Esiteri
4 Morudekayi+ amenye ibintu vyose vyabaye+, yitaburirako impuzu maze yambara igunira, yiyorerako n’iminyota. Araheza aja hagati mu gisagara aboroga cane kandi atuntuye. 2 Maze araza agarukira kw’irembo ry’i bwami, kuko ata n’umwe yashobora kuricamwo yambaye igunira. 3 Kandi mu ntara zose+ itegeko ry’umwami ryashitsemwo, Abayuda bari mu mubabaro mwinshi n’ukwisonzesha+ n’amarira n’amaborogo. Benshi baryama ku magunira no mu minyota+. 4 Abigeme bakorera umwamikazi Esiteri n’inkone zimukorera baza kubimubwira, aca arababara cane. Maze arungikira Morudekayi impuzu kugira ngo akure iryo gunira, azambare. Ariko arazanka. 5 Esiteri aca ahamagara Hataki, amutegeka kuja kubaza Morudekayi ivyo bintu ivyo ari vyo n’icabiteye. Hataki yari umwe mu nkone z’umwami. Umwami yari yaramugenye ngo akorere Esiteri.
6 Hataki aca aja kuraba Morudekayi mu kibanza rusangi co mu gisagara carabana n’irembo ry’i bwami. 7 Maze Morudekayi amumenyesha ivyamushikiye vyose n’igitigiri nyezina c’amahera+ Hamani yari yemeye gushira mu kigega c’umwami kugira ngo Abayuda bahonywe+. 8 Amuha n’ikete ryanditswemwo rya tegeko ryari ryasohowe i Shushani*+ ryo kubazimanganya. Hataki yategerezwa kuriha Esiteri akamusigurira ivyaryo, kandi akamubwira+ ngo aje gutakambira umwami, amwinginge kugira atabare abo mw’ihanga avamwo.
9 Hataki agarutse, amenyesha Esiteri ivyo Morudekayi yamubwiye. 10 Maze Esiteri abwira Hataki ngo aje kubwira Morudekayi+ ati: 11 «Abakorera umwami bose n’abantu bo mu ntara zose atwara barazi yuko iyo hagize umugabo canke umugore yinjira mu kigo c’indani c’umwami+ atahamagawe, hari itegeko rimwe gusa rica rikora: aca yicwa. Umwami amutunze agakoni k’ubwami k’inzahabu+ ni ho gusa aticwa. Kandi maze imisi 30 ntahamagarwa n’umwami.»
12 Morudekayi yumvise ivyo Esiteri avuze, 13 amwishura ati: «Ntiwiyumvire yuko mu Bayuda bose ari wewe uzorusimba ngo ni uko uri uwo mu rugo rw’umwami. 14 Niwaguma winumiye muri uyu mwanya, Abayuda bazotabarwa barokorwe biciye ahandi+, mugabo wewe n’abo mu muryango wa so muzoyogera. Aho ntiwosanga icatumye uba umwamikazi ari ukugira uhaseruke mu gihe nk’iki+?»
15 Esiteri yishura Morudekayi ati: 16 «Genda ukoranye Abayuda bose b’i Shushani* maze mwisonzeshe+ ku bwanje. Mumare imisi itatu ata co murya ata n’ico munywa+, haba mw’ijoro canke ku murango. Na jewe n’abigeme bankorera tuzokwisonzesha. Nzoheza nje iyo umwami ari, naho biteye kubiri n’amategeko. Nimba ari ugupfa, mpfe nta kundi.» 17 Morudekayi aca aragenda, akora ivyo Esiteri amubwiye vyose.