Esiteri
4: 1 Moridekayi abonye ibyakozwe byose, Moridekayi akodesha imyenda ye,
hanyuma yambare umufuka wivu, asohoka hagati ya
mujyi, ararira n'ijwi rirenga n'ijwi rirenga;
4: 2 Kandi baza imbere y'irembo ry'umwami, kuko nta n'umwe ushobora kwinjira mu Uwiteka
irembo ry'umwami ryambaye ibigunira.
4: 3 Kandi mu ntara zose, aho ari ho hose umwami n'itegeko rye
itegeko rije, habaye icyunamo kinini mu Bayahudi, no kwiyiriza ubusa, kandi
kurira, no kuboroga; kandi benshi baryamye mu mifuka no mu ivu.
4: 4 Nuko abaja ba Esiteri n'abambari be baraza baramubwira. Hanyuma
umwamikazi arababara cyane; nuko yohereza imyenda yo kwambika Moridekayi,
no kumwambura umwenda we, ariko ntiyakira.
5: 5 Hanyuma ahamagara Esiteri ahamagara Hataki, umwe mu ngoro z'umwami, uwo ari we
yari yarashyizeho ngo amwitabe, amuha itegeko
Moridekayi, kumenya icyo aricyo, n'impamvu yari.
6 Hataki asohoka i Moridekayi ku muhanda w'umujyi wari
imbere y'irembo ry'umwami.
4 Moridekayi amubwira ibyamubayeho byose n'amafaranga yose
y'amafaranga Hamani yari yarasezeranije kwishyura mu bubiko bw'umwami
abayahudi, kubatsemba.
4: 8 Kandi amuha kopi yinyandiko yitegeko ryatanzwe kuri
Shushan kubatsemba, kubereka Esiteri, no kubitangariza
we, no kumutegeka ko yinjira mu mwami, kugira ngo akore
kumutakambira, no kumusaba ubwoko bwe.
4: 9 Hataki araza abwira Esiteri amagambo ya Moridekayi.
4:10 Esiteri abwira Hataki, amutegeka Moridekayi.
4:11 Abagaragu b'umwami bose n'abaturage bo mu ntara z'umwami barabikora
menya ko umuntu wese, yaba umugabo cyangwa umugore, azaza ku mwami
mu rukiko rw'imbere, utahamagawe, hariho itegeko rimwe ryo gushyira
kugeza apfuye, usibye abo umwami azafatira zahabu
inkoni, kugira ngo abeho, ariko ntabwo nahamagariwe kwinjira
umwami muri iyi minsi mirongo itatu.
4:12 Babwira amagambo ya Moridekayi Esiteri.
4:13 Moridekayi ategeka gusubiza Esiteri, Ntutekereze nawe
Uzahungira mu nzu y'umwami, kurusha Abayahudi bose.
4:14 Kuko nimugumya amahoro muri iki gihe, ni ho hazaba
kwaguka no gutabarwa bivuka kubayahudi bava ahandi; ariko
wowe n'inzu ya so uzasenywa, kandi ninde ubizi
waje mubwami mugihe nkiki?
4:15 Esiteri abasaba gusubiza Moridekayi iki gisubizo,
4:16 Genda, ukoranyirize hamwe Abayahudi bose bari i Shusani, kandi wisonzesha
Mwebwe kubwanjye, kandi ntimurye cyangwa ngo munywe iminsi itatu, ijoro cyangwa amanywa: Nanjye
inkumi zanjye zizisonzesha gutya; nanjye nzinjira mu mwami,
idakurikiza amategeko: kandi nimbuka, ndarimbuka.
4:17 Moridekayi rero aragenda, akora ibyo Esiteri yari afite byose
aramutegeka.