¹Now in the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, on the thirteenth day of the same, when the king's commandment and his decree drew near to be put in execution, in the day that the enemies of the Jews hoped to have power over them, (though it was turned to the contrary, that the Jews had rule over them that hated them;)

¹Zvino nomwedzi wegumi nemiviri,iwo mwedzi weAdhari, nezuva regumi namatatu, nguva yakati yaswedera yokuti murayiro wamambo nechirevo chake zviitwe, pazuva rakafunga vavengi vavaJudha kuvamukira naro; asi zvakashandurwa, nekuti vaJudha vakamukira vavengi vavo;

²The Jews gathered themselves together in their cities throughout all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, to lay hand on such as sought their hurt: and no man could withstand them; for the fear of them fell upon all people.

²vaJudha vakaungana pamaguta avo pamativi ose enyika dzamambo Ahashivheroshi, kuti vauraye avo vakatsvaka kuvaitira zvakaipa; hakuna akanga achigona kuvadzivisa, nekuti vanhu vose vakavatya.

³And all the rulers of the provinces, and the lieutenants, and the deputies, and officers of the king, helped the Jews; because the fear of Mordecai fell upon them.

³Machinda ose amativi enyika, namachinda makuru, navabati, vaibata basa ramambo, vakabatsira vaJudha; nekuti vakatya Modhekai.

⁴For Mordecai was great in the king's house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

⁴nekuti Modhekai akanga ari mukuru paimba yamambo, nembiri yake yakanga yasvika kumativi ose enyika; nekuti murume uyu Modhekai akaramba achikura.

⁵Thus the Jews smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword, and slaughter, and destruction, and did what they would unto those that hated them.

⁵VaJudha vakaparadza vavengi vavo vose, nokuvatema neminondo, nokuvauraya, nokuvaparadza, vakaitira vavengi vavo sezvavaida.

⁶And in Shushan the palace the Jews slew and destroyed five hundred men.

⁶NapaShushani nhare yamambo, vaJudha vakauraya nokuparadza varume vana mazana mashanu.

⁷And Parshandatha, and Dalphon, and Aspatha,

⁷Parishandata, naDharifoni, naAsipata,

⁸And Poratha, and Adalia, and Aridatha,

⁸naPorata, naAdharia, naAridhata,

⁹And Parmashta, and Arisai, and Aridai, and Vajezatha,

⁹naParimashita, naArisai, naAridhai, naVaizata,

¹⁰The ten sons of Haman the son of Hammedatha, the enemy of the Jews, slew they; but on the spoil laid they not their hand.

¹⁰ivo vanakomana vane gumi vaHamani mwanakomana waHamedhata, muvengi wavaJudha, vakavaurayawo; asi havana kupambara nhumbi dzavo.

¹¹On that day the number of those that were slain in Shushan the palace was brought before the king.

¹¹Pazuva iro kuwanda kwavakaurawa paShushani nhare yamambo kwakaverengwa kukaiswa kuna mambo.

¹²And the king said unto Esther the queen, The Jews have slain and destroyed five hundred men in Shushan the palace, and the ten sons of Haman; what have they done in the rest of the king's provinces? now what is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: or what is thy request further? and it shall be done.

¹²Ipapo mambo akati kuna vahosi Esiteri, VaJudha vauraya nokuparadza paShushani nhare yamambo, varume vana mazana mashanu, navanakomana vane gumi vaHamani; ndoda zvavakaita kuna mamwe mativi enyika yamambo! Zvino chinyiko chaunonyengetera? Uchazvipiwa. Kana chinyiko chaunokumbira zvino? Zvichaitwa.

¹³Then said Esther, If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews which are in Shushan to do to morrow also according unto this day's decree, and let Haman's ten sons be hanged upon the gallows.

¹³Ipapo Esiteri akati, Kana mambo achifara nazvo, vaJudha vari paShushani ngavatenderwe kuita mangwanawo nechirevo chanhasi, navanakomana vaHamani vane gumi vasungirirwe pamatanda.

¹⁴And the king commanded it so to be done: and the decree was given at Shushan; and they hanged Haman's ten sons.

¹⁴Ipapo mambo akaraira kuti zviitwe saizvozvo; chirevo chikatemwa paShushani, vakasungurira vanakomana vaHamani vane gumi.

¹⁵For the Jews that were in Shushan gathered themselves together on the fourteenth day also of the month Adar, and slew three hundred men at Shushan; but on the prey they laid not their hand.

¹⁵VaJudha vaiva paShushani vakaunganazve nezuva regumi namana romwedzi weAdhari, vakauraya varume vana mazana matatu paShushani, asi havana kupambara nhumbi.

¹⁶But the other Jews that were in the king's provinces gathered themselves together, and stood for their lives, and had rest from their enemies, and slew of their foes seventy and five thousand, but they laid not their hands on the prey,

¹⁶Navamwe vaJudha vaiva pamativi enyika yamambo vakaungana, vakarwira upenyu hwavo, vakazorora pavavengi vavo, vakauraya pakati pavavengi vavo vane zviuru zvina makumi manomwe nezvishanu; asi havana kupambara nhumbi.

¹⁷On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

¹⁷Izvozvo zvakaitwa nezuva regumi namatatu romwedzi weAdhari, vakazorora nezuva regumi namana, vakariita zuva romutambo neromufaro.

¹⁸But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.

¹⁸Asi vaJudha vaiva paShushani vakaungana pazuva regumi namatatu napazuva regumi namana romwedzi iwoyo; nezuva regumi namashanu romwedzi uyo vakazorora, vakariita zuva romutambo neromufaro.

¹⁹Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.

¹⁹Naizvozvo vaJudha vemisha, vanogara pamisha isina kukombwa namasvingo, vanoita zuva regumi namana romwedzi weAdhari zuva romufaro neromutambo, uye zuva rakanaka, nerokutumirana zvinonaka.

²⁰And Mordecai wrote these things, and sent letters unto all the Jews that were in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus, both nigh and far,

²⁰Zvino Modhekai akanyora zvinhu izvo, akatuma tsamba kuvaJudha vose vakanga vari pamativi ose enyika yamambo Ahashivheroshi, pedo nokure,

²¹To stablish this among them, that they should keep the fourteenth day of the month Adar, and the fifteenth day of the same, yearly,

²¹akavaraira kuti varangarire zuva iro regumi namana romwedzi weAdhari, nezuva regumi namashanu rawo, gore rimwe nerimwe,

²²As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.

²²nekuti ndiwo mazuva vaJudha avakazorodzwa nawo pavavengi vavo, nomwedzi wavakashandurirwa nawo kuchema kwavo ukava mufaro, uye zuva rokuchema rikava zuva rakanaka; uye kuti vaaite mazuva omutambo noomufaro, nookutumirana zvinonaka uye zvipo kuvarombo.

²³And the Jews undertook to do as they had begun, and as Mordecai had written unto them;

²³VaJudha vakatenda kuita nomutowo wavakatanga nawo, sezvavakanyorerwa naModhekai;

²⁴Because Haman the son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, the enemy of all the Jews, had devised against the Jews to destroy them, and had cast Pur, that is, the lot, to consume them, and to destroy them;

²⁴nekuti Hamani mwanakomana waHamedhata muAgagi, muvengi wavaJudha vose akanga afunga zano rokuparadza vaJudha, akakanda Puri, ndiyo mijenya, kuvapedza nokuvaparadza;

²⁵But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

²⁵asi shoko iri rakati richisvika kuna mambo, iye ndokuraira netsamba kuti zano iri rake rakaipa raakafunga pamusoro pavaJudha, ridzoserwe pamusoro wake, uye kuti iye navanakomana vake vasungirirwe pamatanda.

²⁶Wherefore they called these days Purim after the name of Pur. Therefore for all the words of this letter, and of that which they had seen concerning this matter, and which had come unto them,

²⁶Naizvozvo vakatumidza zita ramazuva iwayo Purimi nezita rePuri. Zvino nokuda kwamashoko ose etsamba iyo, nezvavakaona pamusoro pechinhu icho, nezvavakaitirwa,

²⁷The Jews ordained, and took upon them, and upon their seed, and upon all such as joined themselves unto them, so as it should not fail, that they would keep these two days according to their writing, and according to their appointed time every year;

²⁷vaJudha vakatema chirevo vakazvisunga, kuti ivo navana vavo, navose vaizozviisa kwavari, havangatongoregi kurangarira mazuva iwayo maviri, sezvakanga zvanyorwa pamusoro pawo, uye panguva yakanga yatarwa gore rimwe nerimwe;

²⁸And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.

²⁸uye kuti mazuva iwayo arangarirwe nokutambwa pakati porudzi rumwe norumwe, nemhuri imwe neimwe, norutivi rumwe norumwe rwenyika neguta rimwe nerimwe; uye kuti mazuva iwayo ePurimi arege kutongoregwa pakati pavaJudha, arangarirwe nokusingaperi pakati pavana vavo.

²⁹Then Esther the queen, the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew, wrote with all authority, to confirm this second letter of Purim.

²⁹papo vahosi Esiteri, mukunda waAbhihairi, naModhekai muJudha, vakanyora nesimba ravo rose vakasimbisa tsamba iyo yechipiri yePurimi.

³⁰And he sent the letters unto all the Jews, to the hundred twenty and seven provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, with words of peace and truth,

³⁰Akatuma tsamba kuvaJudha, vose vakanga vari pamativi ane zana namakumi maviri namanomwe enyika yamambo Ahashivheroshi, akanga ana mashoko orugare nechokwadi,

³¹To confirm these days of Purim in their times appointed, according as Mordecai the Jew and Esther the queen had enjoined them, and as they had decreed for themselves and for their seed, the matters of the fastings and their cry.

³¹kuzosimbisa mazuva iwayo ePurimi panguva dzawo dzakatarwa, sezvavakarairwa naModhekai muJudha navahosi Esiteri, uye sezvavakanga vazvisunga ivo navana vavo pamusoro peshoko rokutsanya nerokuchema kwavo.

³²And the decree of Esther confirmed these matters of Purim; and it was written in the book.

³²Murayiro waEsiteri ukasimbisa mashoko iwayo ePurimi; zvikanyorwa mubhuku.