6 Igihe Ahasuwerusi* yatangiraga gutegeka, banditse amabaruwa yo kurega abaturage b’i Buyuda n’ab’i Yerusalemu. 7 Nanone igihe Aritazerusi umwami w’u Buperesi yategekaga, Bishilamu, Mitiredati, Tabeli na bagenzi be bandikiye Umwami Aritazerusi. Iyo baruwa bayishyize mu rurimi rw’Icyarameyi,+ kandi bayandika mu nyuguti z’Icyarameyi.*

8 * Nuko Rehumu wari umutegetsi mukuru na Shimushayi umwanditsi, bandikira Umwami Aritazerusi ibaruwa barega abaturage b’i Yerusalemu. Iyo baruwa yaravugaga iti:

7 Sanibalati, Tobiya,+ Abarabu,+ Abamoni n’Abashidodi+ bumvise ko umurimo wo gusana inkuta za Yerusalemu ugenda neza kandi ko ahari harasenyutse harimo gusanwa, bararakara cyane. 8 Nuko bose biyemeza kuza kurwanya Yerusalemu no guteza imivurungano mu bantu.