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.