Esiteri 1: 1 Noneho mu gihe cya Ahasuwerusi, (uyu ni Ahasuwerusi yategetse, kuva mu Buhinde kugeza muri Etiyopiya, abarenga ijana na barindwi kandi intara makumyabiri :) 1: 2 Ko muri iyo minsi, umwami Ahasuwerusi yicaye ku ntebe ye ubwami, bwari muri Shushan ibwami, 1: 3 Mu mwaka wa gatatu w'ingoma ye, asangira abatware be bose kandi abagaragu be; imbaraga z'Ubuperesi n'Itangazamakuru, abanyacyubahiro n'ibikomangoma bya intara, kuba imbere ye: 1: 4 Igihe yerekanaga ubutunzi bw'ubwami bwe buhebuje n'icyubahiro cye icyubahiro cyiza iminsi myinshi, niyo minsi ijana na mirongo ine. 1: 5 Iyo minsi irangiye, umwami asangira na bose ibirori abantu bari bahari i Shushan ibwami, haba ku bakomeye na nto, iminsi irindwi, mu gikari cy'ubusitani bw'ingoro y'umwami; 1: 6 Aho byari byera, icyatsi, nubururu, kumanikwa, bifatanye n imigozi myiza imyenda n'ibara ry'umuyugubwe kugeza impeta ya feza n'inkingi za marble: ibitanda byari zahabu na feza, kuri kaburimbo y'umutuku, n'ubururu, n'umweru, n'umukara, marble. 1: 7 Babaha kunywa mu bikoresho bya zahabu, (inzabya zitandukanye umwe umwe,) na vino yumwami kubwinshi, ukurikije leta y'umwami. 1: 8 Kandi kunywa byari bikurikije amategeko; nta n'umwe wigeze ahatira: kuko rero Uwiteka Umwami yari yarashyizeho abatware bose bo mu rugo rwe, kugira ngo babikore nk'uko buri muntu abishaka. 1: 9 Nanone Vashti umwamikazi akora ibirori ku bagore bo mu rugo rw'umwami yari iy'umwami Ahasuwerusi. 1:10 Ku munsi wa karindwi, igihe umutima wumwami wari wuzuye divayi, we yategetse Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, na Abagtha, Zethar, na Carcas, ibyumba birindwi byakoreraga imbere ya Ahasuwerusi Umwami, 1:11 Kuzana Vashti umwamikazi imbere yumwami hamwe numwami wikamba, kugirango yerekane abantu n'ibikomangoma ubwiza bwe: kuko yari akwiriye kureba. 1:12 Ariko umwamikazi Vashti yanga kuza ku itegeko ry'umwami chamberlains: nuko umwami ararakara cyane, uburakari bwe burashya we. 1:13 Umwami abwira abanyabwenge bazi ibihe, kuko ari ko byari bimeze inzira y'umwami kubantu bose bazi amategeko n'imanza: 1:14 Uwakurikiyeho ni Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarishish, Meres, Marsena, na Memucan, ibikomangoma birindwi by'Ubuperesi n'Itangazamakuru, babonye mu maso h'umwami, kandi hicaye uwambere mu bwami;) 1:15 Tuzakorera iki umwamikazi Vashti dukurikije amategeko, kuko ari we Ntiyubahirije itegeko ry'umwami Ahasuwerusi Byumba? 1:16 Memukani asubiza imbere y'umwami n'ibikomangoma, Vashti umwamikazi Ntabwo yagiriye nabi umwami gusa, ahubwo yagiriye nabi ibikomangoma byose, kandi ku bantu bose bari mu ntara zose z'umwami Ahasuwerusi. 1:17 Kuberako iki gikorwa cyumwamikazi kizagera mumahanga kubagore bose, kugirango Bazasuzugura abagabo babo mumaso yabo, igihe bizaba raporo, Umwami Ahasuwerusi ategeka Vashti umwamikazi kuzana imbere ye, ariko ntabwo yaje. 1:18 Muri ubwo buryo, abadamu bo mu Buperesi n'Itangazamakuru bazabwira uyu munsi bose ibikomangoma by'umwami, bumvise iby'umwamikazi. Nguko uko havuka agasuzuguro gakabije n'uburakari. 1:19 Niba bishimisha umwami, reka habeho itegeko ry'umwami, kandi reka byandike mu mategeko y'Abaperesi n'Abamedi, ngo ntuhindurwe, Ko Vashti atazongera kuza imbere y'umwami Ahasuwerusi; reka umwami aha umutungo we wa cyami undi kumuruta. 1:20 Kandi igihe umwami azategeka azashyirwa ahagaragara mubwami bwe bwose, (kuko birakomeye,) abagore bose bazatanga kubagabo babo bubaha, abakuru n'aboroheje. 1:21 Amagambo ashimisha umwami n'ibikomangoma; Umwami arabikora ukurikije ijambo rya Memucan: 1:22 Yohereje amabaruwa mu ntara zose z'umwami, mu ntara zose ukurikije ibyanditswe, no kuri buri muntu nyuma yabo ururimi, ko umuntu wese agomba gutegeka mu rugo rwe, kandi ko aribyo bigomba gutangazwa ukurikije imvugo ya buri muntu.