5 Hari umugabo w’Umuyahudi wabaga ibwami i Shushani+ witwaga Moridekayi+ umuhungu wa Yayiri, umuhungu wa Shimeyi, umuhungu wa Kishi wo mu muryango wa Benyamini.+ 6 Yari yarajyanywe ku ngufu mu gihugu kitari icye aturutse i Yerusalemu hamwe n’abandi bari kumwe na Yekoniya*+ umwami w’u Buyuda, uwo Nebukadinezari umwami w’i Babuloni yajyanye ku ngufu mu gihugu kitari icye.

8 Nuko Hamani abwira Umwami Ahasuwerusi ati: “Hari abantu bari hirya no hino+ mu ntara zose z’ubwami bwawe,+ bagendera ku mategeko atandukanye n’ay’abandi bantu bose, ntibakurikize amategeko y’umwami kandi umwami abaretse nta cyo byamwungura.