Esteri Aphembera Mbumba Yace
Pa phwando ya ciwiri Estere pakumalisa asaphemba moyo wace na wa mbumba yace, mbalonga dzina ya munthu adaigulisa: Hamani. Mambo asabuluka na ukali ukulu; Hamani asagwa pa mpando wa Estere mbaphemba, pontho pyenepi pisaoniwa ninga kumbvundira. Iye asamangiriswa pa nsanamira yace ene.
7 1Na tenepo mambo na Hamani abwera toera kumwa na Mambo Wankazi Esteri. 2Pa ntsiku yaciwiri, mukumwa vinyu, mambo abvundza pontho: “Cakuphemba canu ndi cinyi, Mambo Wankazi Esteri? Munapaswa pyenepi. Cakufuna canu ndi cinyi? Mpaka pakati pa umambo, pinacitwa.”
3Mambo Wankazi Esteri atawira: “Mambo, ndingagumana nkombo pamaso panu, pontho pingakomera mambo, ndipaseni umaso wanga ninga cakuphemba canga, na mbumba yanga ninga cakufuna canga. 4Taguliswa, ine na mbumba yanga, toera tifudzwe, tiphiwe, timalaswa. Mbida kuti taguliswa basi ninga abitcu amuna na akazi, mbandakhala dete; thangwi nyatwa ineyi nkhabe kuthema kunyedzesa mambo.”
5Penepo Mambo Xerxe apanga Mambo Wankazi Esteri: “Mbani iye, pontho ali kupi, ule analimira kucita pyenepi?”
6Esteri alonga: “Nyamalwa na nyandulo ndi Hamani uyu wakuipa!” Hamani agopa kakamwe pamaso pa mambo na mambo wankazi.
7Mukuipirwa, mambo alamuka kubuluka pakumwa vinyu, mbaenda ku munda wa nyumba yaumambo; mbwenye Hamani asala toera kuphemba Mambo Wankazi Esteri umaso wace, thangwi aona kuti mambo akhafuna kumufudza. 8Mambo abwerera kubuluka ku munda wa nyumba yaumambo mbaenda ku nyumba ya phwando. Hamani akhadagwa pa mpando ukhali Esteri. Mambo alonga: “Kodi anafuna kuphata Mambo Wankazi mwakukakamiza mu nyumba muno ndiri ine?” Mafala anewa pidabuluka pamulomo pa mambo, atumiki aphimbira nkhope ya Hamani. a a v8 Kuphimbira nkhope ya munthu wakutongwa kukhali cidzindikiro cakale cakuti maudzi ace akhadamala kutongwa — iye akhali ninga munthu wakufa kale.
9Haribona, m'bodzi wa anyakutumikira a mambo, alonga: “Muti wakumangira anthu wakuleba mphu makumanomwe na zisanu ukhadakhunganya Hamani toera kumangira Moredhekai, ule alonga mwakutsidzikiza mambo, usamira pa nyumba ya Hamani.” Mambo alonga: “Mumangireni iye penepo.”
10Na tenepo amanga Hamani pa muti wakumangira anthu ukhadakhunganya iye toera kumangira Moredhekai, na ukali wa mambo wamala.
