¹Shure kwaizvozvo mambo Ahashivheroshi akakudza Hamani, mwanakomana waHamedhata muAgagi, akamuita mukuru nokumupfuudza ave mukuru kumachinda ake ose.

¹After these things king Ahasuerus promoted Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, and advanced him, and set his seat above all the princes that were with him.

²Zvino varanda vose vamambo vakanga vari pasuwo ramambo vakakotama nokupfugamira Hamani; nekuti mambo akanga araira saizvozvo pamusoro pake. Asi Modhekai haana kukotama kana kumupfugamira.

²And all the king's servants that were in the king's gate bowed and did Haman reverence, for the king had so commanded concerning him. But Mordecai bowed not, nor did [him] reverence.

³Ipapo varanda vamambo vakanga vari pasuwo ramambo vakati kuna Modhekai, Iwe unodarikireiko murayiro wamambo?

³Then the king's servants, who were in the king's gate, said to Mordecai, Why transgressest thou the king's commandment?

⁴Zvino vakati vataura naye mazuva ose, iye achiramba kuvateerera, vakaudza Hamani kuti vawone kana mashoko aModhekai angava nesimba; nekuti akavaudza kuti iye muJudha.

⁴And it came to pass as they spoke daily to him, and he hearkened not to them, that they informed Haman, to see whether Mordecai's matters would stand; for he had told them that he was a Jew.

⁵Zvino Hamani akati achiona kuti Modhekai haakotami kana kumupfugamira, Hamani akava neshungu kwazvo.

⁵And when Haman saw that Mordecai bowed not, nor did him reverence, Haman was full of fury.

⁶Asi akashora kuuraya Modhekai oga, nekuti vakanga vamuzivisa rudzi rwaModhekai; naizvozvo Hamani akatsvaka kuparadza vaJudha vose vakanga vari paushe hwose hwaAhashivheroshi, irwo rudzi rwaModhekai.

⁶But he scorned to lay hands on Mordecai alone; for they had made known to him the people of Mordecai; therefore Haman sought to destroy all the Jews that were in all the kingdom of Ahasuerus -- the people of Mordecai.

⁷Zvino pamwedzi wokutanga, uri mwedzi weNisani, pagore regumi namaviri ramambo Ahashivheroshi, vakakanda Puri, ndiyo mijenya, pamberi paHamani zuva rimwe nerimwe, pamwedzi mumwe nomumwe, kusvikira pamwedzi wegumi nemiviri, ndiwo mwedzi weAdhari.

⁷In the first month, that is, the month Nisan, in the twelfth year of king Ahasuerus, they cast Pur, that is, the lot, before Haman for each day and for each month, to the twelfth [month], that is, the month Adar.

⁸Hamani akati kuna mambo Ahashivheroshi, Rumwe rudzi rwavanhu ruriko, rwakapararira nokutekeshera pakati pavanhu pamativi ose enyika dzoushe bwenyu; mirau yavo yakasiyana neyavamwe vanhu, havachengeti mirau yamambo; saka mambo haafaniri kuvarega varipo.

⁸And Haman said to king Ahasuerus, There is a people scattered abroad and dispersed among the peoples in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from [those of] every people, and they keep not the king's laws; and it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.

⁹Kana mambo achifara nazvo tsamba ngainyorwe kuti vaparadzwe; ini ndichabudisa matarenda* ane zviuru zvine gumi esirivha pamaoko avatariri vebasa ramambo, vaaise pazvivigiro zvefuma yamambo.

⁹If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed, and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver into the hands of those that have charge of the affairs, to bring [it] into the king's treasuries.

¹⁰Ipapo mambo akabvisa chindori chake paruoko rwake, akachipa Hamani, mwanakomana waHamedhata muAgagi, muvengi wavaJudha.

¹⁰And the king took his ring from his hand, and gave it to Haman the son of Hammedatha the Agagite, the Jews' enemy.

¹¹Mambo akati kuna Hamani, Iwe navanhu vako mungatora sirivha iyo, muite nayo sezvaunoda iwe.

¹¹And the king said to Haman, The silver is given to thee, the people also, to do with them as seems good to thee.

¹²Ipapo vanyori vamambo vakadamwa nomwedzi wokutanga, nezuva regumi namatatu, zvose zvikanyorwa Hamani sezvaakaraira machinda amambo, navabati vaibata rutivi rumwe norumwe rwenyika rwakanyorerwa nomunyorero warwo, uye rudzi rumwe norumwe norurimi rwarwo; zvikanyorwa nezita ramambo Ahashivheroshi ndokusimbiswa nechindori chamambo.

¹²Then were the king's scribes called, in the first month, on the thirteenth day of the [month], and there was written according to all that Haman commanded unto the king's satraps, and to the governors over every province, and to the princes of every people; to every province according to the writing thereof, and to every people according to their language: in the name of king Ahasuerus was it written, and sealed with the king's ring.

¹³tsamba dzikatumwa nenhume dzinomhanya kumativi ose enyika dzamambo, kuti vaJudha vose, vaduku navakuru, navana vaduku, navakadzi vaparadzwe nokuurawa nokupedzwa pazuva rimwe, pazuva regumi namatatu romwedzi wegumi nemiviri, uri mwedzi weAdhari, uye nenhumbi dzavo dzose dzipambwe;

¹³And the letters were sent by couriers into all the king's provinces, to destroy, to kill, and to cause to perish, all Jews, both young and old, little children and women, in one day, upon the thirteenth of the twelfth month, that is, the month Adar, and [to take] the spoil of them for a prey.

¹⁴mashoko orunyoro urwu akatumwa kuvanhu vose, kuti chirevo chiparidzwe pamativi ose enyika, kuti vazvigadzirire zuva iro.

¹⁴That the decree might be given in every province, a copy of the writing was published to all peoples, that they should be ready against that day.

¹⁵Nhume dzinomhanya dzikachimbidzikiswa nomurayiro wamambo, chirevo chikaziviswa paShushani panhare yamambo; ipapo mambo naHamani vakagara pasi vakamwa; asi guta reShushani rakadziyaniswa.

¹⁵The couriers went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the fortress. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was in consternation.