Mambo Anoratidza Kubwinya Kwake
Esteri ndiro bhuku rimwe chete risingatombodomi Mwari—hapana munyengetero, hapana chishamiso, hapana kutaurwa kwaIshe. Asi kubva mumuzinda wePezhiya, musikana nherera anosimudzwa “nokuda kwenguva yakadai,” uye vanhu vakanga vatemerwa kuparadzwa vanorwirwa. Zita raBaba harimo; ruoko rwavo rwuri kwose kwose.
1 1Izvi zvakaitika mumazuva aZekisesi—iye Zekisesi akatonga kubva kuIndia kusvika kuKushi, achitonga matunhu zana namakumi maviri namanomwe, a a v1 Kushi yaiva nyika yezasi kweIjipiti, yakatevedza Nairi yokumusoro — inenge Sudhani yanhasi neIjipiti yezasi. 2mumazuva iwayo, Mambo Zekisesi paakagara pachigaro chake choumambo munhare yeSusa, 3mugore rake rechitatu soumambo, akaitira vabati vake vose navaranda vake mabiko. Mauto ePezhiya neMedhiya, machinda, navabati vamatunhu vakanga vaungana pamberi pake, 4kwamazuva zana namakumi masere, akaratidza pfuma yokubwinya kwoumambo hwake norukudzo runobwinya rwoukuru hwake.
5Mazuva iwayo akati apera, mambo akaitira vanhu vose vaiva munhare yeSusa, vakuru navaduku, mabiko amazuva manomwe, muruvazhe rwomunda womuzinda. 6Micheka yakachena yegudza neyebhuruu yakanga yakarembedzwa, yakabatiswa nomucheka wakaisvonaka netambo dzepepuru kuzvindori zvesirivha pambiru dzamabwe machena; pakanga pane zvigaro zvokuzembera zvegoridhe nezvesirivha pamusoro pouriri hwakarongwa namabwe eporifiri, amabwe machena, makwati anovaima, namabwe ane mavara. b b v6 Poriphiri ibwe rakaoma rinoshongedza raikosheswa munyika yekare nokuda kwomuvara waro wepepuru wakadzika nowutsvuku. 7Zvokunwa zvaipiwa mumikombe yegoridhe, mumwe nomumwe wakasiyana, uye waini youmambo yaiwanda zvakanyanya nokupa kworupo kwamambo. 8Kunwa kwaitevedza murau: kusina kumanikidza—mambo akanga arayira vabati vose vomumba make kuti vape mumwe nomumwe zvaaida iye.
Mambokadzi Vhashiti Anoramba Mambo
9Mambokadzi Vhashiti akaitirawo vakadzi mabiko mumuzinda woumambo waMambo Zekisesi.
10Pazuva rechinomwe, waini payakanga yafadza mwoyo wamambo, akarayira Mehumani, Bhizita, Habhona, Bhigita, Abhagita, Zetari, naKarikasi, varanda vanomwe vakachekwa vaMambo Zekisesi, 11kuti vauye naMambokadzi Vhashiti pamberi pamambo akapfeka korona youmambo, kuti varatidze marudzi navabati runako rwake, nokuti akanga akanaka. 12Asi Mambokadzi Vhashiti akaramba kuuya sezvaakarayirwa namambo kubudikidza navaranda vakachekwa; mambo akatsamwa kwazvo, hasha dzikapfuta maari.
13Ipapo mambo akataura navarume vakachenjera vaiziva nguva—nokuti waiva mutoo wamambo kuuya nenyaya ipi zvayo pamberi pavose vakadzidza mutemo nokutonga. 14Vaiva pedyo naye vaiva: Karishena, Shetari, Adhimata, Tashishi, Meresi, Marisena, naMemukani—vabati vanomwe vePezhiya neMedhiya vaiona chiso chamambo, vaiva pachinzvimbo chepamusoro-soro muumambo. 15“Maererano nomutemo, chii chinofanira kuitwa kuna Mambokadzi Vhashiti nokuda kwokusateerera kwake murayiro waMambo Zekisesi, wakatumwa navaranda vakachekwa?”
16Memukani akaudza mambo navabati, “Mambokadzi Vhashiti haana kutadzira mambo oga, asi navabati vose, namarudzi ose, mumatunhu ose aMambo Zekisesi. 17Chiito chamambokadzi chichasvika kuvakadzi vose, chichiita kuti vazvidze varume vavo mukuona kwavo, vachiti: ‘Mambo Zekisesi akadana Mambokadzi Vhashiti, asi haana kuuya.’ 18Nhasi vakadzi vakuru vePezhiya neMedhiya vakanzwa mufambiro wamambokadzi vachataurira saizvozvo vabati vose vamambo—pasina magumo okuzvidza nehasha.
19Kana zvichifadza mambo, ngaape chirevo choumambo, chakanyorwa mumitemo yePezhiya neMedhiya, chisingagoni kushandurwa, chokuti Vhashiti arege kuzouyazve pamberi paMambo Zekisesi, uye mambo ngaape chinzvimbo chake choumambokadzi kune mumwe mukadzi ari nani kwaari. 20Chirevo chamambo pachichapararira muumambo hwake hwose hukuru, vakadzi vose vacharemekedza varume vavo, vakuru navaduku.”
21Zano iri rakafadza mambo navabati, uye mambo akaita sezvakanga zvarehwa naMemukani. 22Akatumira tsamba kumatunhu ose oumambo, kurudunhu rumwe norumwe nerunyoro rwarwo, kurudzi rumwe norumwe norurimi rwarwo: murume mumwe nomumwe ngaatonge mumba make, achitaura rurimi rworudzi rwake.