¹Hiai thilte zohin, kumpipa Ahasura thangpaihna lungkimsaka omin, Vasti, bang ahia a hih, a siatna dia bang ahia thupiak chih a theigige hi.

¹Zvino shure kwaizvozvo, kutsamwa kwamambo Ahashivheroshi kwakati kwanyarara, akarangarira Vhashiti nezvaakaita, nechirevo chakatemwa pamusoro pake.

²Huchiin a nasep sak kumpipa sikhaten a kiangah, Kumpipa adingin nungak siangthou tuailai melhoih kizong henla:

²Ipapo varanda vamambo vaimubatira, vakati, Mambo ngaatsvakirwe mhandara dzakanaka;

³Huan kumpipan a gama bial tengtengah heutu sep hen, huaiten nungak siangthou tuailai tengteng Susan inpi ah, numeite in ah, Hegai kumpipa michilgeh numeite kempa ina a hongpi khawm theihna ding un; huchiin siansakna ding a thilte uh amau kipe leh:

³mambo ngaaise vatariri pamativi ose oushe hwake, vaunganidze mhandara dzose dzakanaka paShushani nhare yamambo, paimba yavakadzi, vachengetwe naHegai muranda wamambo, mutariri wavakadzi; vapiwewo zvavangazvinatsa nazvo.

⁴Huan nungak kumpipa lungkimsak pen Vasti sikin kumpinu hi hen, a chi ua. Huai thilin kumpipa a lungkim saka; huchibangin a hihta hi.

⁴Zvino musikana unofarirwa namambo ngaave vahosi panzvimbo yaVhashiti. Izvozvo zvikafadza mambo, akaita saizvozvo.

⁵Susan inpi ah Juda mi khuhiam khat, a min Mordekai, Jair tapa, Simei tapa, Benjamin mi a oma;

⁵Zvino paShushani panhare yamambo pakanga panomuJudha, ainzi Modhekai, mwanakomana waJairi, mwanakomana waShimei, mwanakomana waKishi, muBhenjamini,

⁶Amah bel Jerusalem akipana salte Juda kumpipa Jekonia Babulon kumpipa Nebukadnezzarin a pi manga omte toh pi mangin a om uhi.

⁶akanga atapwa Jerusaremu, pamwechete navatapwa vakanga vatapwa naJekonia mambo waJudha, wakange atapwa naNebhukadhinezari mambo weBhabhironi.

⁷Huchiin aman Hadassa, huai bel Esther, a pangak tanu ahi: aman lah pa a neikeia nu leng a neikei, huan huai nungak tuh a kilawmin a mel ahoih hi: a nu leh a pa a sih un, Mordekaiin amah a tanu mahmah dingin a la hi.

⁷Iye akanga arera Hadhasha, ndiye Esiteri, mukunda wababamunini wake; nekuti akanga asina baba namai; zvino musikana uyu akanga akanaka paumiro hwake napachiso chake; pakufa kwababa vake namai vake Modhekai ndokumutora, akamuita mukunda wake.

⁸Huchiin hichi a honghi-a, kumpipa thupiak leh a thubawl a kijakin, nungak tampi Susan inpi, Hegai ina kaihkhawma aom lai un, Esther kumpipa in, Hegai, numeite kempa in ah a hongpi ua.

⁸Zvino murayiro wamambo nechirevo chake zvakati zvanzwikwa, vasikana vazhinji vakaunganidzwa paShushani nhare yamambo, pavaichengetwa naHegai, Esiteri akatorwawo, akaiswa mumba mamambo, akachengetwa naHegai mutariri wavakadzi.

⁹Huchiin nungakin amah a lungkim saka, amah siamna a ngahta a; huan aman siansakna dingin a thilte amah a pe paha, a tantuante toh, amah piak dinga kilawm, kumpipa in akipan nungak sagih: huan amaha leh a nungakte numei te ina mun hoih penpen ah asuanta hi.

⁹Musikana uyu akamufadza, akanzwirwa tsitsi naye, akachimbidzika kumupa zvaangazvinatsa nazvo, nemigove yake yezvokudya uye vasikana vanomwe vaakafanira kupiwa, vaibva paimba yamambo; akamuisa iye navasikana vake pakanga pakaisvonaka paimba yavakadzi.

¹⁰Estherin a mite a musak keia a tanaute leng a musak sam kei hi: Mordekaiin lah musak lou dingin amah thu a pe ngala.

¹⁰Asi Esiteri akanga asina kuvazivisa rudzi rwake nehama dzake, nekuti Modhekai akanga amuraira, kuti arege kuvazivisa izvozvo.

¹¹Huchiin Mordekai bel nitengin numeite in mun maiah a om gigea, Estherin bangchiin a hih jela, bang a honghi dia chih thei dingin.

¹¹Zvino Modhekai aifamba pamberi poruvanze rweimba yavakadzi mazuva ose, agoziva kuti Esiteri akadini, uye kuti vachaitei naye.

¹²Huchi-a nungak chih kumpipa Ahasura kianga a valut hun uh a tun in, numeite adia dan dungjuia hih khinta a om nungin, kha sawm leh kha nih, (huchibangin lah a siansakna nite uh hihkimin a om ngala, huai tuh, mura thau toh kha guk, gim namtuite toh kha guk leh, numeite siansakna dinga thilte toh, )

¹²Zvino dzoro romusikana mumwe nomumwe rakati richisvika kupinda kuna mambo Ahashivheroshi, kana aitirwa zvose nomurayiro wavakadzi mwedzi ine gumi nemiviri (nokuti mazuva okunatswa kwavo akapera kudai: mwedzi mitanhatu vachizora mafuta emura, mwedzi mitanhatu zvinonhuhwira, uye zvimwe zvinhu zvokunatsa vakadzi nazvo,)

¹³Huailaiin hichibangin nungkanu tuh kumpipa kiangah a hong, numeite in akipan kumpipa ina hohpih dingin amah tuh a deihdeih piakin a om hi.

¹³zvino musikana akapinda nomutowo akadaro kuna mambo, uye chinhu chipi nechipi chaaida aichipiwa, kuti abude nacho paimba yavakadzi, apinde mumba mamambo.

¹⁴Nitaklamin a paia, a jingsangin numeite in nihna ah, kumpipa michilgeh Sasga, meite kimpa in ah a hong kika: kumpipa amah ah kipak napiin, kumpipa kiangah a honglutta keia, amah tuh mina sapin a om hi.

¹⁴Aienda madekwana, ndokudzokera mangwana kuimba yechipiri yavakadzi, paaichengetwa naShaashigazi, muranda wamambo, aichengeta varongo; haazaipindazve kuna mambo, asi kana achinge afarirwa namambo, akadamwa nezita rake.

¹⁵Huchi-a amah a tanu dinga lapa Mordekai pangak Abihail tanu, Esther kumpipa kianga a valut hun a hongtunin, Hegai kumpipa michilgeh, numeite kempaa seh chihngallouh bangmah a kan kei hi. Huchiin amah ente tengteng mitmuhin Estherin deihsakna a ngaha.

¹⁵Zvino dzoro raEsiteri mukunda waAbhihairi, babamunini vaModhekai, akanga amutora akamuita mukunda wake, rakati richisvika rokupinda kuna mambo, haana kukumbira chinhu asi izvochetezvakanga zvarairwa naHegai muranda wamambo, mutariri wavakadzi. Zvino Esiteri akanzwirwa tsitsi navose vaimuona.

¹⁶Huchiin Esther kumpipa Ahasura kiang a kumpi in ah a kha sawmna, Tebeth kha a vaihawm kum sagihna kumin laklutin a omta hi.

¹⁶Naizvozvo Esiteri akaiswa kuna mambo Ahashivheroshi muimba yake youshe nomwedzi wegumi, ndiwo mwedzi weTebheti, pagore rechinomwe rokubata kwake ushe.

¹⁷Huchiin kumpipan numeite tengteng sangin Esther a it a, nungak siangthoute sangin a mitmuhin hehpihna leh deihsakna a mu hi; huchiin a lu tungah kumpi lallukhu a koiha, Vasti sikin kumpinu dingin amah a bawlta hi.

¹⁷Mambo akada Esiteri kupfuura vamwe vakadzi vose, akanzwira tsitsi nounyoro naye kupfuura dzimwe mhandara dzose; naizvozvo akaisa korona youhosi pamusoro wake, akamuita vahosi panzvimbo yaVhashiti.

¹⁸Huchih laiin kumpipan a lalte tengteng leh a sikhate tengteng adingin ankuang thupi, Esther ankuang mahmah a luitaa: bialte kiangah khawlna a bawla, kumpipa siamna bang jelin, thilpiakte a pia hi.

¹⁸Ipapo mambo akaitira machinda ake ose navaranda vake vose mutambo mukuru, uri mutambo waEsiteri; akaraira zororo pamativi enyika, akagovera zvipo, mambo asinganyimi napaduku.

¹⁹Huchi-a nungak siangthoute nih veina dia kaihkhawma a omlai un, Mordekai bel kumpipa kongpi ah a tu hi.

¹⁹Zvino pakuunganidzwa kwemhandara rwechipiri, Modhekai akanga agere pasuwo ramambo.

²⁰Estherin a tanaute amusak keia a mite leng a musak sam kei; Mordekai thupiak bangin a hiha, amah kianga khanletsaka a om bang takin.

²⁰Esiteri akanga achigere kuvazivisa hama dzake kana rudzi rwake, sezvaakarairwa naModhekai; nekuti Esiteri akateerera murayiro waModhekai, sezvaaisiita acharerwa naye.

²¹Huailaia, Mordekai kumpipa kongpi-a a tutlaiin, kumpipa michilgeh laka nih, Bigthan leh Teres, kongkhak ngakte a heh ua, kumpipa Ahasura tunga khut kha dingin a zongta uhi.

²¹zvino pamazuva iwayo Modhikai agere pasuwo ramambo, varanda vaviri vamambo, Bhigitani naTereshi, pakati pavarindi vomukova, vakatsamwa vakatsvaka kuuraya mambo Ahashivheroshi.

²²Huan huai thil Mordekaiin a theia, aman khumpinu kiangah a theisak hi; huan Estherin Mordekai minin huaia kumpipa a hilhta hi.Huchiin a thu a kikan aleh, huchibang ahi ngei chih a kimu khiaa, a nih un sing dawnah khailupin a om ua: huan tanchingelhna laibuah kumpipa maah a kigelhta hi.

²²Chinhu icho chikazikamwa naModhekai, iye ndokuzivisa vahosi Esiteri, Esiteri akandoudza mambo nezita raModhekai.

²³Huchiin a thu a kikan aleh, huchibang ahi ngei chih a kimu khiaa, a nih un sing dawnah khailupin a om ua: huan tanchingelhna laibuah kumpipa maah a kigelhta hi.

²³Zvino vakati vachinzvera chinhu icho, vakawana kuti zvirokwazvo, vose vari vaviri vakasungirirwa pamuti; zvikanyorwa mubhuku yaMakoronike pamberi pamambo.