Esiteri Aharanira Abantu be
Morudekayi aboroga yambaye ibigunira ku irembo, hanyuma ashishikariza Esiteri: ingoro ye ntizamurokora, kandi ni nde uzi niba yageze ku ngoma kubera igihe nk'iki. Atangaza kwiyiriza ubusa iminsi itatu, maze ajya ku mwami atatumiwe — nimpfa, mpfe.
4 1Morudekayi amenye ibyabaye byose, ashishimura imyambaro ye, yambara ibigunira yisiga n'ivu, maze asohoka mu mujyi, arira induru kandi aboroga cyane. 2Yagera ku irembo ry'umwami gusa, kuko nta muntu washoboraga kuryinjiramo yambaye imyambaro igaragaza akababaro. 3Muri buri ntara itegeko n'ibwirizwa by'umwami byageragamo, Abayahudi baba mu kababaro kenshi, bigomwa kurya, bararira, baraboroga; benshi baryamira mu bigunira n'ivu.
4Abakobwa bakorera Esiteri n'inkone ze bamaze kumubwira, umwamikazi arababara cyane. Yohereza Morudekayi imyambaro kugira ngo asimbure ibigunira bye, ariko arabyanga. 5Esiteri ahamagara Hataki, umwe mu nkone z'umwami yari yaramugeneye, amwohereza kwa Morudekayi ngo amenye icyo ibi ari cyo n'impamvu yabyo. 6Nuko Hataki asohoka ajya kuri Morudekayi ku mbuga y'umujyi imbere y'irembo ry'umwami, 7Morudekayi abwira Hataki ibyamubayeho byose, n'umubare nyawo w'amafaranga Hamani yari yasezeranyije gutanga mu mazu y'ububiko bw'umwami kugira ngo arimbure Abayahudi. 8Amuha kandi inyandiko y'itegeko ryo kurimbura ryari ryaratangajwe i Suza, kugira ngo ayereke Esiteri, amusobanurire, amwinginge ngo ajye gutakambira umwami no gusabira abantu be.
9Hataki aragaruka, atekerereza Esiteri ibyo Morudekayi yavuze. 10Nuko Esiteri abwira Hataki, amuha ubu butumwa ngo abugeze kuri Morudekayi ati: 11“Abagaragu b'umwami bose n'abantu bo mu ntara ze baramenye ko umugabo cyangwa umugore wese winjira mu rugo rw'imbere rw'umwami atahamagawe, afite itegeko rimwe—ni ukwicwa—keretse umwami aramutambikira inkoni ye y'izahabu, kugira ngo abeho. Kandi hashize iminsi mirongo itatu ntarahamagarwa ngo njye ku mwami.”
12Bamaze kubwira Morudekayi ibyo Esiteri yavuze, 13Morudekayi asubiza Esiteri ati: “Ntutekereze ko mu ngoro y'umwami wowe wenyine mu Bayahudi bose uzarokoka. 14Niwicecekeza ubu, Abayahudi ubufasha n'agakiza bizabavira ahandi, ariko wowe n'inzu ya so muzapfa. Kandi ni nde uzi niba waragejejwe ku ngoma kubera igihe nk'iki?” a a v14 Data wa twese ntavugwa na rimwe mu gitabo cyose cya Esiteri, nyamara ukuboko kwe kutabonwa kugenda muri buri kintu—Morudekayi afite icyizere ko agakiza kazaza, kuko azi ko Data atazata abantu be.
15Nuko Esiteri asubiza Morudekayi iki gisubizo ati: 16“Genda, uteranye Abayahudi bose bari i Suza. Munyigomwere kurya—ntihagire urya cyangwa unywa mu minsi itatu, ijoro n'amanywa. Nanjye n'abakobwa banjye tuzigomwa kurya. Nuko nzajya ku mwami, nubwo bitemewe n'amategeko; kandi ninapfa, napfe.” 17Nuko Morudekayi aragenda, akora byose nk'uko Esiteri yari yamutegetse.
