Esiteeri 3 - EKITABO EKIRIKWERA BAIBULI N'EBITABO EBY'OMUBONANO APOKURUFA/DYUTROKANONIKO

¹ Ebyo ku byahwaire, Omugabe Ahaswero akakuza Hamani Omuagagi mwene Hamedaata, yaamutunguura, yaamukiza abategyeki be boona.

² Abaheereza b'omugabe, abaabaire batuura aha irembo rye, bakaba bainama batangirira Hamani, nk'oku omugabe yaabaire aragiire. Kwonka Morodekai we tarainamire kumutangirira.

³ Abaheereza b'omugabe abaabaire bari aha irembo nikwo kugira Morodekai bati: Ahabw'enki noohenda ekiragiro ky'omugabe?

⁴ Ku baamuteisize buri izooba yaayanga kubahurira, baabigambira Hamani, kureeba yaaba ebi Morodekai yaagambire nibiija kugumizamu. Manya akaba yaabagambiire ku ari Omuyudaaya.

⁵ Hamani ku yaareebire Morodekai atainama kumutangirira, ekiniga kyamucwa amaraka.

⁶ Kwonka eky'okwita Morodekai wenka yaakigaya; ahabw'okuba bakaba baamugambiire eihanga eri Morodekai arikukomookamu. Hamani nikwo kucwamu kumaraho Abayudaaya boona ab'eihanga rya Morodekai omu bugabe bwa Ahaswero bwona.

Hamani okushaba orusa rw'okucwekyereza Abayudaaya

⁷ Omu kwezi kw'Okubanza, okwa Nisani, omu mwaka gwa ikumi n'ebiri ogw'omu busingye bw'omugabe Ahaswero, bakaragurisa Puri, nikwo kuteera enteenyu. Baaguma nibagiteerera omu maisho ga Hamani, kumanya ekiro n'okwezi ahi baricwekyerereza ab'eihanga rya Morodekai boona. Enteenyu yaakwata ekiro kya ikumi na bishatu eky'okwezi kwa ikumi n'abiri, nikwo kwa Adaari.

⁸ Hamani agambira Omugabe Ahaswero ati: Hariho eihanga eryataataine, rikajanjaara omu bantu b'omu mashaza goona ag'omu bugabe bwawe. Amateeka gaabo nigataana n'ag'abandi bantu, kandi tibarikwororbera mateeka g'omugabe; nikyo kitainiire mugabe mugasho kubagumisiririza.

⁹ Mbwenu Nyakusinga, ku oraabe nookisiima, ragiira bacwekyerezibwe. Naanye niinyija kuha empiiha z'efeeza kakumi, zaakiirwe abarikureeberera omurimo gw'omugabe, bazite omu mabiikiro ge.

¹⁰ Atyo omugabe ajuura empeta eriho akamanyiso ke, agiha Hamani Omuagagi mwene Hemedaata, omuzigu w'Abayudaaya.

¹¹ Haza agira Hamani ati: Empiiha zaawe yegumire nazo, n'abantu naabakuha, obakore nk'oku orikwenda.

¹² Mpaho aha kiro kya ikumi na bishatu eky'okwezi kw'okubanza abahandiiki b'omugabe baayetwa. Haza ekiragiro ekiri nk'oku byona ebi Hamani yaaragiire, kyahandiikirwa ab'amashaza n'abakungu by'ebyanga byona, n'abategyeki b'amahanga goona, buri kyanga omu mihandiikire yaakyo, na buri ihanga omu rurimi rwaryo. Kyahandiikwa omu iziina ry'Omugabe Ahaswero, kandi kyateebwaho akamanyiso k'empeta ye.

¹³ Ebaruha zaatwarwa baamatarisi omu byanga by'omugabe byona, kucwekyereza, kwita n'okumaraho Abayudaaya boona, abato n'abakuru, abakazi n'abaana, eizooba rimwe, aha kiro kya ikumi na bishatu eky'okwezi kwa ikumi n'abiri, nikwo kwa Adaari, n'okunyaga ebintu byabo.

¹⁴ Ekihandukururo ky'ekyo kihandiiko kikooherezibwa omu buri kyanga, kiri ekiragiro ky'okumanyisa abantu boona ngu beeteekateekyere eryo izooba.

¹⁵ Baamatarisi, ahabw'okuragiirwa omugabe, baayehuuta, ekiragiro baakibuzya omuri Susa orurembo orukuru. Omugabe na Hamani baashutama kwenywera, kwonka orurembo Susa rwashobangirirwa.