Esteri 4:1-17
4 Omughulu Mordekayi aminya ebyosi ebyabirikolwa, mwatulanga esyongyimba siwe n’eryambala olukimba lw’esaki* n’eriyihirako eribu. Neryo mwahuluka amaya omo kati-kati k’omuyi inianemulira kutsibu n’obulighe bunene.
2 Mwaghenda amahika oko lukyo lw’omwami, kusangwa sihabya oyo wangingira omo lukyo lw’omwami inianambite olukimba lw’esaki.*
3 N’omo buli ngabiro* eyo ekinywa n’erihana ry’omwami byahika, mubasusumana kutsibu, bamakola amafungo, bamalira n’erisekemuka. Abangyi mubaghotsera omo ribu ibanambite esyongyimba sy’esaki.*
4 Omughulu abaghombe b’obukali ba Esteri n’abakonwe biwe basa n’erimubwira omwatsi oyo, omughole mwakwa obulighe bunene. Neryo mwatumira Mordekayi y’esyongyimba sy’eryambala ati alusaye esyongyimba sy’esaki;* nikwa Mordekayi mwaghanasyo.
5 Neryo Esteri mwabirikira Hataki, omughuma w’oko bakonwe b’omwami, oyo omwami asombola eribya mughombe wa Esteri. Mwamutuma ayabulaye Mordekayi ng’akayira atya busanaki kandi nga habereki.
6 Neryo Hataki mwaghenda eyiri Mordekayi omo kibugha ky’omuyi ekiri embere sy’olukyo lw’omwami.
7 Mordekayi mwamubwira ebyamuhikireko, n’erimubwira emighanzo y’esyofranga esyo Hamani abirilagha eriliha ekighona ky’omwami busana n’eritoghotya Abayahudi.
8 Kandi mwamuha n’ekopi y’ebaruha y’erihamula eryakolerawa e Shushani* ery’eritoghotya Abayahudi. Mwamubwira ati akanganayeyo Esteri n’erimubwira ebirimo, n’erimuhana ati iye, iyuwene-wene aghende eyiri omwami, erimusaba n’erimulemba-lemba busana n’abandu biwe.
9 Hataki mwasubula amakanirya Esteri ebyo Mordekayi alyabugha.
10 Neryo Esteri mwatuma Hataki eriyabwira Mordekayi ati:
11 “Abaghombe bosi bw’omwami, n’ebihanda by’omo syongabiro* syosi sy’omwami, banasi ngoko omulume kutse omukali wosi-wosi amabingira omo kibugha ky’emwisi ky’omwami atalyabirikirawa, hali omughambo mughuma musa owakakolesibawa; omundu oyo akitawa, aliwe omwami amabimusumbira omutso w’obwami ow’ehoro, isyenditwa. Omo biro 30 sindinabirikirwa eriya eyiri omwami.”
12 Omughulu Mordekayi abwirawa ebyo Esteri abugha,
13 mwalayira oko Esteri ati: “Isiwalengekanaya uti ukendibala oko bandi Bayahudi bosi kundi uli omo nyumba y’omwami.
14 Kusangwa lino wamabihuna, eriluhuka n’omulamo w’Abayahudi ibikendyasira handi, nikwa iwe n’ekihanda kya tata waghu imukendiheribwa, kandi nindi yo wangaminya nga wabya mughole busana n’endambi eyiri ng’eno?”
15 Esteri mwalayira oko Mordekayi ati:
16 “Ughende, uyahindanaye Abayahudi bosi abali e Shushani, mukole amafungo busana naghe. Omo biro bisatu, omo musibo n’omo kiro, isimwalya kutse n’erinywa, naghe haghuma n’abaghombe baghe b’obukali tukendikola amafungo. Ngendiya ew’omwami, nomo emighambo inaghanirye ekyo. Namabya ingendihola, inahola.”
17 Neryo Mordekayi mwaghenda, amakola ebyosi ebyo Esteri amuhana ati akole.
Amaelezo awehikwa
^ Kutse “epiri; olukimba lw’ekiriro.”
^ Kutse “epiri; olukimba lw’ekiriro.”
^ Kutse “ekiharo ky’obutabali.”
^ Kutse “epiri; olukimba lw’ekiriro.”
^ Kutse “epiri; olukimba lw’ekiriro.”
^ Kutse “e Susa.”
^ Kutse “ebiharo by’obutabali.”
