Esiteri arashikira abantu biwe
Moridekayi araboroga yambaye ibigunira ku irembo, hanyuma ahata Esiteri: ingoro yiwe ntizomukiza, kandi ni nde azi nimba atashitse ku ntebe y'ubwami ku bw'igihe nk'iki. Atangaza igisibo c'imisi itatu maze aja ku mwami atatumiwe — nimba apfuye, apfuye.
4 1Igihe Morudekayi yamenya ivyari vyabaye vyose, yaratantamuye impuzu ziwe, yambara ikigunila n’iminyota, maze aja mu gisagara arira cane n’akababaro kenshi. 2Yagiye gushika ku marembo y’umwami gusa, kuko ata muntu yashobora kuyinjira yambaye impuzu z’ikigandaro. 3Mu ntara zose aho itegeko ry’umwami n’ibwirizwa ryashitse, Abayuda baragira intimba nyinshi, barasonza, bararira, baraboroga; benshi baryama mu kigunila no mu minyota.
4Igihe abakobwa b’Esiteri n’abafasa biwe bamubwira ivyo, umwamikazi yaragize umubabaro ukomeye. Arungikira Morudekayi impuzu kugira ngo akure ikigunila ciwe, mugabo arabyanka. 5Esiteri arahamagara Hataki, umwe mu bafasa b’umwami yari yashinzwe kumukorera, aramutuma kuri Morudekayi kugira ngo amenye ico iki ari co n’igituma. 6Nuko Hataki arasohoka aja kuri Morudekayi mu kibuga c’igisagara imbere y’amarembo y’umwami, 7Morudekayi abwira Hataki ivyari vyamushikiye vyose, be n’igiharuro nyacho c’amahera Hamani yari yasezeranye kuriha mu bubiko bw’umwami kugira ngo atikize Abayuda. 8Yongera aramuha kopi y’ibwirizwa ryo gutikiza ryari ryashikirijwe i Shushani, kugira ayerekane Esiteri, aryemeze, maze amuhimirize ngo aje atakambire umwami, asabire abantu biwe.
9Hataki aragaruka ashikiriza Esiteri ivyo Morudekayi yari yavuze. 10Nuko Esiteri abwira Hataki, amuha ubu butumwa kuri Morudekayi ati: 11“Abasuku b’umwami bose n’abantu bo mu ntara ziwe barazi ko: umugabo canke umugore wese yinjira mu rugo rwo imbere rw’umwami atahamagawe afise itegeko rimwe, ni ugupfa, kiretse umwami aramurambuza inkoni y’ubwami ya zahabu, kugira abeho. Nanje ntabwo nahamagawe kugenda ku mwami haciye imisi mirongo itatu ubu.”
12Igihe babwira Morudekayi ivyo Esiteri yari yavuze, 13Morudekayi yishura Esiteri ati: “Ntiwiyumvire ko wewe wenyene mu Bayuda bose uzorokoka kubera uri mu ngoro y’umwami. 14Nihomba uhora ucereje ubu, uruhuko n’ugukizwa bizozukira Abayuda bivuye ahandi, mugabo wewe n’inzu ya so muzopfa. Kandi ni nde azi niba warashikiye ku ntebe y’ubwami kubera igihe nk’iki?” a a v14 Data wa twese ntavugwa izina mu gitabu ca Esiteri cose, yamara ukuboko kwiwe kutaboneka kuraca mu ngingo zose, Morudekayi akemeza adakeka ko ugukizwa kuzoza, kuko azi ko Data atazoheba abantu biwe.
15Nuko Esiteri arungika inyishu iyi kuri Morudekayi ati: 16“Genda, ukoranye Abayuda bose bari i Shushani. Munsonzere, ntihagire uwurya canke uwunywa imisi itatu, ijoro n’umurango. Nanje n’abakobwa banje tuzosonza. Maze nze ku mwami, naho ari ukurwanya itegeko; kandi nimpomba, nzoba mpombye.” 17Nuko Morudekayi aragenda akora ivyo Esiteri yari yamutegetse vyose.
