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.