Esiteri 2 FHB Father's Heart Bible™

2 ¹Nyuma y'ibyo, uburakari bw'umwami Ahasuwerusi bumaze gushira, yibuka Vashuti, n'ibyo yari yakoze, n'ibyo yari yaraciriweho iteka. ²Abagaragu b'umwami baravuga bati: “Umwami ashakirwe abakobwa b'isugi beza. ³Umwami nashyireho abategetsi muri buri ntara y'ubwami bwe, kugira ngo bateranyirize buri mukobwa w'isugi mwiza ku kigo cya Suza, mu nzu y'abagore iyoborwa na Hegayi, inkone y'umwami ishinzwe kurinda abagore, kandi bahabwe uburyo bwo kwiremba. ⁴Umukobwa uzashimisha umwami abe umwamikazi mu mwanya wa Vashuti.” Icyo gitekerezo gishimisha umwami, abigenza atyo.

⁵Ku kigo cya Suza hari hatuye Umuyahudi witwaga Morodekayi mwene Yayiri, mwene Shimeyi, mwene Kishi, Umubenyamini, ⁶wari wavuye i Yeruzalemu ajyanywe ho iminyago hamwe n'imbohe zajyanywe na Yekoniya umwami w'u Buyuda, uwo Nebukadinezari umwami wa Babiloni yajyanye. ⁷Yareraga Hadasha—ari we Esiteri—umukobwa wa se wabo, utari afite se cyangwa nyina. Uwo mukobwa yari ateye neza kandi afite uburanga; se na nyina bamaze gupfa, Morodekayi aramugira umukobwa we.

⁸Itegeko ry'umwami n'iteka rye bimaze kumvikana, kandi bamaze gukoranya abakobwa benshi ku kigo cya Suza bayobowe na Hegayi, na Esiteri ajyanwa mu ngoro y'umwami, ashyirwa mu maboko ya Hegayi, umurinzi w'abagore. ⁹Uwo mukobwa aramushimisha atona imbere ye, maze ahita amuha uburyo bwo kwiremba n'imigabane y'ibyokurya, n'abakobwa barindwi batoranyijwe bo mu ngoro y'umwami, maze amwimurira we n'abaja be aho heza mu nzu y'abagore. ¹⁰Esiteri yari atarahishura ubwoko bwe cyangwa umuryango we, kuko Morodekayi yari yamubujije. ¹¹Buri munsi Morodekayi yagendaga ajya agaruka imbere y'urugo rw'inzu y'abagore, kugira ngo amenye uko Esiteri ameze n'ibyamubayeho.

¹²Igihe cya buri mukobwa cyo kujya ku mwami Ahasuwerusi cyageraga amaze amezi cumi n'abiri yirembeshwa nk'uko byari byagenewe: amezi atandatu bakoresha amavuta y'imibavu, andi atandatu bakoresha imibavu ihumura neza n'ibindi byo kwirimbisha abagore. ¹³Buri mukobwa yajyaga ku mwami muri ubu buryo: icyo yifuzaga cyose yagihabwaga ngo akijyane kuva mu nzu y'abagore kugeza mu ngoro y'umwami. ¹⁴Yinjiraga nimugoroba, mu gitondo akagaruka mu nzu ya kabiri y'abagore iyoborwa na Shashagazi, inkone y'umwami ishinzwe inshoreke. Ntiyongera gusubira ku mwami keretse umwami yamunezezweho akamuhamagara mu izina.

¹⁵Igihe cya Esiteri kigeze—umukobwa wa Abihayili, se wabo wa Morodekayi, wari waramwigize umukobwa we—cyo kujya ku mwami, nta kindi yasabye uretse ibyo Hegayi, inkone y'umwami ishinzwe kurinda abagore, yamugiriye inama. Esiteri atona ku bamubonaga bose.

¹⁶Esiteri ajyanwa ku mwami Ahasuwerusi mu ngoro ye ya cyami mu kwezi kwa cumi, ari kwo Tebeti, mu mwaka wa karindwi w'ingoma ye. ^a a v16 Tebeti ni ukwezi kwa cumi mu ikalendari y'Abaheburayi, hafi ya Ukuboza na Mutarama.

¹⁷Umwami akunda Esiteri kurusha abandi bagore bose; atona imbere ye kandi aramwishimira kurusha abakobwa b'isugi bose. Nuko amwambika ikamba rya cyami ku mutwe, amugira umwamikazi mu mwanya wa Vashuti.

¹⁸Umwami akorera abatware be bose n'abagaragu be ibirori binini—ni byo birori bya Esiteri. Atangaza umunsi mukuru mu ntara, kandi atanga impano mu bugwaneza bw'umwami.

¹⁹Nuko bamaze gukoranya abakobwa b'isugi ubwa kabiri, Morodekayi yari yicaye ku irembo ry'umwami. ²⁰Esiteri yari atarahishura ubwoko bwe cyangwa umuryango we, nk'uko Morodekayi yari yamutegetse; yamwumviraga nk'uko yabigenzaga igihe yamureraga.

Morodekayi Avumbura Umugambi wo Kugambanira Umwami

²¹Muri iyo minsi, Morodekayi akiri yicaye ku irembo ry'umwami, Bigutani na Tereshi, inkone ebyiri z'umwami zarindaga umuryango, zararakara zigira umugambi wo kwica umwami Ahasuwerusi. ²²Ariko Morodekayi amenya uwo mugambi, abwira umwamikazi Esiteri, na we abimenyesha umwami mu izina rya Morodekayi. ²³Icyo kibazo kiragenzurwa, basanga ari ukuri, maze abo bagabo bombi barabamanika ku giti. Byandikwa mu gitabo cy'amateka imbere y'umwami.