Old Testament

Yezwi ndizo zwakashingikala mu misi ya Ahasurusi. Ahasurusi ndiye wakabe ebusa kudwa mu ntuthu we Indiya kunoti kuna we Itopiya. Wakabusa mituthu ili zana ling'ompela lina makumi mabili ana ali kutendeka (127) ngono egala mu matizhilo e Susa.

Read with verses 1–2 above in the source edition.

Kwakati mu gole le butatu le mbuso uwe, Ahasurusi kathamila makulukota ne hadzasha mabhikwa. Batungamili be ngwa be Pheshiya ne Mediya ne makulukota ne balauli bakabe baliyapobo.

Wakatola mazhuba asimashoma, elakidza fumwa isishoma ye mbuso uwe ne gudzo le bushe gugwe, katola mazhuba ali zana ling'ompela lina makumi ali zhanakadzi (180) elakidza zose izwezwi.

Kwakati mazhuba iyawa awila, mambo bakathamila bathu bose be Susa, bafumi ne bashayi mabhikwa, wakatola mazhuba ali kutendeka ne kutobedzana, nzano iwoyo wakathamigwa mu nzi umu nnda wa mambo.

Nnda iwoyo wakabe wakanakisiwa nge matyila matjena ne ana mmbala ntala gwe gova, akalembeledziwa kakale ana misungwana ye jila lakanaka le bushaba gwakabondelela mu mabuli e phanda dzakathamwa nge siliva ne mabgwe e whulungwana anopenya ne misungo yakakoshiwa ne jila buya le mibala mitjena ne bushaba gwakabondelela. Kwakabe kuna zwigalo zwe mapobepobe zwakathamwa nge golide ne siliva, zwili mu budzilo gwakanyambiwa gwe mabgwe anoyi pofiri ne whulungwana dze mibalabala.

Nkumbi we zhambi wakabe ung'wigwa mu mapepe akathamwa nge golide, mapepe iyawa kwakabe kusina lakathamwa kufanana ne limwe. Nkumbi we zhambi we bushe wakabe uli njinji ung'wiwa koga ngoda kwa mambo.

Mambo bakabe badusa ndaulo kuti mmwe ne mmwe ang'we sekwa anoshaka.

Pezhugwi kwa ikoku, Nfumakadzi Vashiti iye kathamila bakadzi bakabe begala mu nzi wa Mambo Ahasurusi mabhikwa.

Kwakati mu zhuba le kutendeka le mabhikwa, mambo bakabe bakashatha kukulu be yitiwa nge nkumbi, ngono bakalaula kuti ngomwa dzabo dzili kutendeka, Mehumani na Bizitha na Habona na Bhigitha na Abagitha na Zetha na Khakasi,

dzizhise Nfumakadzi Vashiti kubali, azhe akaambala tjiala tje bushe kuti ndizo alakidze makulukota ne bathu bose bubuya gugwe ngobe wakabe ali nkadzi wakanaka kwazo nge mbumbiko.

Koga Nfumakadzi Vashiti kalamba kuyenda kuna mambo sekwa kwakabe kwaleba ngomwa idzedzo. Ngono mambo kagwadzamoyo kwazo kazhala bushongola kunotjenamisa.

Ngobe kwakabe kuli mu mpanga kuti mambo ashake bhatsho mu batjenjedu muna zwe milayo ne sumikiliso, mambo wakalebeleka ne balume be batjenjedu

bakabe bali ibo bapejo naye bakabe balibo Khashena na Shetha na Adimatha na Tashishi na Meresi na Masena na Memukani ne makulukota ali kutendeka e Pheshiya nebe Mediya bakabe bana magalo apezhugwi mu bushe.

Mambo bakababhuzwa beti, “Nge nlayo takafanila kuthamani ngekwe Nfumakadzi Vashiti se asashingikadza ndaulo ya Mambo Ahasurusi sekwa abe adwiwa nge ngomwa dza mambo kene?”

Ngono Memukani kaleba mbeli kwa mambo ne makulukota eti “Ate ili kuti Nfumakadzi balengudza mambo koga, balengudza makulukota kose ne nge bathu be ntuthu wa Mambo Ahasurusi.

Mazwibhato iyawa a Nfumakadzi asakanaka anowozibgwa nge bakadzi bose ngono bakalingila balume babo pasi beti, ‘mambo Ahasurusi bakadwa Nfumakadzi Vashiti kuti azhe ku bali ngono kalamba.’

Kudwa mu zhuba la nasi, bakadzi be makulukota e Mediya ne Pheshiya bakawha ngekwe mazwibhato e Nfumakadzi Vashiti, banozwibhatabo beijalo bepandukila balume babo ngono kowobe ne kusatetana mu misha kusingapele.

Ndizo wali ha kushathisa mambo, thamani kuti kube mu nlayo we bushe wakakwagwa mu milayo ye Pheshiya neye Mediya, ili nlayo usingatjinyilugwe, kuti Vashiti asitongoti alipo kazha mbeli kwa Mambo Ahasurusi, kakale mambo batole mamo awe e bufumakadzi baape nkadzi upoga unoyita panli.

Ndizo wali ha nlayo iwoyo waandamisiwa mu bushe gose gwa mambo ndiko bakadzi bose banowoteta balume babo banozwitolela pezhugwi, bafumi ne bashayi ngofanana koga.”

Gumbuludzo ileli likashathisa mambo ne makulukota abo, ngono mambo bakathama sekwa kwalebgwa ndi Memukani,

ndizo kukatumigwa whalo ku mituthu yose ye bushe, ntuthu mmwe ne mmwe wakakwaligwa nge nkwalo wawo nenge lulimi gwawo, bezibisiwa kuti nlume mmwe ne mmwe abe she ye nsha uwe.