Hadassah 6

Ũtukũ ũcio mũthamaki akĩũrũo nĩ toro. Nĩ ũndũ ũcio akiuga atwarĩrũo ibuku rĩrĩa rĩaandĩkĩtwo maũndũ ma matukũ macio, na rĩgĩthomerũo mũthamaki

Magĩkora handĩkĩtwo ũrĩa Moridekai aamenyithanirie ũhoro wĩgiĩ anene erĩ a kwa mũthamaki arĩa maarĩ aikaria a mĩrango, nĩo Bigithana na Tereshu, arĩa maabangĩte kũũraga Mũthamaki Ahasuerusu

Mũthamaki akĩũria atĩrĩ: “Nĩ ũndũ ũrĩkũ Moridekai ekĩirũo wa kuonio gĩtĩo na ngatho nĩ ũndũ wa ũhoro ũcio?” Nacio ndungata cia mũthamaki ikĩmwĩra ũũ: “Hatirĩ ũndũ ekĩirũo.”

Thutha ũcio mũthamaki akĩũria: “Nũũ ũrĩ hau nja?” Hĩndĩ ĩyo Hamani aarĩ nja ĩrĩa nene ya nyũmba ya mũthamaki akĩenda kwaria na mũthamaki ũhoro wĩgiĩ gũcuuria Moridekai mũtĩ-inĩ ũrĩa aathondekithĩtie nĩ ũndũ wake

Ndungata cia mũthamaki ikĩmwĩra atĩrĩ: “Nĩ Hamani wĩ nja.” Kwoguo mũthamaki akiuga: “Mwĩrei atonye.”

Rĩrĩa Hamani aatonyire, mũthamaki akĩmũũria ũũ: “Nĩ ũndũ ũrĩkũ wagĩrĩirũo gwĩkwo mũndũ ũrĩa mũthamaki angĩenda kuonia gĩtĩo?” Hamani akĩĩyũria ngoro-inĩ yake atĩrĩ: “Nũũ ũngĩ mũthamaki angĩenda kuonia gĩtĩo kũngĩra?”

Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Hamani akĩĩra mũthamaki atĩrĩ: “Nĩ ũndũ wa mũndũ ũrĩa mũthamaki angĩenda kuonia gĩtĩo,

nĩ marehe nguo ya ũnene ĩrĩa mũthamaki ehumbaga na mbarathi ĩrĩa mũthamaki akuuagwo nayo, ĩĩkĩrĩtwo gĩtambaya kĩgemie mũtwe

Nayo nguo ĩyo na mbarathi ĩyo inengerũo ũmwe wa anene arĩa atĩĩku a mũthamaki, nao mahumbe mũndũ ũcio mũthamaki arenda kuonia gĩtĩo na mamũkuue na mbarathi ĩyo kĩhaaro-inĩ kĩa mũingĩ gĩa itũũra. Nao magĩrĩirũo gũthiĩ makiugaga atĩrĩ marĩ mbere yake: ‘Ũũ nĩguo mũndũ ũrĩa mũthamaki enda kuonia gĩtĩo ekagwo!’”

O hĩndĩ ĩyo Mũthamaki akĩĩra Hamani atĩrĩ: “Oya nguo ĩyo na mbarathi ĩyo na ihenya, na ũguo woiga wĩke harĩ Moridekai ũrĩa Mũyahudi ũrĩa ũikarĩte kĩhingo-inĩ kĩa mũthamaki. Ndũgatigĩrĩre ũndũ o na ũmwe woiga.”

Nĩ ũndũ ũcio Hamani akĩoya nguo ĩyo na mbarathi ĩyo, akĩhumba Moridekai na akĩmũkuua kĩhaaro-inĩ kĩa mũingĩ gĩa itũũra akiugaga atĩrĩ arĩ mbere yake: “Ũũ nĩguo mũndũ ũrĩa mũthamaki enda kuonia gĩtĩo ekagwo!”

Thutha ũcio Moridekai agĩcoka kĩhingo-inĩ kĩa mũthamaki, no we Hamani agĩthiĩ gwake ehĩkĩte, arĩ na kĩeha ehumbĩrĩte mũtwe

Rĩrĩa Hamani aataarĩirie Zereshu mũtumia wake na arata ake othe maũndũ marĩa mothe maamũkorete, andũ ake arĩa ogĩ na Zereshu mũtumia wake makĩmwĩra ũũ: “Angĩkorũo Moridekai, o ũcio wambĩrĩirie gũgũtooria, nĩ wa rũciaro rwa Ayahudi, ndũkũmũhoota; nĩ egũgũtooria biũ.”

O hĩndĩ ĩyo maaragia nake, anene a kwa mũthamaki magĩũka na magĩtwara Hamani na ihenya iruga-inĩ rĩrĩa Hadassah aahaarĩirie.