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

¹After these things, at the ceasing of the fury of the king Ahasuerus, he hath remembered Vashti, and that which she did, and that which hath been decreed concerning her;

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

²and servants of the king, his ministers, say, `Let them seek for the king young women, virgins, of good appearance,

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.

³and the king doth appoint inspectors in all provinces of his kingdom, and they gather every young woman — virgin, of good appearance — unto Shushan the palace, unto the house of the women, unto the hand of Hege eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, and to give their purifications,

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

⁴and the young woman who is good in the eyes of the king doth reign instead of Vashti;` and the thing is good in the eyes of the king, and he doth so.

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

⁵A man, a Jew, there hath been in Shushan the palace, and his name [is] Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjamite —

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

⁶who had been removed from Jerusalem with the removal that was removed with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed —

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.

⁷and he is supporting Hadassah — she [is] Esther — daughter of his uncle, for she hath neither father nor mother, and the young woman [is] of fair form, and of good appearance, and at the death of her father and her mother hath Mordecai taken her to him for a daughter.

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

⁸And it cometh to pass, in the word of the king, even his law, being heard, and in many young women being gathered unto Shushan the palace, unto the hand of Hegai, that Esther is taken unto the house of the king, unto the hand of Hegai, keeper of the women,

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.

⁹and the young woman is good in his eyes, and she receiveth kindness before him, and he hasteneth her purifications and her portions — to give to her, and the seven young women who are provided — to give to her, from the house of the king, and he changeth her and her young women to a good [place in] the house of the women.

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

¹⁰Esther hath not declared her people, and her kindred, for Mordecai hath laid a charge on her that she doth not declare [it];

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

¹¹and during every day Mordecai is walking up and down before the court of the house of the women to know the welfare of Esther, and what is done with her.

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,)

¹²And in the drawing nigh of the turn of each young woman to come in unto the king Ahasuerus, at the end of there being to her — according to the law of the women — twelve months, for so they fulfil the days of their purifications; six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with spices, and with the purifications of women,

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

¹³and with this the young woman hath come in unto the king, all that she saith is given to her, to go in with her, out of the house of the women, unto the house of the king;

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

¹⁴in the evening she hath gone in, and in the morning she hath turned back unto the second house of the women, unto the hand of Shaashgaz eunuch of the king, keeper of the concubines; she cometh not in any more unto the king except the king hath delighted in her, and she hath been called by name.

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.

¹⁵And in the drawing nigh of the turn of Esther — daughter of Abihail, uncle of Mordecai, whom he had taken to him for a daughter — to come in unto the king, she hath not sought a thing except that which Hegai eunuch of the king, keeper of the women, saith, and Esther is receiving grace in the eyes of all seeing her.

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

¹⁶And Esther is taken unto the king Ahasuerus, unto his royal house, in the tenth month — it [is] the month of Tebeth — in the seventh year of his reign,

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.

¹⁷and the king loveth Esther above all the women, and she receiveth grace and kindness before him above all the virgins, and he setteth a royal crown on her head, and causeth her to reign instead of Vashti,

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

¹⁸and the king maketh a great banquet to all his heads and his servants — the banquet of Esther — and a release to the provinces hath made, and giveth gifts as a memorial of the king.

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

¹⁹And in the virgins being gathered a second time, then Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king;

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

²⁰Esther is not declaring her kindred and her people, as Mordecai hath laid a charge upon her, and the saying of Mordecai Esther is doing as when she was truly with him.

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

²¹In those days, when Mordecai is sitting in the gate of the king, hath Bigthan been wroth, and Teresh, (two of the eunuchs of the king, the keepers of the threshold,) and they seek to put forth a hand on king Ahasuerus,

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

²²and the thing is known to Mordecai, and he declareth [it] to Esther the queen, and Esther speaketh to the king in the name of Mordecai,

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

²³and the thing is sought out, and found, and they are hanged both of them on a tree, and it is written in the book of the Chronicles before the king.