Esther 1:1 Zvino zvakaitika mumazuva aAhashivheroshi, (ndiye Ahashivheroshi, akatonga, kubva kuIndia kusvikira kuEtiopia, akatonga pamusoro pezana rimwe namanomwe matunhu makumi maviri :) 1:2 kuti pamazuva iwayo mambo Ahashivheroshi agere pachigaro chake choushe ushe hwaiva paShushani nhare yamambo; 1:3 Mugore rechitatu rokutonga kwake, akaitira machinda ake ose mutambo varanda vake; simba rePezhia neMedhia, machinda namachinda ePersia matunhu ari pamberi pake; 1:4 Paakavaratidza upfumi hwoumambo hwake hunobwinya, nokukudzwa kwoumambo hwake ukuru hwakaisvonaka mazuva mazhinji, mazuva ane zana namakumi masere. 1:5 Zvino mazuva iwayo akati apera, mambo akaitira vose mutambo vanhu vakanga vari paShushani nhare yamambo, kusvikira kuvakuru navakuru mazuva maduku, manomwe paruvanze rwomunda womuzinda wamambo; 1:6 Paiva nemicheka michena, mitema, nemitema, yakanga yakasungwa namabote akaisvonaka zvindori zvesirivha zverineni, nezvishava, nembiru dzamabwe machena; mibhedha yakanga ina ndarama, nesirivha, paguva rakarongwa nezvitsvuku, nezvitema, nezvichena, nezvitema; marble. 1:7 Vakavamwisa mumikombe yendarama, midziyo yakanga iri yakasiyana-siyana mumwe kubva kune mumwe,) newaini yamambo zhinji, maererano nehurumende yamambo. 1:8 Vakamwa nomurayiro wokuti munhu anwe; hakuna wakamanikidza; mambo akanga araira vatariri vose veimba yake, kuti vaite maererano nomufaro womumwe nomumwe. Navahosi Vhashiti vakaitirawo vakadzi mutambo paimba yamambo yakanga iri yamambo Ahashivheroshi. 1:10 Zvino nezuva rechinomwe, moyo wamambo wakati wafara newaini, iye akarayira Mehumani, naBhizita, naHaribhona, naBhigita, naAbhagata, naZetari, na Zvino tarira, machinda manomwe aibata pamberi paAhashivheroshi mambo, 1:11 kuti vauye navahosi Vhashiti pamberi pamambo, vane korona youhosi kuzoratidza vanhu namachinda kunaka kwake; nekuti akanga akanaka pakuonekwa kwake. 1:12 Asi vahosi Vhashiti vakaramba kuuya sezvavakanga varairwa namambo nomuromo wake mambo akatsamwa kwazvo, shungu dzake dzikapfuta iye. 1:13 Ipapo mambo akati kuvachenjeri, vaiziva nguva, nokuti ndizvo zvakanga zvakaita tsika yamambo kuna vose vaiziva mutemo nokururamisira; 1:14 Uye aimutevera akanga ari Kashena, Shetari, Adhima, Tashishi, Meresi, Marsena, naMemukani, iwo machinda manomwe ePerisia neMedhia, akaona chiso chamambo, uye akanga agere wokutanga paumambo. 1:15 Zvino tichaitireiko vahosi Vhashiti nomurayiro, nekuti ivo haana kuita sezvakarairwa namambo Ahashivheroshi nomuromo wake chamberlains? 1:16 Ipapo Memukani akapindura mambo namachinda, akati, Vahosi Vhashiti haana kutadzira mambo chete, asi namachinda osewo; kuvanhu vose vari pamativi ose enyika dzamambo Ahashivheroshi. 1:17 Nokuti ichi chiito chamambokadzi chichapararira vakadzi vose, kuti vachazvidza varume vavo pazvinenge zvaitika akati, Mambo Ahashivheroshi akaraira vahosi Vhashiti kuti vapiwe pamberi pake, asi haana kuuya. 1:18 Nhasi vakadzi vePezhia neMedhia vachataurawo kumarudzi ose machinda amambo, vakanzwa zvakaitwa navahosi. Zvichaita saizvozvo kushora nokutsamwa kunovapo. 1:19 Kana mambo achifara nazvo, ngaateme murayiro wamambo ubve kwaari, uye ngachinyorwe pamirairo yavaPerisia navaMedhia, kuti icho regai kushandurwa, kuti Vhashiti arege kuzouyazve pamberi pamambo Ahashivheroshi; uye regai mambo akapa uhosi hwake kuno mumwe akaita nani kupfuura iye. Kana chirevo chamambo chaatema chikaziviswa paushe hwake hwose (nokuti ukuru) vakadzi vose vanofanira kupa Kudzai varume vavo, vakuru navaduku. Shoko iro rikafadza mambo namachinda; mambo akaita maererano neshoko raMemukani. 1:22 Akatuma tsamba kumativi ose enyika yose yamambo, norutivi rumwe norumwe rwenyika maererano nokunyorwa kwayo, norudzi rumwe norumwe sezvarwo mutauro, kuti munhu mumwe nomumwe ave nesimba pamusoro peimba yake, naiyo inofanira kubudiswa maererano nemutauro wevanhu vose.