Hamani Asasaka Kufudza Ayuda
Hamani asakwiziwa pa udindo, mbwenye Mordhekai asakhonda kugodama. Mwakupswipwa, Hamani asaona kuti kupha munthu m'bodzi ndi pyakucepa, mbagula kuna mambo lamulo ya kumalisa Ayuda onsene pa nsiku yakusankhulwa na mpfungu. Atumwi asathamanga, mambo na Hamani mbakhala mbamwa.
3 1Pakumala pya penepi, Mambo Xerxe akuza Hamani mwana wa Hamedata wa dzinza ya Agagi, mban'kuza na kuika mpando wace padzulu pa akulu onsene akhali na iye. 2Atumiki onsene a mambo akhali pansuwo pa mambo akhagodama na kulambira Hamani, ninga mudalonga mambo. Mbwenye Mordekai nee akhafuna kugodama nee kulambira. 3Na tenepo atumiki a mambo akhali pansuwo pa mambo abvundza Mordekai: “Thangwi yanji usakhonda kubvera matongero a mambo?” 4Ntsiku na ntsiku iwo akhan'kakamiza, mbwenye iye akhonda; na tenepo apanga Hamani, toera kuona khala pikhacita Mordekai pinapitiriza, thangwi iye akhadaapanga kuti ndi Nyayuda. 5Hamani pidaona iye kuti Mordekai nee akhagodama nee kunlambira, adzala na ukali. 6Kupha Mordekai ekha basi pikhaoneka ninga pyakucepa kuna iye, thangwi akhadampanga mbumba ya Mordekai ndi yani; na tenepo Hamani asaka kufudza mbumba yonsene ya Mordekai, Ayuda, mu Umambo wonsene wa Xerxe.
7Mu nthanda yakutoma, Nisani, mu caka cakhumi na cawiri ca Mambo Xerxe, aponya Puri (ndi mphatso) patsogolo pa Hamani ntsiku na ntsiku na nthanda na nthanda; mphatso yagwa pa nthanda yakhumi na mibiri, Adhari. 8Hamani apanga Mambo Xerxe: “Mbumba inango yamwazika na kubalalika pakati pa mbumba zinango mu madera onsene a Umambo wanu. Miyambo yawo ndi yakusiyana na ya anthu onsene, pontho iwo nkhabe kubvera miyambo ya mambo; nkhabepo phindu kuna mambo kuapirira. 9Mambo mungakomerwa, mbalembwe matongero toera kuafudza; ndinayesera matani 375 a parata kuna akulu a mambo toera kuikhwa mu nyumba ya mpfuma ya umambo.”
10Mambo abulusa pete yace ya cidzindikiro mbaipasa Hamani mwana wa Hamedata wa dzinza ya Agagi, nyamalwa wa Ayuda. 11“Parata ndi yako,” mambo apanga Hamani, “pontho mbumba imweyo—citira nawo ninga unafunira.”
12Pa ntsiku yakhumi na zitatu ya nthanda yakutoma acemerwa alembi a mambo, mbalembwa matongero a Hamani kuna atsogoleri a mambo, atongi a dera na dera, na akulu a mbumba na mbumba—dera na dera mu cilembo cace, mbumba na mbumba mu cilongero cace. Pyalembwa mu dzina ya Mambo Xerxe, mbapimwa cidzindikiro na pete yace. 13Amithumwa akwata matsamba mbaenda nawo ku madera onsene a mambo: fudzani, phani, na malisani Ayuda onsene—aphale na akulu, akazi na ana—mu ntsiku ibodzi, yakhumi na zitatu ya nthanda yakhumi na mibiri, Adhari, mbakwata pinthu pyawo. 14Kopiya ya tsamba ineyi mbidapaswa ninga mwambo mu dera na dera, mbipangizwa kuna mbumba zonsene, toera akhale akukhunganyika ntsiku ineyi. 15Mwakubverana na matongero a mambo, amithumwa abuluka mwakucimbiza, mbaperekwambo matongero mu linga ya Suza. Mambo na Hamani akhala pantsi mbamwa, mbwenye nzinda wa Suza wadzudzumika.
