1Khosi na Hamani vha ṱuwa vha yo ḽa na Estere 2lwa vhuvhili. Musi vha tshi khou nwa waini khosi a dovha a vhudzisa Estere a ri, “Zwino mufumakadzi Estere, tshine na tshi funa ndi mini? Mmbudzeni, ni ḓo tshi wana. Ndi ḓo ni fha na hafu ya muvhuso wanga.”
3Ndi hone mufumakadzi Estere a tshi fhindula a ri, “Arali zwi tshi takadza thovhele u nṋea tshine nda humbela, ndi funa uri ndi si vhulawe, na vhathu vha hashu vha si vhulawe. 4Nṋe khathihi na lushaka lwa hashu ro rengiswa uri ri vhulawe. Arali ro vha ro tou rengiswa fhedzi ra itwa phuli ndo vha ndi tshi ḓo ḓifhumulela, nda si vha dine ngazwo, hone zwino ri ḓo ṱuwa ri tshi lozwiwa, ra si tsha vha hone!”
5Khosi Serekesese a vhudzisa mufumakadzi Estere a ri, “Muthu ane a nga ita zwithu izwo ndi nnyi? Munna uyo u ngafhi?”
6Estere a fhindula a ri, “Swina ḽashu, mutovholi washu, ndi munna hoyu muvhi Hamani!”
Hamani a sokou lavhelesa khosi na mufumakadzi ó tshenuwa. 7Khosi ya takuwa yo sinyuwa, a bva afho nḓuni, a bvela nnḓa, a livha ngadeni ya pfamo. Hamani a zwi vhona uri khosi yo ḓiimisela u mu lifhedza, ndi zwe a sala a tshi luvhelela mufumakadzi Estere uri a si vhulawe. 8O vha a tshi kha ḓi bva u ḓiposa vhulaloni ha Estere uri a luvhelele u khathutshelwa, khosi ya mbo ḓi humela afho nḓuni i tshi bva ngadeni. Khosi ya ri u vhona izwo ya ṱavha mukosi ya ri, “Munna uyu u vhuya a tou tshipa mufumakadzi henefha maṱoni anga, pfamoni yanga?”
Khosi ya ri u amba zwenezwo, khombe dza vha dzo no tibedza ṱhoho ya Hamani. 9Ndi hone muṅwe wavho, Harabona, a tshi ri, “Hamani o swika na hune a imisa thanda nḓuni yawe uri a rutshelele Maradokai khayo, ene we a lamukisa vhone thovhele. Thanda iyo yo lapfa mitha dza 22 u ya nṱha!”
Khosi ya vha laya ya ri, “Rutshelelani Hamani khayo!”
10Hamani a mbo rutshelelwa kha thanda ye a vha o i imisela Maradokai. Ndi hone mbiti dza khosi dzi tshi dzika.
