Hamani ashaka uburyo bwo kurimbura Abayuda
Hamani aduzwa mu cubahiro, kandi Moridekayi yanka kumwunamira. Ababajwe, Hamani yiyemeza ko urupfu rw'umuntu umwe ari ruto cane, maze agura ku mwami itegeko ryo gutsembatsemba Abayuda bose ku musi watowe hakoreshejwe ubufindo. Intumwa zirirukanka mu gihe umwami na Hamani bicaye banywa.
3 1Havuye aho Umwami Ahaswerusi ashira hejuru Hamani mwene Hamedata w’Umwagagi, aramuduza, ashira intebe yiwe hejuru y’abakuru bose bari kumwe na we. 2Abasuku bose b’umwami bari ku marembo y’umwami bapfukamiraga Hamani bakamwunamira, nk’uko umwami yari yabategetse. Ariko Morodekayi ntiyapfukama canke ngo amwunamire. 3Nuko abasuku b’umwami bari ku marembo y’umwami babaza Morodekayi bati: “Ni kuki uca kubiri n’itegeko ry’umwami?” 4Uko bwije uko bukeye baramuhanika, ariko aranka; nuko babibwira Hamani, kugira barabe ko iryo shinga rya Morodekayi ryokomera, kuko yari yababwiye ko ari Umuyuda. 5Hamani abonye ko Morodekayi atamupfukamira canke ngo amwunamire, yuzura ishavu. 6Kwica Morodekayi wenyene vyamusuzuguza, kuko bari bamubwiye ingene abantu ba Morodekayi bari; nuko Hamani arondera uburyo bwo kurimbura abantu ba Morodekayi bose, ari bo Bayuda, mu bwami bwose bwa Ahaswerusi.
7Mu kwezi kwa mbere, ukwa Nisani, mu mwaka ugira cumi na kabiri w’umwami Ahaswerusi, baterera Puri (ni ukuvuga akobo) imbere ya Hamani ku musi ku wundi no ku kwezi ku kundi; akobo kaguma ku kwezi kugira cumi na kabiri, ukwa Adari. 8Hamani abwira umwami Ahaswerusi ati: “Hari igisata c’abantu cakwiragiye kikshwira mu bindi bisata vy’abantu mu ntara zose z’ubwami bwawe. Amategeko yabo aratandukanye n’ay’abandi bose, kandi barirengagiza amategeko y’umwami; nta co bimarira umwami kubabana na bo. 9Nimba bishimye umwami, harashirweho itegeko ryo kubarimbura; nzopima ibiro bibihumbi amajana atatu na mirongo irindwi na bitanu vy’ifeza, ndabihe abakuru biwe ngo bishirwe mu kibiko c’umwami.”
10Umwami yiyambura impeta yiwe y’ikidodo, ayiha Hamani mwene Hamedata w’Umwagagi, umwansi w’Abayuda. 11Umwami abwira Hamani ati: “Iyo feza ni iyawe, n’abo bantu na bo nyene, ubagire nk’uko ubishaka.”
12Ku musi ugira cumi na gatatu w’ukwezi kwa mbere hahamagarwa abanditsi b’umwami, maze itegeko rya Hamani ryandikirwa abategetsi b’intara bakuru b’umwami, n’abatware bari hejuru ya buri ntara, n’abakuru ba buri gisata c’abantu, buri ntara mu nyandiko yayo bwite, na buri gisata c’abantu mu rurimi rwaco. Vyanditswe mw’izina ry’umwami Ahaswerusi, bidodeshwa impeta yiwe y’ikidodo. 13Intumwa zikwiza amakete mu ntara zose z’umwami ziti: nimurimbure, mwice kandi muhonye Abayuda bose, abato n’abakuru, abagore n’abana, ku musi umwe, ku musi ugira cumi na gatatu w’ukwezi kugira cumi na kabiri, ukwa Adari, muce munyaga ivyabo. 14Icegeranyo c’iryo tegeko cari gushirwaho nk’itegeko mu ntara zose, kikerekanirwa abantu bose, kugira babe biteguye kuri uwo musi. 15Ku rwaruka rw’umwami intumwa zihuta zisohoka, maze iryo tegeko risohokera i Suza mu gihome. Umwami na Hamani baricara baranywa, ariko igisagara ca Suza cari mu kaga.
