Esiteri UMUTWE WA 1 1 Noneho mu gihe cya Ahasuwerusi, (uyu ni Ahasuwerusi wategetse, kuva mu Buhinde kugeza muri Etiyopiya, intara zirenga ijana na zirindwi na makumyabiri :) 2 Ko muri iyo minsi, umwami Ahasuwerusi yicaye ku ntebe y'ubwami bwe, yari i Shushani ibwami, 3 Mu mwaka wa gatatu w'ingoma ye, asangira abatware be n'abagaragu be bose; imbaraga z'Ubuperesi n'Itangazamakuru, abanyacyubahiro n'ibikomangoma by'intara, kuba imbere ye: 4 Igihe yerekanaga ubutunzi bw'ubwami bwe buhebuje n'icyubahiro cy'icyubahiro cye iminsi myinshi, ndetse n'iminsi ijana na mirongo ine. 5 Iyo minsi irangiye, umwami asangira ibirori n'abantu bose bari i Shushani ibwami, haba ku mukuru cyangwa muto, iminsi irindwi, mu gikari cy'ubusitani bw'umwami. 6 Aho hari umweru, icyatsi, n'ubururu, umanika, uhambirijwe imigozi y'imyenda myiza n'iy'umuhengeri kugeza ku mpeta ya feza n'inkingi za marimari: ibitanda byari zahabu na feza, hejuru ya kaburimbo y'umutuku, n'ubururu, n'umweru, n'umukara, marimari. 7 Babaha ibinyobwa mu nzabya za zahabu, (inzabya zitandukanye zitandukanye,) na divayi y'umwami ku bwinshi nk'uko umwami abivuga. 8 Kunywa byari bikurikije amategeko; Nta n'umwe wabihatiye, kuko umwami yagennye abatware bose bo mu rugo rwe, kugira ngo babikore nk'uko abantu babishaka. 9 Umwamikazi Vashti asangira ibirori n'abagore bo mu nzu y'umwami yari iy'umwami Ahasuwerusi. 10 Ku munsi wa karindwi, igihe umutima w'umwami wari wuzuye divayi, ategeka Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, na Abagtha, Zetari na Karikasi, ibyumba birindwi byakoreraga imbere y'umwami Ahasuwerusi, 11 Kuzana Vashti umwamikazi imbere y'umwami hamwe n'umwami w'ikamba, kugira ngo yereke abantu n'ibikomangoma ubwiza bwe, kuko yari akwiriye kubireba. 12 Ariko umwamikazi Vashti yanga kuza ku itegeko ry'umwami n'abakozi be, ni cyo cyatumye umwami ararakara cyane, uburakari bwe bumurakarira. 13 Hanyuma umwami abwira abanyabwenge bazi ibihe, kuko inzira y'umwami yari imeze ku bazi amategeko yose no guca imanza: 14 Uwakurikiyeho ni Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarishishi, Meres, Marsena na Memucan, ibikomangoma birindwi by'Ubuperesi n'Itangazamakuru, babonye mu maso h'umwami, kandi bicaye ku mwanya wa mbere mu bwami;) 15 Tugire dute umwamikazi Vashti dukurikije amategeko, kubera ko atubahirije amategeko y'umwami Ahasuwerusi? 16 Memukani asubiza imbere y'umwami n'ibikomangoma, Vashti umwamikazi ntabwo yagiriye nabi umwami gusa, ahubwo yagiriye nabi abatware bose, n'abantu bose bari mu ntara zose z'umwami Ahasuwerusi. 17 Kuko iki gikorwa cy'umwamikazi kizagera mu mahanga ku bagore bose, kugira ngo basuzugure abagabo babo mu maso yabo, igihe bizamenyeshwa, Umwami Ahasuwerusi yategetse Vashti umwamikazi kumuzana imbere ye, ariko ntiyaza.
18 Muri ubwo buryo, abadamu b'Abaperesi n'Itangazamakuru bazabwira uyu munsi abatware bose b'umwami bumvise iby'umwamikazi. Nguko uko hazabaho agasuzuguro n'uburakari bukabije. 19 Niba bishimisha umwami, reka habeho itegeko ry'umwami, kandi ryandike mu mategeko y'Abaperesi n'Abamedi, kugira ngo ridahinduka, Ko Vashti atazongera kuza imbere y'umwami Ahasuwerusi; kandi umwami ahe umutungo we wa cyami undi kumuruta. 20 Kandi igihe umwami azategeka azashyirwa ahagaragara mu bwami bwe bwose, (kuko ari byiza,) abagore bose bazaha abagabo babo icyubahiro, abakuru n'aboroheje. 21 Amagambo ashimisha umwami n'abaganwa; Umwami akora akurikije ijambo rya Memucani: 22 Kuko yohereje amabaruwa mu ntara zose z'umwami, mu ntara zose akurikije uko yanditse, no ku bantu bose bakurikije ururimi rwabo, kugira ngo umuntu wese ategeke mu rugo rwe, kandi ko bigomba gutangazwa hakurikijwe ururimi rwa buri muntu. UMUTWE WA 2 1 Nyuma y'ibyo, uburakari bw'umwami Ahasuwerusi bumaze gutuza, yibuka Vashti, n'ibyo yakoze, n'icyemezo cyamutegetse. 2 Abagaragu b'umwami bamukorera bati: “Habe inkumi nziza zishakira umwami: 3 Kandi umwami ashyireho abatware mu ntara zose z'ubwami bwe, kugira ngo bateranyirize hamwe inkumi zose z'abakobwa beza ku ngoro ya Shushani, mu nzu y'abagore, kugira ngo babungabunge urugo rw'umwami Hege, umurinzi w'abagore; nibareke ibintu byabo byo kwezwa babiha: 4 Kandi inkumi ishimisha umwami ibe umwamikazi aho kuba Vashti. Icyo kintu gishimisha umwami; arabikora. 5 Muri Shushani ibwami hari Umuyahudi umwe, witwaga Moridekayi, umuhungu wa Yayiri, mwene Shimeyi, mwene Kishi, Umunyabenjamini; 6 Abari bakuwe i Yeruzalemu bajyanywe bunyago bari bajyanywe hamwe na Yekoniya umwami w'u Buyuda, Nebukadinezari umwami wa Babiloni yari yatwaye. 7 Yareze Hadassa, ni ukuvuga Esiteri, umukobwa wa nyirarume, kuko nta se na nyina yari afite, kandi umuja yari mwiza kandi mwiza; uwo Moridekayi, se na nyina bapfuye, bajyana umukobwa we bwite. 8 Bimaze kumvira itegeko ry'umwami n'itegeko rye, maze abakobwa benshi bateranira i Shushani ibwami, barinda Hegai, Esiteri na we azanwa mu rugo rw'umwami, arinda Hegai, umurinzi w'abo bagore. 9 Umukobwa aramushimisha, amugirira neza; nuko yihutira kumuha ibintu bye byo kwezwa, hamwe n'ibintu bye, n'abaja barindwi bahura kugira ngo bamuhe, bave mu rugo rw'umwami: nuko amukunda n'abaja be ahantu heza h'inzu y'abagore. 10 Esiteri ntiyigeze yereka ubwoko bwe cyangwa bene wabo, kuko Moridekayi yari yamutegetse ko atagomba kubyerekana. 11 Moridekayi agenda buri munsi imbere y'urugo rw'abagore, kugira ngo amenye uko Esiteri ameze, n'ikigomba kumubaho. 12 Noneho igihe umuja wese yageraga ngo yinjire ku mwami Ahasuwerusi, nyuma y'ibyo yari amaze amezi cumi n'abiri, nk'uko abategarugori babigenje, kuko ni ko iminsi