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3 Pashure peizvi Mambo Ahashivheroshi akakwidziridza Hamani+ mwanakomana waHamedhata muAgagi+ uye akamukudza nekumupa chigaro chepamusoro kupfuura mamwe machinda ese aaiva nawo.+ 2 Vashandi vese vamambo vaiva pagedhi ramambo vaikotama pamberi paHamani nekumupfugamira, nekuti ndizvo zvakanga zvarayirwa namambo pamusoro pake. Asi Modhekai akaramba kukotama kana kupfugama. 3 Saka vashandi vamambo vaiva pagedhi ramambo vakati kuna Modhekai: “Nei usiri kuteerera murayiro wamambo?” 4 Vaimubvunza zuva nezuva, asi aisavateerera. Vakabva vaudza Hamani kuti vaone kuti Modhekai aizongosiyiwa akadaro here nezvaaiita;+ nekuti akanga avaudza kuti aiva muJudha.+
5 Hamani paakaona kuti Modhekai airamba kumukotamira nekumupfugamira, Hamani akashatirwa chaizvo.+ 6 Asi zvaizvidzika kwaari kuti auraye* Modhekai ega, nekuti vakanga vamuudza nezvevanhu vaModhekai. Saka Hamani akatanga kutsvaga kuparadza vaJudha vese vaiva muumambo hwese hwaAhashivheroshi, vanhu vese vaModhekai.
7 Mumwedzi wekutanga, kureva mwedzi waNisani,* mugore rechi12+ raMambo Ahashivheroshi, vakakanda Puri+ (kureva Mujenya) pamberi paHamani kuti vazive zuva racho nemwedzi wacho, uye yakawira pamwedzi wechi12, kureva Adhari.*+ 8 Hamani akabva ati kuna Mambo Ahashivheroshi: “Pane vamwe vanhu vakapararira+ uye vari kwese kwese pakati pemarudzi ari mumatunhu ese eumambo hwenyu,+ vane mitemo yavo yakasiyana neyevamwe vanhu vese; uye havateereri mitemo yamambo, uye kuvasiya vakadaro kunokanganisa zvido zvamambo. 9 Kana zvakanaka kuna mambo, ngapanyorwe murayiro wekuti vaparadzwe. Ndichabhadhara matarenda* 10 000 esirivha kuvakuru vakuru kuti aiswe munochengeterwa pfuma yamambo.”*
10 Mambo akabva abvisa rin’i yake ine chidhindo+ muruoko rwake akaipa Hamani+ mwanakomana waHamedhata muAgagi,+ uyo aivenga vaJudha. 11 Mambo akati kuna Hamani: “Sirivha nevanhu vacho zvaiswa mumaoko ako, kuti uite zvaunoda navo.” 12 Vanyori vamambo+ vakabva vashevedzwa pazuva rechi13 remwedzi wekutanga. Vakanyora+ zvese zvakarayirwa naHamani kumachinda amambo, magavhuna aitungamirira matunhu acho, nemachinda ekumarudzi akasiyana-siyana, kudunhu rimwe nerimwe mumanyorero aro uye kurudzi rumwe nerumwe mumutauro warwo. Zvakanyorwa muzita raMambo Ahashivheroshi zvikaiswa chidhindo nerin’i yamambo ine chidhindo.+
13 Tsamba dzacho dzakatumirwa nenhume kumatunhu ese amambo, dzichirayira kuti vatsakatise, vauraye, uye vaparadze vaJudha vese, vakuru nevadiki, vakadzi nevana, pazuva rimwe chete, pazuva rechi13 remwedzi wechi12, kureva mwedzi waAdhari,+ uye kuti vavatorere zvinhu zvavo.+ 14 Mashoko egwaro racho aifanira kuitwa mutemo mumatunhu ese uye kuziviswa kumarudzi ese, kuti vagadzirire zuva iri. 15 Nhume dzacho dzakaenda nekukurumidza+ dzarayirwa namambo; mutemo wacho ukadzikwa munhare* inonzi* Shushani.*+ Mambo naHamani vakabva vagara pasi kuti vanwe, asi guta reShushani* rakanga ravhiringidzika.