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Abayuda bananira abansi babo

Ku musi wari wategekanijwe ko batsembwa, abansi b'Abayuda ni bo bagwa ahubwo — abahungu cumi ba Hamani, ibihumbi mirongo indwi na bitanu mu ntara, kandi nta minyago yatwawe. Moridekayi na Esiteri hanyuma bandika urwo rugamba ruhinduka umusi mukuru w'imyaka yose, Purimu: akaruhuko, ingabire z'ibifungurwa, n'ingabire ku bakene.

Igice 9.

Mu kwezi kw’icumi na kabiri, ari kwo Adari, ku musi ugira cumi na gatatu, igihe itegeko n’icemezo vy’umwami vyari bigiye gushika mu ngiro, umusi abansi b’Abayuda bari biteze kubaganza, vyarahindukiye: Abayuda ni bo baganje ababanka. Abayuda bakoranira mu bisagara vyabo mu ntara zose z’umwami Ahasuerusi kugira ngo baterere ababashaka nabi. Nta muntu n’umwe yashobora kubahagararira, kuko ubwoba bwabo bwari bwaguye ku bantu bose. Abakuru bose b’intara, abategetsi bakuru, abaganwa, n’abajejwe ivya cami baragira hamwe n’Abayuda, kuko ubwoba bwa Morudekayi bwari bwabaguyeko. Morudekayi yarakomeye mu nzu y’umwami; irangamutima ryiwe rirakwira mu ntara zose, kuko Morudekayi ubwiwe yama arushiriza kugira ubushobozi. Abayuda baratera abansi babo bose n’inkota, barica kandi barahonya, bagira ababanka uko bashaka. Mu gihome ca Susa, Abayuda barica kandi barahonya abantu amajana atanu. Baranigarariye Parushandata, Dalufoni, Asupata, Porata, Adaliya, Aridata, Parumashuta, Arisayi, Aridayi, na Vayizata. Abo bana cumi ba Hamani mwene Hamedata, umwansi w’Abayuda, barabishe, ariko ntibanyaga ikintu na kimwe.

Uwo musi, igitigiri c’abishwe mu gihome ca Susa caramenyeshejwe umwami. Umwami abwira umwamikazi Esiteri ati: “Mu gihome ca Susa, Abayuda bishe kandi barahonya abantu amajana atanu, hamwe n’abana cumi ba Hamani. None bakoze iki mu zindi ntara z’umwami? Ni igiki usaba? Uzogihabwa. Ni iki ukibwaza ikindi? Kizokorwa.”

Esiteri yishura ati: “Nimba vyagushimye wewe mwami, reka Abayuda bari i Susa bongere bakore ejo hisunze icemezo c’uyu musi, kandi bamanike abana cumi ba Hamani ku biti.”

Umwami ategeka ko bivakorwa. Icemezo caratangajwe i Susa, maze bamanika abana cumi ba Hamani. Abayuda bari i Susa barongera bagakoranira ku musi ugira cumi na kane w’Adari, bica abantu amajana atatu, ariko ntibakora ku vyanyazwe.

Abandi Bayuda bari mu ntara z’umwami barakoranira kugira ngo bikingire ubuzima bwabo, baruhuka ku bansi babo, bica abantu ibihumbi mirongo irindwi na bitanu bababanka, ariko ntibakora ku vyanyazwe. Ivyo vyabaye ku musi ugira cumi na gatatu w’Adari; ku musi ugira cumi na kane bararuhuka, bawugira umusi w’ibirori n’umunezero.

I Susa, Abayuda barakoraniye ku musi ugira cumi na gatatu n’uwugira cumi na kane, baruhuka ku musi ugira cumi na gatanu, bawugira umusi w’ibirori n’umunezero. Ni co gituma Abayuda bo mu bigwati bitari mu bisagara bifise impome bahimbaza umusi ugira cumi na kane w’Adari n’umunezero, ibirori, umusi mukuru, no guhana ingabire z’ibifungurwa.

Ishitswa ry’umusi mukuru wa Purimu

Morudekayi yarandika ivyo vyose, arungikira amakete Abayuda bose bari mu ntara z’umwami Ahasuerusi, abegereye n’abari kure, kugira ngo abategeke guhimbaza umusi ugira cumi na kane n’uwugira cumi na gatanu w’ukwezi kwa Adari uko umwaka utashe, nk’imisi Abayuda baruhukiyeko ku bansi babo, n’ukwezi kwabahindukiye kuva ku marira kuja ku munezero, kuva ku kuboroga kuja ku birori. Ababwira ko bazoyigira imisi y’ibirori n’umunezero, bahanana ingabire z’ibifungurwa n’ingabire zo guha aboro. Abayuda bemera ngo bibe akamenyero ivyo bari batanguye gukora, nk’uko Morudekayi yari yabandikiye. Hamani mwene Hamedata Umwagagi, umwansi w’Abayuda bose, yari yarabumvikanye guhonywa, atera akavuru, ari ko purimu, kugira ngo abamenagure kandi abahonye. Mugabo igihe vyashika imbere y’umwami, yategeka mw’ikete ko umugambi mubi Hamani yari yagiriye Abayuda ugaruka ku mutwe wiwe, be n’uko we hamwe n’abana biwe bomanikwa ku biti.

Ni co gituma iyo misi yitwa Purimu, bihereye ku jambo purimu, kubera ayo majambo yose y’iri kete, no kubera ivyo babonye n’ivyababayeko. Abayuda baremeza ku bwabo, ku ruvyaro rwabo, no ku bose bifatanije nabo, ko bazozigama iyo misi ibiri uko umwaka utashe, mu gihe cagenywe, batabihushije, nk’uko vyanditswe. Iryaryo yaruka ryose, umuryango wose, intara yose, n’igisagara cose, bazibuka kandi bazozigama iyo misi; iyo misi ya Purimu ntizozohera mu Bayuda, eka n’ukwibukwa kwayo ntikuzozima mu ruvyaro rwabo.

Umwamikazi Esiteri mwene Abihayili na Morudekayi Umuyuda baranditse n’ubukuru bwose kugira ngo bemeze iri kete rigira kabiri rya Purimu. Amakete yararungikiwe Abayuda bose bari mu ntara ijana na mirongo ibiri n’indwi z’ubwami bwa Ahasuerusi, amajambo y’amahoro n’ukuri, yemeza iyo misi ya Purimu mu gihe cayo cagenywe, nk’uko Morudekayi Umuyuda n’umwamikazi Esiteri babategetse, be n’uko bategekaniye ubwabo n’uruvyaro rwabo, ibihe vy’ukwisonzesha n’ukuboroga. Itegeko rya Esiteri ryaremeje ivyo vyagenywe bijanye na Purimu, kandi vyanditswe mu gitabu c’ivyabaye.