Estere
5 Mu efuku dia kasatu, Estere bafuadile bilamba biaye bia bufumu, emana mu lupango lua munda lua nshibo ya nfumu,* muitalene na nshibo ya nfumu, pabaadi nfumu mmushale mu nkuasa aaye a bufumu mu nshibo ya nfumu mmuitalene na kituelelo. 2 Pabaadi nfumu mumone Ndalamumba Estere mmuimane mu lupango, baadi mupushe muloo pa kumumona, na aye nkololuela Estere mukombo waye wa ôlo ubaadi mu eyasa diaye. Estere nkuifubuila pepi na nkukuma ku nsongo ya mukombo.
3 Nfumu nkumuipusha’shi: “Ndalamumba Estere, a mmuanda kinyi? Okiebe kinyi? Sunga nkiapankatshi kia bufumu buande nankupa kianka!” 4 Estere nkumualula’shi: “Su abisankisha nfumu, nfumu afikie namu lelo na Amane ku kidibua kiandi mulumbuluile nfumu.” 5 Biabia nfumu nkulungula bantu baye’shi: “Lungulayi Amane afikie bukidibukidi bu bibatekie Estere.” Paapa nfumu na Amane babayile ku kidibua kibaadi Estere mulumbuule.
6 Pabaabadi abatomo nfinyo, nfumu balunguile Estere’shi: “We na lukalo na kinyi? Nankupa kianka! Okiebe kinyi? Sunga nkiapankatshi kia bufumu buande nankupa kianka!” 7 Estere nkumualula’shi: “Kiandi nakio lukalo na kiankiebe nkino, 8 su nemukuminyibue ku meso kua nfumu na su abisankisha nfumu bua kumpa kiandi nakio lukalo na kiantekie, nfumu na Amane bafikie malooba ku kidibua kia nebalumbuluila; na malooba nakalungula nfumu kiandi nakio lukalo.”
9 Diadia efuku Amane baadi mutuukie na muloo na musangale. Anka pabaadi Amane mumone Mordekayi mu kibelo kia nfumu na atundula’shi Mordekayi tabaadi muibue na asusa kumpala kuaye, Amane baadi mufiitshile Mordekayi sungu i bukopo. 10 Anka Amane baadi muikande na alukiila ku nshibo yaye. Akupu aye nkuitanyisha ba kuuku baye na mukashi aaye Zereshe. 11 Amane baadi etumbisha muanda baadi na bupeta bui bungi, bana be bungi, na muanda nfumu baadi mumukaamishe muasu na amutuula kunundu kua bangi bakunkushi na bafubi ba nfumu.
12 Amane bakumbeshe’shi: “Kukasha biabia, Ndalamumba Estere ekalanga mungitanyine penda ami bua kudia na nfumu ku kidibua kiekalanga mulumbuule. Bangitanyina’nyi buandia kuikala naye na nfumu malooba. 13 Kadi ino mianda yoso tayinsankisha pankiamono Mordekayi muina Yunda mmushale ku kibelo kia nfumu.” 14 Biabia mukashi aaye Zereshe na bakuku baye boso nkumulungula’shi: “Tuma eyi bayimikie mutshi wi bula bua kude 50.* Na kunakashika olungule nfumu’shi abitungu bapudikie Mordekayi kuanka. Kunyima wende na nfumu ku kidibua na muloo oso.” Bino binangu bibaadi bisankishe Amane ngofu, biabia aye nkutuma eyi buashi bemikie mutshi.