Hathachcameback and relatedMordecai'swordsto Esther.
Then Estherspoketo Hathachand orderedhim [to reply] to Mordecai:
Then EsthersummonedHathachfrom the king'seunuchs,whomthe king had appointedto attendher, and orderedhim [to go] to Mordecaito learnwhatthis[was] and whyit [was].
He also gavehim a copyof the textof the edictwhichhad been issuedin Susafor their destruction,that he might showEstherand informher, and to orderher to goin to the kingto implorehis favorand to pleadwith him for her people.
Like snowin summerand like rainin harvest,Sohonoris not fittingfor a fool.
