¹Zvino usiku uhwo mambo akashaiwa hope, akaraira kuti vauye nebhuku yamashoko aMakoronike, akaravirwa mambo.

¹On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

²Vakawana kuti pakanyorwa kuti Modhekai akadeya kuzivisa mashoko aBhigitana naTereshi, varanda vaviri vamambo pakati pavarindi vomukova, vakatsvaka kuuraya mambo Ahashivheroshi.

²And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.

³Ipapo mambo akati, Modhekai akakudzwa nokurumbidzwa seiko pamusoro pechinhu ichi? Varanda vamambo vaimubatira vakati, Haana chaakaitirwa.

³And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

⁴Mambo akati, Ndianiko uri paruvanze? Zvino Hamani akanga apinda paruvanze rwokunze kweimba yamambo, achida kukumbira kuna mambo kuti Modhekai asungirirwe namatanda aakanga amugadzirira.

⁴And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.

⁵Varanda vamambo vakati kwaari, Tarirai Hamani umire paruvanze. Mambo akati, Ngaapinde.

⁵And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court. And the king said, Let him come in.

⁶Naizvozvo Hamani akapinda. Mambo akati kwaari, Munhu, mambo waanoda kumukudza, angaitirweiko? Zvino Hamani akati mumoyo make, Mambo vangada kukudza aniko, asi ini?

⁶So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom would the king delight to do honour more than to myself?

⁷Hamani akati kuna mambo, Iye munhu, mambo waanoda kukudza,

⁷And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,

⁸ngaatorerwe nguvo dzoushe, idzo dzinosifukwa namambo, nebhiza rinositasva namambo, nekorona youshe inosidzikwa pamusoro wake;

⁸Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:

⁹zvino nguvo nebhiza ngazviiswe pamaoko omumwe wamachinda amambo anokudzwa kwazvo, kuti vafukidze munhu uyo, mambo waanoda kukudza, vagomufambisa munzira dzomuguta, akatasva bhiza, vadanidzire pamberi pake, vachiti, Munhu, mambo waanoda kukudza, ngaaitirwe saizvozvo.

⁹And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth to honour, and bring him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done to the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

¹⁰Ipapo mambo akati kuna Hamani, Chimbidzika utore nguvo nebhiza, sezvawataura, undoitira Modhekai muJudha saizvozvo, iye agere pasuwo ramambo; usarega shoko rimwe pamashoko ose awataura.

¹⁰Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse, as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the king's gate: let nothing fail of all that thou hast spoken.

¹¹Zvino Hamani akatora nguvo nebhiza, akafukidza Modhekai, akamufambisa panzira dzomuguta akatasva bhiza, akadanidzira pamberi pake, achiti, Ndizvo zvichaitirwa munhu uyo mambo waanoda kukudza.

¹¹Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour.

¹²Zvino Modhekai akadzokera kusuwo ramambo. Asi Hamani akachimbidzika kuenda kumba kwake achichema, akafukidza musoro wake.

¹²And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house mourning, and having his head covered.

¹³Hamani akarondedzera kuna Zereshi mukadzi wake neshamwari dzake dzose zvose zvaakaitirwa. Ipapo shamwari dzake dzakangwara naZereshi mukadzi wake vakati kwaari, Kana Modhekai uyu wawakatanga kuwa pamberi pake ari worudzi rwavaJudha, haungakundi, asi zvirokwazvo uchawa pamberi pake.

¹³And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai be of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou shalt not prevail against him, but shalt surely fall before him.

¹⁴Vakati vachataura naye, varanda vamambo vakasvika, vakachimbidzika kuenda naHamani kumafundo akanga agadzirwa naEsiteri.

¹⁴And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.