Khosi a tshi hulisa Maradokai
1Vhusiku honoho khosi ya si fare khofhe, a ri hu ḓiswe maṅwalo a muvhuso wawe a vhalelwe one. 2Fhethu he vha hu vhala ho angaredza na mafhungo a musi Maradokai a tshi dzumbulula tshimbevha tsha u vhulaha khosi, tshimbevha tshe tsha itwa nga Bigithana na Thereshe, khombe mbili dza pfamoni vhe vha vha vha tshi linda muṋango. 3Khosi ya vhudzisa ya ri, “Maradokai ro mu hulisa hani? Ro mu pfufha hani nge a ita zwenezwo?”
Vhalanda vhawe vha fhindula vha ri, “Ha athu pfufhiwa.”
4Khosi ya vhudzisa ya ri, “Hu na magota anga fhano pfamoni?” Zwino Hamani o vha a tshi kha ḓi bva u dzhena muṱani ó ḓa u humbela khosi uri Maradokai a ṱomiwe thandani yo itelwaho zwenezwo. 5Ndi hone vhalanda vha tshi fhindula vha ri, “Vho-Hamani vha fhano, vho lindela u amba na vhone.”
Khosi ya ri, “Vha vhudzeni vha dzhene.”
6Ndi hone Hamani a tshi dzhena, khosi ya mu vhudza ya ri, “Hu na muṅwe ane nda funa u mu hulisa. Munna uyo ndi nga mu itela mini?”
Hamani a elekanya a ri, “Zwino khosi a nga vha a tshi ṱoḓa u hulisa nnyi zwingafho arali e si nṋe?”
7A fhindula khosi a ri, “Munna uyo ane thovhele a ṱoḓa u mu hulisa, 8nga vha ri hu ḓiswe phuraphura dza vhuhosi dzine thovhele a dzi ambara, na bere ine ya namelwa nga vhone, yo ambadzwaho maṱeleṱele a vhuhosi ṱhohoni yayo. 9Vha wane muṅwe wa vhaḓivhalea vhavho a fhiraho vhoṱhe a ambadze uyo munna phuraphura idzo, a mu endedze ó namela bere, a buḓekanye tshikwea tsha muḓi. Muḓivhalea a ḓivhadze zwenezwi vha tshi khou tshimbila a ri, ‘Vhonani uri khosi i pfufha hani munna ane ya funa u mu hulisa!’ ”
10Ndi hone khosi a tshi vhudza Hamani a ri, “Ṱavhanyani ni yo dzhia dziphuraphura na bere, zwenezwo zwe na amba ni zwi itele Maradokai wa Mujuta. Ni ḓo mu wana o dzula muṋangoni wa pfamo. Ni songo litsha u ita na tshithihi tsha zwe na amba.”
11Hamani a mbo dzhia phuraphura, a dzi ambadza Maradokai, a dzhia bere a endedza Maradokai ó i namela, Hamani a tshi huwelela a ri, “Vhonani uri khosi i pfufha hani munna ane ya funa u mu hulisa.” 12Zwo no ralo Maradokai a humela muṋangoni wa pfamo, Hamani a gidimela hayani ó khurumela tshifhaṱuwo nga ṱhoni. 13Hamani a vhudza musadzi wawe na khonani dzawe zwoṱhe zwe zwa mu wela. Ndi hone musadzi wawe na khonani dziḽa dzawe dza vhuṱali vha tshi mu vhudza vha ri, “Maanḓa avho a khou thoma u dzhiwa nga Maradokai. Maradokai ndi Mujuda, vhone vha nga si mu kunde. Vhukumakuma u ḓo vha kunda.”
Khunḓa i tshi fasha muvei
14Musi vha tshi kha ḓi amba, khombe dza pfamoni dza swika nga luvhilo dza dzhia Hamani a iswa tshimimani tsha Estere.
