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3 Kunyima kua biabia nfumu Asueruse baadi mukaamishe Amane muana a Amedata muina Agage muasu na aye nkumutumbisha pa kumupa muasu wi kunundu kua bangi bakunkushi boso babaadi naye. 2 Na bafubi boso ba nfumu babaadi ku kibelo kia nfumu babaadi abenama na kukupila mpala paashi kumpala kua Amane, muanda bino nyi bibaadi nfumu mutume eyi pa bimutale. Anka Mordekayi baadi mupele kuinama sunga kukupila mpala paashi. 3 Biabia bafubi ba nfumu babaadi ku kibelo kia nfumu nkuipusha Mordekayi’shi: “Buakinyi okuete kupela kukookiela eyi dia nfumu?” 4 Babaadi abamuipusha efuku dioso, anka tabaadi ebateemesha. Akupu babaadi balungule Amane bua kutala su mmulombene kutadiila muikelo wa Mordekayi bu bibaadi muibalungule’shi mmuina Yunda.
5 Pabaadi Amane mumone’shi Mordekayi bapele kumuinamina na kumukupiila mpala pashi, Amane bafiitshile munda ngofu. 6 Aye nkuata kitshibilo kia kuipaa Mordekayi, kadi bamuene’shi kuipaa penda Mordekayi takukumbana nya, muanda babamulunguile pabitale muilo wa Mordekayi. Biabia Amane babangile kukimba bia kubutula bena Yunda boso babaadi mu bufumu bua Asueruse, muilo oso wa Mordekayi.
7 Mu mueshi wa kumpala, kuamba’shi mueshi wa Nisane,* mu kipua kia 12 kia kumunana kua nfumu Asueruse, babaadi bele Pure (kuamba’shi kuta bubale) kumpala kua Amane bua kuuka efuku na mueshi wabidia kukitshika, na abo nkupona mu mueshi wa 12, kuamba’shi mueshi wa Adare.* 8 Amane balunguile nfumu Asueruse’shi: “Kui muilo kampanda upalakane munkatshi mua miilo mu ma provense oso a bufumu bobe, wi na miiya ilekene na miiya ya ingi miilo yoso; na tabakuete kukookiela miiya ya nfumu nya, kuibalekiela nka biabia takui buwa bua nfumu. 9 Su abisankisha nfumu batuushe muiya na beufunde, awamba’shi abitungu babutule bena Yunda. Nakafutu bafubi ntalanta* 10 000 ya kiamo kia arja buashi beyeele mu kashete ka nfumu.”*
10 Nyi nfumu nkukasha kakano kaye ka kuela nako kitampi ku munue waye nkuikapa Amane muana a Amedata muina Agage baadi muishikuanyi a bena Yunda. 11 Nfumu nkulungula Amane’shi: “Kiamo kia arja na muilo bi mu maasa mobe, kita nabo bioso biokumiina.” 12 Babaadi betanyishe bafundi ba nfumu mu efuku dia 13 dia mueshi wa kumpala. Abo nkufunda mayi oso a Amane abaadi mutumine bantu abalesha mpala ya nfumu, ba guvernere ba ma provense na bakunkushi ba miilo ilekene, muyile nfundilo a mu provense oso na ludimi lua muilo oso. Babaadi bafunde muishina dia Nfumu Asueruse na bela kitampi na kakano ka nfumu.
13 Babatumine yaaya mikanda mu ma provense oso a nfumu na bantu abatualaa mikanda, mu yaaya mikanda mubaadi muiya awamba’shi abitungu bashimishe, bayipee na babutule bena Yunda boso, ba nsongua, bantu bakulu, bana na bana bakashi muifuku dimune, mu efuku dia 13 dia mueshi wa 12, kuamba’shi mueshi wa Adare, na baate bintu biabo. 14 Mianda i mu mukanda babaadi na kiakuiyikasha bu muiya mu ma provense oso na kuiyilungula miilo yoso, buashi belumbuule bua diadia efuku. 15 Bantu abatualaa mikanda, babayile nayo bukidibukidi muyile eyi dia nfumu; muiya nkupalakana mu Shushane* ebalasa dinyingishibue. Akupu nfumu na Amane nkushala bua kutoma, kadi kibundi kia Shushane kibaadi mu kafutakanyi.