3 Inkhosikati Esta, yaphendvula yatsi: “Nakukuhle enkhosini yami kwemukela sicelo sami, nome ngingesibani, sifiso sami, nkhosi, kutsi mane usindzise imphilo yami, nemphilo yesive sakitsi.
Tindvuna takhe takhuluma kuye, tatsi: “Sesivile kutsi emakhosi endlu yaka-Israyeli anesihe. Asambe siye enkhosini yaka-Israyeli sivunule emasaka lapha elukhalweni sibophe tintsambo lapha etinhloko tetfu. Mhlawumbe angahle akusindzise angakubulali.”
Inkhosi yaphindze yatfumela kwesitsatfu indvuna nemadvodza langema-50. Lendvuna yesitsatfu yenyuka, yafike yaguca embikwa-Elija, yamncenga yatsi: “Awu, muntfu waNkulunkulu, ngicela umane uhawukele mine, uphephise mine ekufeni kanye nalaba lengihamba nabo, emadvodza langema-50, tinceku takho!
Wanika Hathaki ikhophi yalesimemetelo sasebukhosini lesasikhiswe lapha eSusa; sasichaza kutsi onkhe emaJuda kufanele abulawe. Modekhayi wamtjela kutsi ayinike Esta, achaze konkhe kuye, abese Esta uya enkhosini kuyekuyincenga kutsi ifane ibe nebubele kulesive sakubo.
Nangabe inkhosi ingaba nemusa kimi ingiphe sicelo sami, ngicela kutsi iphindze ibuye naHamani kusasa kulelinye lidzili lengitawube ngililungisele bona. Ngitayitjela lapho-ke inkhosi kutsi siyini sicelo sami.”
Inkhosi yasukuma seyitfukutsele igaya tiboti, yashiya lidzili yaphumela ngaphandle esibuyeni sesigodlo, yayawushaywa ngumoya. Hamani wabona kutsi kubi, inkhosi vele itamjezisa ngalesento; wasala endlini, entela kutincengela ku-Esta, kutsi inkhosi ingambulali.
“Nakukuhle enkhosini, nangabe itsandza nekunginaka, nayibona kutsi loko kufanele kwentiwe, ngicela ikhiphe umtsetfo wekuncandza kufezwa kwemkhankhaso wekubulala onkhe emaJuda kuto tonkhe tifundza talombuso lobekuhloswe nguHamani, umsa waHamedatha, um-Agagi.
Sathane waphendvula Simakadze, watsi: “Sikhumba esikhunjeni! Umuntfu angalahlekelwa nguko konkhe lanako ngenca yemphilo yakhe.
ubobe sewutitjela utsi: ‘Bengitincengela enkhosini kutsi imane ingangibuyiseli endlini kaJonathani kuyawufela khona.’ ”