Esther
4:1 Modhekai akati aona zvose zvakanga zvaitika, Modhekai akabvarura nguo dzake.
ndokupfeka masaga nekuzora madota, ndokubudira pakati peguta
guta, akachema nokuchema kukuru kunorwadza;
akasvikawo pamberi pesuwo ramambo, nekuti kwakanga kusina aifanira kupinda pasuwo
suwo ramambo rakafuka masaga.
4:3 Norutivi rumwe norumwe rwenyika pose panorayira mambo nomurayiro wake
chirevo chakasvika, kukavapo kuchema kukuru pakati pavaJudha, nokutsanya, nokutsanya
kuchema nokuungudza; vazhinji vakavata pasi vakafuka masaga namadota.
4:4 Zvino vasikana vaEsiteri navaranda vake vakandomuudza izvozvo. Zvakadaro
vahosi vakashungurudzika zvikuru; akatumira Modhekai nguvo, kuti apfekedze Modhekai;
uye kuti abvise masaga paari, asi haana kurigamuchira.
Ipapo Esiteri akadana Hataki, mumwe wavaranda vamambo, waakanga apiwa namambo
akamuraira kuti amuchengete, akamupa murairo kuti
Modhekai, kuti azive kuti chaiva chii, uye nechikonzero chei.
Ipapo Hataki akaenda kuna Modhekai padare reguta, rakanga riri
pamberi pesuwo ramambo.
Modhekai akamuudza zvose zvakanga zvaitika kwaari, nenhamba yacho
pamari yakanga yavimbiswa naHamani kuti achaisa muzvivigiro zvamambo
vaJudha, kuti vavaparadze.
4:8 Akamupawo rugwaro rworunyoro rwechirevo chakanga chatemwa
Shushani kuvaparadza, kuti vazviratidze kuna Esiteri, nokuzvizivisa kwaari
nokumuraira kuti apinde kuna mambo kundorwa
mukumbiro kwaari, nokukumbirira vanhu vake kwaari.
Hataki akandoudza Esiteri mashoko aModhekai.
Esiteri akataurazve naHataki, akamuraira kuna Modhekai;
Varanda vose vamambo navanhu vamativi enyika yamambo vakaita saizvozvo
zivai kuti ani naani, murume kana mukadzi, achauya kuna mambo
muruvanze rwomukati, asina kudamwa, kunomurayiro mumwe wake kuti aiswe
afe, kunze kwaiye mambo waacharereudzira kwaari ndarama
tsvimbo youshe kuti ararame, asi handina kudanwa kuti ndipinde kwairi
mambo mazuva ano ana makumi matatu.
4:12 Vakaudza Modhekai mashoko aEsiteri.
Ipapo Modhekai akaraira kuti vapindure Esiteri, vati, Usazvifunga saizvozvo
iwe uchapukunyuka mumba mamambo kupfuura vaJudha vose.
4:14 nekuti kana iwe ukanyarara chose nenguva ino, ipapo uchasvika
Kuwedzerwa nokusunungurwa kunomukira vaJudha zvichibva kune imwe nzvimbo; asi
iwe neimba yababa vako muchaparadzwa;
Wasvika paushe nenguva yakaita seino?
Esteri 4:15 Ipapo Esteri akavarayira kuti vadzosere mhinduro yaModhekai.
Enda uunganidze vaJudha vose vari paShushani, muzvinyime zvokudya;
uye hamudyi kana kumwa mazuva matatu, usiku nemasikati; neniwo
nevarandakadzi vangu vachatsanya saizvozvo; naizvozvo ndichapinda kuna mambo;
izvo zvisingaenderani nemurairo; uye kana ndikaparara, ndinoparara.
4:17 Naizvozvo Modhekai akaenda, akandoita zvose Esiteri akanga ana
akamuraira.