu ukuthi angeke alivale uma kuza kubantu bakhe. Okuxakayo, nakuba uNkulunkulu engabonakali, bengamuzwa, futhi engacatshangwa kulendaba ka-Esteri noma ezimpilweni zethu, lokho akusho ukuthi uNkulunkulu akahlelile ukuvuka nokunqobela labo abamethembayo.
Ngiyakhuleka ukuthi uMoya oNgcwele uvule amehlo akho ukuze ubone uMlobi womlando ofihliwe. Futhi sengathi ungabona uJesu nesiphambano sakhe njengokunqoba okuyindida kokugcina phezu kwamaqhinga ezitha zethu.
Mayelana naloluHlelo
Indaba ka-Esteri ethinta inhliziyo, ehlolisiswe kulolu hlelo lokufunda lwezinsuku ezine, ifanekisela indlela uJesu azidela ngayo ukuze asikhulule. Nakuba igama likaNkulunkulu lingashiwongo kulencwadi, ubukhosi Bakhe phezu kwezehlakalo abunakuphikwa, futhi isibindi sika-Esteri nokuzidela kwakhe kubonisa uthando Lwakhe kanye nomsebenzi Wakhe wokuletha ithemba emhlabeni.
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