Esiteri
2: 1 Nyuma y'ibyo, uburakari bw'umwami Ahasuwerusi bumaze gutuza
yibutse Vashti, n'ibyo yakoze, n'ibiteganijwe
we.
2: 2 Abagaragu b'umwami bamukorera bati: “Nihabeho.”
inkumi nziza zishakira umwami:
3 Umwami ashireho abatware mu ntara zose z'ubwami bwe,
kugira ngo bateranyirize hamwe inkumi zose ziza kuri Shushan
ibwami, mu nzu y'abagore, kugeza kuri Hege Uwiteka
icyumba cy'umwami, umuzamu w'abagore; reka ibintu byabo
bezwa:
2: 4 Kandi inkumi ishimisha umwami ibe umwamikazi aho kuba Vashti.
Icyo kintu gishimisha umwami; arabikora.
2: 5 I Shushani ibwami hari Umuyahudi witwa izina rye
Moridekayi, umuhungu wa Yayiri, mwene Shimeyi, mwene Kishi, a
Benyamini;
2: 6 Abari bakuwe i Yerusalemu hamwe n'iminyago yari ifite
yajyanywe na Yekoniya umwami w'u Buyuda, uwo Nebukadinezari
umwami wa Babiloni yari yatwaye.
2 arera Hadassa, ni ukuvuga Esiteri, umukobwa wa nyirarume: kuko
nta se cyangwa nyina yari afite, kandi umuja yari mwiza kandi mwiza;
uwo Moridekayi, se na nyina bapfuye, bajyana ibye
umukobwa.
8: 8 Nuko bibe itegeko ry'umwami n'itegeko rye
yumvise, maze abakobwa benshi bateranira hamwe kwa Shushani Uwiteka
ibwami, ashinzwe Hegai, Esiteri na we azanwa kwa Uhoraho
inzu y'umwami, irinzwe na Hegai, umuzamu w'abagore.
9 Umukobwa aramushimisha, amugirira neza; na we
byihuse amuha ibintu bye byo kwezwa, hamwe nibintu nka
yari iye, n'abaja barindwi, bahuye ngo bamuhe, hanze
w'inzu y'umwami: nuko amukundira n'abaja be ibyiza
umwanya w'inzu y'abagore.
Esiteri ntiyerekanye ubwoko bwe cyangwa bene wabo, kuko Moridekayi yari afite
yamushinje ko atagomba kubyerekana.
Moridekayi agenda buri munsi imbere y'urugo rw'abagore, kugeza
menya uko Esiteri yakoze, nibigomba kumubaho.
2:12 Igihe umuja wese yahindukiraga ngo yinjire ku mwami Ahasuwerusi, nyuma
ko yari amaze amezi cumi n'abiri, akurikije uburyo bw'abagore,
(kuko niko iminsi yo kwezwa kwabo yarangiye, mubyukuri, itandatu
amezi hamwe namavuta ya mira, n'amezi atandatu numunuko uryoshye, hamwe na
ibindi bintu byo kweza abagore;)
2:13 Nuko abakobwa bose baza ku mwami; icyo yashakaga cyose
amuha gusohokana na we mu nzu y'abagore akajya ku mwami
inzu.
Nimugoroba aragenda, bukeye asubira mu wa kabiri
inzu y'abagore, mu maboko ya Shaashgaz, urugereko rw'umwami,
yagumije inshoreke: ntiyinjira mu mwami, uretse Uwiteka
umwami aramwishimira, kandi ko bamwise izina.
2:15 Igihe Esiteri ageze, umukobwa wa Abihayili nyirarume
Moridekayi wari wamujyanye ku mukobwa we, yaje kwinjira kwa Uhoraho
mwami, nta kindi yasabye usibye ibyo Hegai icyumba cy'umwami, Uwiteka
umuzamu w'abagore, washyizweho. Esiteri na we amugirira neza
muri bose bamureba.
2:16 Esiteri ajyanwa ku mwami Ahasuwerusi mu nzu ye ibwami
ukwezi kwa cumi, ni ukwezi kwa Tebeth, mu mwaka wa karindwi we
ingoma.
2:17 Umwami akunda Esiteri kuruta abagore bose, maze agira ubuntu
kandi atoneshwe imbere ye kurusha inkumi zose; ku buryo yashyizeho Uwiteka
ikamba rya cyami kumutwe, amugira umwamikazi aho kuba Vashti.
2:18 Umwami asangira ibirori bikomeye abatware be bose n'abagaragu be,
ndetse n'umunsi mukuru wa Esiteri; nuko arekura intara, aratanga
impano, ukurikije uko umwami ameze.
2:19 Kandi inkumi ziteraniye hamwe ubugira kabiri, hanyuma
Moridekayi yicara ku irembo ry'umwami.
Esiteri yari ataragaragariza bene wabo cyangwa ubwoko bwe; nk'uko Moridekayi yari afite
yamushinje: kuko Esiteri yakoze itegeko rya Moridekayi, nk'igihe
yarezwe na we.
Muri iyo minsi, igihe Moridekayi yari yicaye ku irembo ry'umwami, babiri mu bami
chamberlains, Bigthan na Teresh, mubakomeje urugi, bari
ararakara, ashaka kurambikaho umwami Ahasuwerusi.
22 Moridekayi arabimenya, abibwira Esiteri umwamikazi;
Esiteri yemeza umwami wacyo mu izina rya Moridekayi.
2:23 Igihe iperereza ryakozwe kuri icyo kibazo, ryaragaragaye; kubwibyo
bombi bamanikwa ku giti: kandi cyanditswe mu gitabo cya
Amateka imbere y'umwami.