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.
9 1Mu 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. 2Abayuda 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. 3Abakuru bose b’intara, abategetsi bakuru, abaganwa, n’abajejwe ivya cami baragira hamwe n’Abayuda, kuko ubwoba bwa Morudekayi bwari bwabaguyeko. 4Morudekayi yarakomeye mu nzu y’umwami; irangamutima ryiwe rirakwira mu ntara zose, kuko Morudekayi ubwiwe yama arushiriza kugira ubushobozi. 5Abayuda baratera abansi babo bose n’inkota, barica kandi barahonya, bagira ababanka uko bashaka. 6Mu gihome ca Susa, Abayuda barica kandi barahonya abantu amajana atanu. 7Baranigarariye Parushandata, Dalufoni, Asupata, 8Porata, Adaliya, Aridata, 9Parumashuta, Arisayi, Aridayi, na Vayizata. 10Abo bana cumi ba Hamani mwene Hamedata, umwansi w’Abayuda, barabishe, ariko ntibanyaga ikintu na kimwe.
11Uwo musi, igitigiri c’abishwe mu gihome ca Susa caramenyeshejwe umwami. 12Umwami 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.”
13Esiteri 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.”
14Umwami ategeka ko bivakorwa. Icemezo caratangajwe i Susa, maze bamanika abana cumi ba Hamani. 15Abayuda bari i Susa barongera bagakoranira ku musi ugira cumi na kane w’Adari, bica abantu amajana atatu, ariko ntibakora ku vyanyazwe.
16Abandi 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. 17Ivyo vyabaye ku musi ugira cumi na gatatu w’Adari; ku musi ugira cumi na kane bararuhuka, bawugira umusi w’ibirori n’umunezero.
18I 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. 19Ni 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
20Morudekayi yarandika ivyo vyose, arungikira amakete Abayuda bose bari mu ntara z’umwami Ahasuerusi, abegereye n’abari kure, 21kugira ngo abategeke guhimbaza umusi ugira cumi na kane n’uwugira cumi na gatanu w’ukwezi kwa Adari uko umwaka utashe, 22nk’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. 23Abayuda bemera ngo bibe akamenyero ivyo bari batanguye gukora, nk’uko Morudekayi yari yabandikiye. 24Hamani mwene Hamedata Umwagagi, umwansi w’Abayuda bose, yari yarabumvikanye guhonywa, atera akavuru, ari ko purimu, kugira ngo abamenagure kandi abahonye. 25Mugabo 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.
26Ni co gituma iyo misi yitwa Purimu, bihereye ku jambo purimu, kubera ayo majambo yose y’iri kete, no kubera ivyo babonye n’ivyababayeko. 27Abayuda 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. 28Iryaryo 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.
29Umwamikazi Esiteri mwene Abihayili na Morudekayi Umuyuda baranditse n’ubukuru bwose kugira ngo bemeze iri kete rigira kabiri rya Purimu. 30Amakete yararungikiwe Abayuda bose bari mu ntara ijana na mirongo ibiri n’indwi z’ubwami bwa Ahasuerusi, amajambo y’amahoro n’ukuri, 31yemeza 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. 32Itegeko rya Esiteri ryaremeje ivyo vyagenywe bijanye na Purimu, kandi vyanditswe mu gitabu c’ivyabaye.