Esiteri na Moridekayi barahabwa icyubahiro

Umutungo wa Hamani uhabwa Esiteri, n'impeta ye iriho ikashe ihabwa Moridekayi, ariko iteka ryo kurimbura ntirishobora kuvanwaho. Nuko iteka rya kabiri risohoka ryikoreye amafarasi ya cyami: Abayahudi bemerewe gukoranya no kurwanira ubugingo bwabo. Moridekayi asohoka yambaye imyenda ya cyami y'ubururu n'izahabu, naho Suza isakuza.

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Uwo munsi umwami Keruse aha Umwamikazi Esiteri umutungo wa Hamani umwanzi w'Abayahudi. Nuko Moridekayi aza imbere y'umwami, kuko Esiteri yari yamenyesheje icyo ari cyo kuri we. Umwami yiyambura impeta ye iriho ikashe, iyo yari yakuye kuri Hamani, ayiha Moridekayi. Esiteri ashyira Moridekayi ku mutungo wa Hamani.

Esiteri yongera kuvugana n'umwami, yikubita imbere y'ibirenge bye, ararira, aramwinginga guhagarika ibibi bya Hamani w'Umwagagi n'umugambi yagiriye Abayahudi. Umwami arambura inkoni y'ubwami y'izahabu kuri Esiteri, nuko Esiteri arahaguruka ahagarara imbere ye. Aravuga ati: “Niba bishimishije umwami, kandi nintona imbere ye, kandi iki kintu nikimubera cyiza, kandi akanyishimira, hajye handikwa inzandiko zivanaho ibyo Hamani mwene Hamedata w'Umwagagi yagambiriye akandika, kugira ngo arimbure Abayahudi bo mu ntara zose z'umwami. Nabasha nte kwihanganira kubona ubwoko bwanjye busohorerwa n'amakuba? Nabasha nte kwihanganira kureba umuryango wanjye urimburwa?”

Umwami Keruse abwira Umwamikazi Esiteri na Moridekayi Umuyahudi ati: “Nahaye Esiteri inzu ya Hamani, na we baramumanitse ku giti cyo kumanikirwaho kuko yari yagambiriye kurimbura Abayahudi. Nimwandikire Abayahudi uko mubona bikwiriye, mu izina ry'umwami, muzitere n'impeta ye iriho ikashe, kuko inyandiko yose yanditswe mu izina ry'umwami, ikaba iriho impeta ye, idashobora kuvanwaho.”

Icyo gihe abanditsi b'umwami barahamagazwa ku itariki ya makumyabiri n'itatu y'ukwezi kwa gatatu ari ko Sivani, maze bandika ibyo Moridekayi yategetse byose, babwira Abayahudi n'abategetsi n'abatware n'abayobozi b'intara ijana na makumyabiri n'irindwi, kuva mu Buhindi kugeza muri Kushi: buri ntara mu nyandiko yayo, na buri bwoko mu rurimi rwabwo, n'Abayahudi mu nyandiko yabo no mu rurimi rwabo. Moridekayi yandika inzandiko mu izina ry'umwami Keruse, azitera impeta y'umwami iriho ikashe, maze yohereza izo nzandiko ku ntumwa zagendeshaga amafarasi yiruka, yarezwe akazi k'umwami. Itegeko ry'umwami ryahaga Abayahudi bo mu mujyi wose uburenganzira bwo guteranira hamwe no kurwanirira ubugingo bwabo: kurimbura, kwica no gutsemba igitero cyose cy'intwaro cy'ubwoko ubwo ari bwo bwose cyangwa intara ibatera, hamwe n'abana n'abagore, no kunyaga umutungo w'abanzi babo. Ibi byari byo kubera ku munsi umwe mu ntara zose z'umwami Keruse, ari wo tariki ya cumi n'itatu y'ukwezi kwa cumi na kabiri ari ko Adari. Inyandiko yandukuwe y'iryo tegeko yari igomba gutangwa nk'itegeko mu ntara zose, bakamenyesha amahanga yose, kugira ngo Abayahudi babe biteguye uwo munsi guhōra abanzi babo. Intumwa zagendeshaga amafarasi y'umwami zirasohoka zihuta, zihatirizwa n'itegeko ry'umwami; iryo tegeko ritangirwa mu kigo cy'i Suza.

Moridekayi ava imbere y'umwami yambaye imyenda y'ubwami y'ubururu n'umweru, n'ikamba rinini rya zahabu, n'umwitero w'ikitani cyiza n'umutuku. Umujyi wa Suza warasakuje uranezerwa. Abayahudi bagira urumuri n'ibyishimo n'umunezero n'icyubahiro. Itegeko ry'umwami n'ijambo rye bigera mu ntara zose no mu mijyi yose; Abayahudi bagira ibyishimo n'umunezero, bararya barishima, bagira umunsi mukuru. Amahanga menshi yo mu gihugu ahinduka Abayahudi, kuko bari bafite ubwoba bw'Abayahudi.