Esiteri
8: 1 Uwo munsi umwami Ahasuwerusi yahaye inzu ya Hamani Abayahudi '.
umwanzi kuri Esiteri umwamikazi. Moridekayi aza imbere y'umwami; Kuri
Esiteri yari yaramubwiye icyo ari cyo.
8 Umwami akuramo impeta yari yakuye i Hamani, aratanga
i Moridekayi. Esiteri ashyira Moridekayi hejuru y'inzu ya Hamani.
3 Esiteri yongera kuvuga imbere y'umwami, yikubita imbere y'ibirenge bye,
aramwinginga amarira kugirango akureho ububi bwa Hamani Uwiteka
Agagite, n'ibikoresho bye yari yarateguye kurwanya Abayahudi.
4 Umwami arambura Esiteri inkoni ya zahabu. Esiteri rero
arahaguruka, ahagarara imbere y'umwami,
5: 5 Ati: "Niba bishimisha umwami, kandi niba naramutonesha."
kureba, kandi ikintu gisa nkicyiza imbere yumwami, kandi ndishimye
amaso ye, reka yandike guhindura inyuguti zakozwe na Hamani Uwiteka
mwene Hammedata Agagite, yanditse kugirango arimbure abayahudi aribyo
bari mu ntara zose z'umwami:
8: 6 Ni gute nshobora kwihanganira kubona ibibi bizagera ku bwoko bwanjye? cyangwa
Nigute nakwihanganira kubona irimbuka rya benewacu?
7 Umwami Ahasuwerusi abwira Esiteri umwamikazi na Moridekayi
Umuyahudi, Dore nahaye Esiteri inzu ya Hamani, na bo bafite
amanikwa ku giti, kuko yarambitse ikiganza ku Bayahudi.
8: 8 Nimwandikire kandi ku Bayahudi, nk'uko mubishaka, mu izina ry'umwami, kandi
Ikidodo n'impeta y'umwami: kuko ibyanditswe byanditswe muri
Izina ry'umwami, kandi ryashyizweho kashe n'impeta y'umwami, ntihakagire umuntu uhinduka.
9 Mu kwezi kwa gatatu, abanditsi b'umwami bahamagawe,
ni ukuvuga ukwezi Sivan, ku munsi wa gatatu na makumyabiri; na
yanditswe akurikije ibyo Moridekayi yategetse Abayahudi, kandi
kuri liyetona, n'abadepite n'abategetsi b'intara aribyo
bakomoka mu Buhinde kugera muri Etiyopiya, intara ijana na makumyabiri na zirindwi,
kuri buri ntara ukurikije inyandiko zacyo, no kuri buri ntara
abantu nyuma y'ururimi rwabo, no kubayahudi bakurikije inyandiko zabo,
bakurikije ururimi rwabo.
8:10 Yandika mu izina ry'umwami Ahasuwerusi, ayashyiraho kashe y'umwami
impeta, kandi wohereje amabaruwa yanditswe kumafarasi, nabagendera ku nyumbu,
ingamiya, hamwe na dromedaries bato:
Umwami yemerera Abayahudi bari mu migi yose guterana
ubwabo hamwe, no guhagarara kubuzima bwabo, gusenya, kwica,
no gutera kurimbuka, imbaraga zose zabaturage nintara ibyo
yabatera, abato n'abagore, no gufata iminyago
kugira ngo bahige,
Umunsi umwe, mu ntara zose z'umwami Ahasuwerusi, ni ukuvuga ku
umunsi wa cumi na gatatu w'ukwezi kwa cumi na kabiri, ni ukwezi Adar.
8:13 Kopi yinyandiko kugirango itegeko ritangwe muri buri ntara
yandikiwe abantu bose, kandi ko Abayahudi bagomba kwitegura kurwanya
uwo munsi kugira ngo bihorere abanzi babo.
8:14 Nuko inkingi zagendaga ku nyumbu n'ingamiya zirasohoka, zihuta
akomezwa n'itegeko ry'umwami. Kandi iryo teka ryatanzwe kuri
Shushan ibwami.
15:15 Moridekayi asohoka imbere y'umwami yambaye umwami
ubururu n'umweru, hamwe n'ikamba rinini rya zahabu, hamwe n'umwenda wa
imyenda myiza n'iy'umuhengeri: umujyi wa Shushani urishima cyane.
8:16 Abayahudi bari bafite umucyo, umunezero, umunezero n'icyubahiro.
8:17 Mu ntara zose, no mu migi yose, aho umwami yaba ari hose
itegeko n'itegeko rye biraza, Abayahudi bagize umunezero n'ibyishimo, ibirori
n'umunsi mwiza. Benshi mu baturage bo muri icyo gihugu bahinduka Abayahudi; Kuri
ubwoba bw'Abayahudi bwabagwiririye.