Esteri naModhekai Vanokudzwa
Pfuma yaHamani inopiwa Esteri uye mhete yake yokusimbisa inopiwa Modhekai, asi murayiro wokufa haugoni kudzoserwa. Naizvozvo murayiro wechipiri unoendeswa namabhiza amambo: vaJudha vanogona kuungana kuti vadzivirire upenyu hwavo. Modhekai anobuda akapfeka nguo dzamambo dzebhuruu negoridhe, uye Shushani rinopururudza.
8 1Pazuva iroro Mambo Ahasuerosi akapa Mambokadzi Esteri nhaka yaHamani, muvengi wavaJudha. Modhekai akauya pamberi pamambo, nokuti Esteri akanga ataura kuti akanga ari ani kwaari. 2Mambo akabvisa mhete yake yechisimbiso, yaakanga atora kubva kuna Hamani, akaipa Modhekai. Esteri akagadza Modhekai pamusoro penhaka yaHamani.
3Esteri akataurazve namambo, akawira patsoka dzake, akachema, akamukumbirisa kuti amise uipi hwaHamani muAgagi nerangano yake yaakanga arongera vaJudha. 4Mambo akatambanudzira Esteri tsvimbo yeumambo yegoridhe, Esteri akasimuka akamira pamberi pake. 5Akati, “Kana zvichifadza mambo, uye kana ndanzwirwa nyasha naye, uye kana chinhu ichi chakarurama kwaari, uye kana ndichimufadza, tsamba ngadzinyorwe dzinodzosa zvakarongwa naHamani mwanakomana waHamedhata muAgagi, zvaakanyora kuti aparadze vaJudha mumatunhu ose amambo. 6Ndingatsungirira sei kuona njodzi ichiwira vanhu vangu? Ndingatsungirira sei kutarisa mhuri yangu ichiparadzwa?”
7Mambo Ahasuerosi akati kuna Mambokadzi Esteri naModhekai muJudha, “Ndakapa Esteri imba yaHamani, uye vakamuturika pamuti wokusungirira nokuti akarangana zvakaipa pamusoro pavaJudha. 8Nyorai pamusoro pavaJudha sezvamunoona zvakanaka, muzita ramambo, mugoisimbisa nemhete yake yechisimbiso, nokuti hapana rugwaro rwakanyorwa muzita ramambo, rukasimbiswa nemhete yake, rungadzoswe.”
9Vanyori vamambo vakadanwa pazuva ramakumi maviri nematatu romwedzi wechitatu, unova Sivhani, vakanyora zvose zvakarayirwa naModhekai kuvaJudha nokumachinda, navabati, navakuru vematunhu zana namakumi maviri namanomwe kubva kuIndiya kusvikira kuKushi: dunhu rimwe nerimwe nokunyora kwaro, rudzi rumwe norumwe norurimi rwarwo, nevaJudha nokunyora kwavo norurimi rwavo. 10Modhekai akanyora muzita raMambo Ahasuerosi, akasimbisa nemhete yamambo yechisimbiso, akatuma tsamba nenhume dzakatasva mabhiza anomhanya, akaberekerwa basa roumambo. 11Chirevo chamambo chakapa vaJudha vari muguta rimwe nerimwe kodzero yokuungana nokudzivirira upenyu hwavo: kuparadza, kuuraya, nokupedza chikwata chose chine zvombo cherudzi rupi norupi kana dunhu ripi neripi chairwa navo, kusanganisira vana navakadzi, nokupamba nhumbi dzavavengi vavo. 12Izvi zvaifanira kuitwa nezuva rimwe mumatunhu ose aMambo Ahasuerosi, pazuva regumi nematatu romwedzi wegumi nemiviri, unova Adhari. 13Mufananidzo wechirevo waifanira kuburitswa somutemo mudunhu rimwe nerimwe uye kuziviswa kumarudzi ose, kuti vaJudha vagogadzirira pazuva iroro kutsiva pavavengi vavo. 14Nhume dzakatasva mabhiza oumambo dzakakurumidza kubuda, dzichikurumidziswa nokumanikidzwa nomurayiro wamambo; chirevo chakapiwa munhare yeShushani.
15Modhekai akabva pamberi pamambo akapfeka nguo yeumambo yebhuruu nechena, nekorona huru yegoridhe, nenguo yomucheka wakaisvonaka newepepuru. Guta reShushani rakapururudza rikafara. 16VaJudha vakava nechiedza, nomufaro, nokupembera, nokukudzwa. 17Murayiro wamambo nechirevo chake zvakasvika mudunhu rimwe nerimwe neguta rimwe nerimwe; vaJudha vakava nomufaro nokufarisisa, mabiko, nezuva rezororo. Marudzi mazhinji enyika akava vaJudha, nokuti kutya vaJudha kwakavabata.