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1 Mu mafuku a Asueruse,* kuamba’shi yawa Asueruse baadi amunana mu ma provense 127 kubanga ku Inde mpa na ku Etshopi,* 2 mu aa mafuku Nfumu Asueruse baadi amunana mu Shushane* ebalasa dinyingishibue, 3 mu kipua kia kasatu kia kumunana kuaye, baadi mukite musangelo bua bakunkushi baye boso na bafubi baye boso. Kiluilo kia basalayi kia bena Pelese na kia bena Mede, bantu ba kinemo na bakunkushi ba ma provense babafikile ku musangelo, 4 na munda mua mafuku e bungi, mafuku 180, baadi muibaleshe bupeta bua bufumu buaye bua ntumbo, bukata na ntumbo ya bukome buaye. 5 Pabaadi ano mafuku apue, nfumu baadi mukite musangelo munda mua mafuku musambobidi bua bantu boso babaadi mu Shushane ebalasa diyingishibue, kubanga kui basha kinemo mpa na kui bashi na kinemo, mu lupango lua efuba dia ebalasa dia nfumu. 6 Babaadi balengieshe mu lupango na lin, bilamba bikitshibue na butongo buibuwa na bilamba bia bulee bianyibue bi bukopo na mioshi ya kilamba kibuwa, na buanda bumongolokie buabadi banye ku bikano bia kiamo kia arja, misungo ikitshibue na marbre, ma nkuasa ebuwa abadi bakite na ôlo na kiamo kia arja bituule paashi palamikie mabue a porferi, marbre atooka, mabue a muulo na marbre afiita.

7 Babaadi bape bantu nfinyo mu bipulu* bia ôlo kipulu kioso kibaadi kilekene na kingi, na nfinyo ya nfumu ibaadi ibungi muyile bupeta bua nfumu. 8 Pabitale kutoma malua, muiya ubaadi’shi, tabatakulanga muntu pabukopo,* muanda nfumu baadi mulungule bafubi ba muibalasa bua kulekiela muntu oso akite bi’akumiina.

9 Ndalamumba Vasti n’aye namu baadi mukite musangelo bua bana bakashi ku nshibo ya nfumu* Asueruse.

10 Muifuku dia musambobidi, pabaadi nfumu na muloo pa muanda wa nfinyo, balunguile Mehumana, Bizeta, Arbona, Bigeta, Abagata, Zetare na Karkase bafubi musambobidi ba nfumu, babaadi bafubi ba nfumu Asueruse aye nabene, 11 bua kufika na ndalamumba Vasti kui nfumu mufuale lubango lua bufumu, bua kulesha muilo na bakunkushi biadi buwa, muanda baadi buwa bukile. 12 Anka ndalamumba Vasti baadi nka apele kufika kubaadi nfumu amuitanyina kukiila kui bafubi ba muibalasa, biabia nfumu nkufiita munda ngofu na nsungu yaye ibaadi bukopo.

13 Akupu nfumu nkuisamba na bantu ba sha binangu babaadi abauku mianda ibaadi ipue kukitshika* (muanda mu uno mushindo nyi mubaadi mianda ya nfumu ayifiki kui baba boso abauku miiya kalolo na abauku kusambisha mianda, 14 na bantu baye abatuushaa malango babaadi pepi naye nyi mbano: Karshena, Shetare, Adamata, Tarsise, Merese, Marsena, na Memukane, bakunkushi musambobidi ba bena Pelese na bena Mede, babaadi abatuele mui nfumu na babaadi na miasu ikata mu bufumu). 15 Nfumu nkuipusha’shi: “Muyile muiya, nkinyi akitungu kukita na ndalamumba Vasti muanda ta mukookiele ku eyi dikeele nfumu Asueruse mutume kukiila kui bafubi ba muibalasa?”

16 Nyi Memukane nkuakula kumpala kua nfumu na kua bakunkushi’shi: “Ndalamumba Vasti tamukitshine penda nfumu bibubi, anka mmukitshine mpa na bakunkushi boso na bantu boso ba mu ma provense* oso a Nfumu Asueruse bibubi. 17 Muanda bibakitshi ndalamumba abikaukibua kui bakashi boso, na abakabepuula balume babo, na bakule’shi ‘Nfumu Asueruse tumine eyi bua’shi ndalamumba Vasti afikie kuadi, anka aye nkupela kufika.’ 18 Lelo uno bakashi ba bakunkushi ba bena Pelese na ba bena Mede abauku bibakitshi ndalamumba, abakalungula bakunkushi boso ba nfumu, bino abikafuisha kasaabu na nsungu. 19 Su nfumu akumiina, atuushe muiya, na wawa muiya ufundibue mu miiya ya bena Pelese na bena Mede, isha kushintulua, awamba’shi, Vasti ta mmulombene dingi kufika kumpala kua Nfumu Asueruse; na nfumu ape ungi muana mukashi mumukile muasu wa bu ndalamumba. 20 Na apakaukibua muiya wa nfumu mu bufumu buaye boso, bakashi boso abakanemeka balume babo, kubanga kui basha kinemo mpa na kui bashi na kinemo.”

21 Bino binangu nkusankisha nfumu na bakunkushi, na nfumu nkukita bibaadi Memukane muakule. 22 Biabia nfumu nkutuma mikanda mu ma provense oso a bufumu buaye, provense oso mu nfundilo aye na muilo oso mu ludimi luao, bua’shi mulume ekale nfumu* mu nshibo muaye na akule ludimi lua muilo waye.