Hamani Anoronga Kuparadza VaJudha
Hamani anokwidziridzwa, asi Modhekai haakotami. Azvidzwa, Hamani anoona kuti rufu rwomunhu mumwe chete ruduku zvikuru, otenga kuna mambo murayiro wokuparadza vaJudha vose pazuva rakasarudzwa nemijenya. Vatumwa vanoenda vachimhanya mambo naHamani vagere vachinwa.
3 1Shure kwaizvozvi Mambo Ahasuerosi akakwidziridza Hamani mwanakomana waHamedhata muAgagi, akamusimudzira uye akaisa chigaro chake pamusoro pamachinda ose aaiva nawo. 2Varanda vose vamambo vaiva pasuo ramambo vaipfugama vachikotamira Hamani, sezvakanga zvarayirwa namambo. Asi Modhekai akaramba kupfugama kana kukotama. 3Saka varanda vamambo vaiva pasuo ramambo vakabvunza Modhekai vachiti, “Sei usingateereri murayiro wamambo?” 4Zuva nezuva vaimukurudzira, asi akaramba; saka vakaudza Hamani, kuti vaone kana Modhekai aizoramba akadaro, nokuti akanga avaudza kuti aiva muJudha. 5Hamani paakaona kuti Modhekai akanga asingadi kumupfugamira kana kumukotamira, akazara nehasha. 6Kuuraya Modhekai oga kwakaita sokuderera kwaari, nokuti vakanga vamuudza kuti vanhu vaModhekai ndivana ani; saka Hamani akatsvaka kuparadza vanhu vose vaModhekai, vaJudha, muumambo hwose hwaAhasuerosi.
7Mumwedzi wokutanga, Nisani, mugore regumi namaviri raMambo Ahasuerosi, vakakanda Pure (mujenya) pamberi paHamani pazuva rimwe nerimwe nomwedzi mumwe nomumwe; mujenya ukawira pamwedzi wegumi nemiviri, Adhari. 8Hamani akaudza Mambo Ahasuerosi achiti, “Pane rudzi rwavanhu rwakapararira nokuparadzirwa pakati pamarudzi mumatunhu ose oumambo hwenyu. Mitemo yavo yakasiyana neyomunhu wose, uye havateereri mitemo yamambo; hazvibatsiri mambo kuvaregerera. 9Kana zvichifadza mambo, ngazvinyorwe kuti vaparadzwe; uye ndichayera matani mazana matatu namakumi manomwe nemashanu esirivha ndozvipa kumachinda kuti zviiswe mudura roupfumi hwoumambo.”
10Mambo akabvisa mhete yake yechisimbiso akaipa Hamani mwanakomana waHamedhata muAgagi, muvengi wavaJudha. 11“Sirivha ndeyako,” mambo akaudza Hamani, “uye vanhuwo—ita navo sezvaunoda.”
12Pazuva regumi namatatu romwedzi wokutanga vanyori vamambo vakadanwa, uye murayiro waHamani ukanyorwa kumachinda makuru amambo, nokuvatungamiri vaitonga matunhu ose, nokumachinda amarudzi ose—dunhu rimwe nerimwe norunyoro rwaro, rudzi rumwe norumwe nomutauro warwo. Zvakanyorwa muzita raMambo Ahasuerosi, zvikaiswa chisimbiso nemhete yake. 13Nhume dzakatakura tsamba kumatunhu ose amambo: paradzai, urayai, nokupedza vaJudha vose—vaduku navakuru, vakadzi navana—nezuva rimwe, zuva regumi namatatu romwedzi wegumi nemiviri, Adhari, uye mutore zvinhu zvavo. 14Kopi yacho yaifanira kuburitswa somutemo mudunhu rimwe nerimwe, ichiratidzwa marudzi ose, kuti vagadzirire zuva iroro. 15Pamurayiro wamambo nhume dzakakurumidza kubuda, uye chirevo chakaziviswa munhare yeShushani. Mambo naHamani vakagara vachinwa, asi guta reShushani rakavhiringidzika.