Esiteri
6 Ũtukũ ũcio mũthamaki akĩũrũo nĩ toro. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio akiuga atwarĩrũo ibuku rĩrĩa rĩaandĩkĩtwo maũndũ ma matukũ macio,+ na rĩgĩthomerũo mũthamaki. 2 Magĩkora handĩkĩtwo ũrĩa Moridekai aamenyithanirie ũhoro wĩgiĩ anene erĩ a kwa mũthamaki arĩa maarĩ aikaria a mĩrango, nĩo Bigithana na Tereshu, arĩa maabangĩte kũũraga* Mũthamaki Ahasuerusu.+ 3 Mũthamaki akĩũria atĩrĩ: “Nĩ ũndũ ũrĩkũ Moridekai ekĩirũo wa kuonio gĩtĩo na ngatho nĩ ũndũ wa ũhoro ũcio?” Nacio ndungata cia mũthamaki ikĩmwĩra ũũ: “Hatirĩ ũndũ ekĩirũo.”
4 Thutha ũcio mũthamaki akĩũria: “Nũũ ũrĩ hau nja?” Hĩndĩ ĩyo Hamani aarĩ nja ĩrĩa nene+ ya nyũmba ya mũthamaki akĩenda kwaria na mũthamaki ũhoro wĩgiĩ gũcuuria Moridekai mũtĩ-inĩ ũrĩa aathondekithĩtie nĩ ũndũ wake.+ 5 Ndungata cia mũthamaki ikĩmwĩra atĩrĩ: “Nĩ Hamani+ wĩ nja.” Kwoguo mũthamaki akiuga: “Mwĩrei atonye.”
6 Rĩrĩa Hamani aatonyire, mũthamaki akĩmũũria ũũ: “Nĩ ũndũ ũrĩkũ wagĩrĩirũo gwĩkwo mũndũ ũrĩa mũthamaki angĩenda kuonia gĩtĩo?” Hamani akĩĩyũria ngoro-inĩ yake atĩrĩ: “Nũũ ũngĩ mũthamaki angĩenda kuonia gĩtĩo kũngĩra?”+ 7 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Hamani akĩra mũthamaki atĩrĩ: “Nĩ ũndũ wa mũndũ ũrĩa mũthamaki angĩenda kuonia gĩtĩo, 8 nĩ marehe nguo ya ũnene+ ĩrĩa mũthamaki ehumbaga na mbarathi ĩrĩa mũthamaki akuuagwo nayo, ĩĩkĩrĩtwo gĩtambaya kĩgemie mũtwe. 9 Nayo nguo ĩyo na mbarathi ĩyo inengerũo ũmwe wa anene arĩa atĩĩku a mũthamaki, nao mahumbe mũndũ ũcio mũthamaki arenda kuonia gĩtĩo na mamũkuue na mbarathi ĩyo kĩhaaro-inĩ kĩa mũingĩ gĩa itũũra. Nao magĩrĩirũo gũthiĩ makiugaga atĩrĩ marĩ mbere yake: ‘Ũũ nĩguo mũndũ ũrĩa mũthamaki enda kuonia gĩtĩo ekagwo!’”+ 10 O hĩndĩ ĩyo Mũthamaki akĩra Hamani atĩrĩ: “Oya nguo ĩyo na mbarathi ĩyo na ihenya, na ũguo woiga wĩke harĩ Moridekai ũrĩa Mũyahudi ũrĩa ũikarĩte kĩhingo-inĩ kĩa mũthamaki. Ndũgatigĩrĩre ũndũ o na ũmwe woiga.”
11 Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Hamani akĩoya nguo ĩyo na mbarathi ĩyo, akĩhumba Moridekai+ na akĩmũkuua kĩhaaro-inĩ kĩa mũingĩ gĩa itũũra akiugaga atĩrĩ arĩ mbere yake: “Ũũ nĩguo mũndũ ũrĩa mũthamaki enda kuonia gĩtĩo ekagwo!” 12 Thutha ũcio Moridekai agĩcoka kĩhingo-inĩ kĩa mũthamaki, no we Hamani agĩthiĩ gwake ehĩkĩte, arĩ na kĩeha ehumbĩrĩte mũtwe. 13 Rĩrĩa Hamani aataarĩirie Zereshu mũtumia wake+ na arata ake othe maũndũ marĩa mothe maamũkorete, andũ ake arĩa ogĩ na Zereshu mũtumia wake makĩmwĩra ũũ: “Angĩkorũo Moridekai, o ũcio wambĩrĩirie gũgũtooria, nĩ wa rũciaro rwa Ayahudi,* ndũkũmũhoota; nĩ egũgũtooria biũ.”
14 O hĩndĩ ĩyo maaragia nake, anene a kwa mũthamaki magĩũka na magĩtwara Hamani na ihenya iruga-inĩ rĩrĩa Esiteri aahaarĩirie.+