Esiteri
9: 1 Noneho mu kwezi kwa cumi na kabiri, ni ukuvuga ukwezi Adari, ku munsi wa cumi na gatatu
kimwe, igihe itegeko ry'umwami n'itegeko rye byegereje
shyirwa mu bikorwa, ku munsi abanzi b'Abayahudi bizeye
imbaraga kuri bo, (nubwo byahinduwe binyuranye, ko abayahudi
yari yabategetse kubanga;)
2 Abayahudi bateranira mu migi yabo yose
intara z'umwami Ahasuwerusi, kurambika ibiganza ku bashaka
kubabaza: kandi nta muntu washoboraga kubihanganira; kubatinya
abantu bose.
3 Abategetsi bose b'intara, n'abaliyetona, na
abadepite, n'abayobozi b'umwami, bafashaga Abayahudi; kuko ubwoba bwa
Moridekayi arabagwa.
9 Moridekayi yari ukomeye mu nzu y'umwami, nuko amenyekana
mu ntara zose: kuri uyu mugabo Moridekayi yarushijeho kwiyongera kandi
kinini.
9: 5 Nguko uko Abayahudi bakubise abanzi babo bose inkota, kandi
kubaga, no kurimbuka, kandi bakora ibyo bashaka kubo
Yanga.
9: 6 I Shushani ibwami Abayahudi barica barimbura abantu magana atanu.
9: 7 Na Parshandatha, na Dalphon, na Aspata,
9: 8 Na Poratha, Adaliya, na Aridata,
9: 9 Parmashta, Arisayi, Aridai, na Vajezatha,
9 Abahungu icumi ba Hamani mwene Hammedata, umwanzi w'Abayahudi barica
bo; ariko ku minyago barambitseho.
9:11 Kuri uwo munsi, umubare w'abiciwe i Shushani ibwami
azanwa imbere y'umwami.
9:12 Umwami abwira Esiteri umwamikazi ati: Abayahudi barishe kandi
yarimbuye abantu magana atanu i Shushani ibwami, n'abahungu icumi ba
Hamani; bakoze iki mu zindi ntara z'umwami? ubu
icyifuzo cyawe? kandi bizaguha: cyangwa icyo usaba
kure? kandi bizakorwa.
9:13 Esiteri avuga ati: “Niba ishimishije umwami, ihabwe Abayahudi
ziri muri Shushan gukora ejo nabwo ukurikije uyu munsi
tegeka, kandi abahungu icumi ba Hamani bamanike ku giti.
9:14 Umwami abitegeka ko bikorwa, iryo tegeko riratangwa
Shushan; bamanika abahungu icumi ba Hamani.
9:15 Kubanga Abayahudi bari i Shusani bateranira kuri Uhoraho
umunsi wa cumi na kane na none ukwezi kwa Adari, akica abantu magana atatu kuri
Shushan; ariko ntibashyira ukuboko kwabo ku muhigo.
9:16 Ariko abandi Bayahudi bari mu ntara z'umwami baraterana
hamwe, bahagarara ubuzima bwabo, kandi baruhutse abanzi babo,
Yica abanzi babo ibihumbi mirongo irindwi na bitanu, ariko ntibashyira
amaboko yabo ku muhigo,
9:17 Ku munsi wa cumi na gatatu w'ukwezi Adari; no ku munsi wa cumi na kane wa
kimwe bararuhutse, babigira umunsi wo gusangira no kwishima.
9:18 Ariko Abayahudi bari i Shusani bateranira hamwe ku ya cumi na gatatu
umunsi wacyo, no ku ya cumi na kane; no ku munsi wa cumi na gatanu wa
kimwe bararuhutse, babigira umunsi wo gusangira no kwishima.
9:19 Abayahudi bo mu midugudu, batuye mu mijyi idakikijwe,
yakoze umunsi wa cumi na kane wukwezi Adar umunsi wibyishimo kandi
ibirori, n'umunsi mwiza, no kohereza ibice umwe umwe.
9 Moridekayi yandika ibyo, yoherereza Abayahudi bose amabaruwa
bari mu ntara zose z'umwami Ahasuwerusi, haba hafi na kure,
9:21 Gushimangira ibyo muri bo, kugirango bakomeze umunsi wa cumi na kane wa
ukwezi Adar, n'umunsi wa cumi na gatanu w'ibyo, buri mwaka,
9:22 Numunsi Abayahudi baruhutse abanzi babo, ukwezi
cyabahinduriwe kuva mu gahinda kugera ku byishimo, no mu cyunamo gihinduka a
umunsi mwiza: ko bagomba kubagira iminsi yo kurya no kwishima, na
kohereza ibice umwe umwe, n'impano kubakene.
9 Abayahudi biyemeza gukora nk'uko bari batangiye, nk'uko Moridekayi yabigenje
Yandikiwe;
9:24 Kuberako Hamani mwene Hammedata, Agagite, umwanzi wa bose
Abayahudi, bari barateguye kurwanya Abayahudi kubatsemba, kandi batera Pur,
ni ukuvuga ubufindo, kubarya, no kubatsemba;
9:25 Esiteri ageze imbere y'umwami, ategeka amabaruwa ye
igikoresho kibi yateguye kurwanya Abayahudi, kigomba kugaruka kuri we
umutwe bwite, kandi ko we n'abahungu be bagomba kumanikwa ku giti.
9:26 Niyo mpamvu bahamagaye iyi minsi Purimu nyuma yizina rya Pur. Kubwibyo
ku magambo yose y'uru rwandiko, n'ay'ibyo babonye
kuri iki kibazo, kandi cyari cyaraje kuri bo,
9:27 Abayahudi barabashyizeho, barabatwara, ku rubyaro rwabo no kuri bose
nk'abifatanije nabo, kugirango bidakwiye kunanirwa, ko bo
yagumana iyi minsi ibiri ukurikije inyandiko zabo, kandi ukurikije
igihe cyagenwe buri mwaka;
9:28 Kandi ko iyi minsi igomba kwibukwa kandi ikabikwa muri byose
ibisekuruza, imiryango yose, intara zose, numujyi wose; kandi ko ibyo
iminsi ya Purimu ntigomba gutsindwa mubayahudi, cyangwa urwibutso rwa
Barimbuka ku rubuto rwabo.
9:29 Esiteri umwamikazi, umukobwa wa Abihayeli na Moridekayi Umuyahudi,
yanditse n'ububasha bwose, kugirango yemeze iyi baruwa ya kabiri ya Purimu.
930 Yoherereza Abayahudi bose amabaruwa, ijana na makumyabiri na
intara ndwi z'ubwami bwa Ahasuwerusi, hamwe n'amajambo y'amahoro kandi
ukuri,
9:31 Kwemeza iyi minsi ya Purimu mugihe cyagenwe, nkuko
Moridekayi Umuyahudi na Esiteri umwamikazi bari barabategetse, kandi nk'uko babitegetse
bategetse ubwabo n'imbuto zabo, ibibazo byo kwiyiriza ubusa
no gutaka kwabo.
9:32 Itegeko rya Esiteri ryemeje ibyo bibazo bya Purimu; kandi byari
cyanditswe mu gitabo.