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3:1 Shure kwaizvozvo mambo Ahashivheroshi akakudza Hamani mwanakomana waHamani
Hamedhata muAgagi akamuita mukuru, akagadza chigaro chake choushe pamusoro pavamwe vose
machinda akanga anaye.
2 Varanda vose vamambo vakanga vari pasuwo ramambo vakakotama, vakakotama
aitya Hamani; nekuti mambo akanga araira saizvozvo pamusoro pake. Asi
Modhekai haana kukotama kana kumupfugamira.
3:3 Ipapo varanda vamambo vakanga vari pasuwo ramambo vakati kwaari
Modhekai, Iwe unodarikireiko murayiro wamambo?
3:4 Zvino vakati vataura naye mazuva ose, iye akateerera
havana kuudza Hamani kuti vaone kana mhosva dzaModhekai
nokuti akanga avaudza kuti iye muJudha.
5 Zvino Hamani akati achiona kuti Modhekai haakotami kana kumupfugamira
Hamani akatsamwa kwazvo.
6 akashora kuuraya Modhekai oga; nokuti vakanga varatidza
saka Hamani akatsvaka kuparadza nyika yose
vaJudha vaigara paushe hwose hwaAhashivheroshi, ivo vaJudha
vanhu vaModhekai.
3:7 Nomwedzi wokutanga, kureva mwedzi Nisani, mugore regumi namaviri
Mambo Ahashivheroshi vakakanda Puri, ndiwo mujenya, pamberi paHamani kubvira pazuva
nhasi, uye kubva pamwedzi kusvika pamwedzi wegumi nemiviri, iwo mwedzi
mwedzi weAdhari.
Hamani akati kuna mambo Ahashivheroshi, Rumwe rudzi rwavanhu rwakapararira
vakapararira pakati pavanhu pamativi ose enyika dzenyu
kingdom; uye mitemo yavo yakasiyana neyavanhu vose; kana kuchengeta
mitemo yamambo; naizvozvo hazvina kunaka kuti mambo atambudzike
ivo.
3:9 Kana mambo achifara nazvo ngainyorwe kuti vaparadzwe;
ndicharipa matarenda ane zviuru zvine gumi zvesirivha pamaoko aivo
mubate basa rokuiisa pazvivigiro zvefuma yamambo.
Mambo akabvisa chindori chake paruoko rwake, akachipa Hamani, mwanakomana
waHamedhata muAgagi, muvengi wavaJudha.
3:11 Mambo akati kuna Hamani, Iwe vanhu, wapiwa sirivha iyo
uye muite navo sezvamunoda.
3:12 Zvino vanyori vamambo vakadamwa nezuva regumi nematatu rekutanga
+ uye pakanyorwa maererano nezvose zvakanga zvarayirwa naHamani
kumachinda amambo, navabati vaichengeta chimwe nechimwe
uye kumachinda avanhu venyika imwe neimwe maererano
nokunyorwa kwayo, nokuvanhu vose norurimi rwavo; mu
chikanyorwa zita ramambo Ahashivheroshi, rikasimbiswa nechindori chamambo.
Tsamba idzi dzakatumirwa navatumwa pamativi ose enyika dzamambo, kuti
kuparadza, nokuuraya, nokuparadza vaJudha vose, vaduku navakuru;
vana vaduku navakadzi, nezuva rimwe, nezuva regumi namatatu romwedzi
nomwedzi wegumi nemiviri, ndiwo mwedzi weAdhari, kuti vatore zvakapambwa
vave nyama yavo.
3:14 Naiyo yorunyoro, kuti chirevo chiparidzwe pamativi ose enyika
chakaparidzwa kuvanhu vose, kuti vazvigadzirire kuzorwa izvozvo
zuva.
3:15 Nhume dzakabuda dzichichimbidzwa nomurayiro wamambo;
chirevo chakapiwa paShushani nhare yamambo. Mambo naHamani vakagara pasi
kumwa; asi guta reShushani rakanga rakanyonganiswa.