11 Ngalona lelo langa sibalo sebantfu lababebulewe ngemaJuda eSusa sabikelwa inkhosi.
emadvodzana lalishumi aHamani, umsa waHamedatha, sitsa semaJuda. Noko akazange asibeke sandla sakhe etimphahleni tetitsa tawo kutsi atiphange.
Inkhosi yatsi kunkhosikati Esta: “EmaJuda abulele emadvodza langema-500 kanye nemadvodzana aHamani lalishumi, enhlokodolobha iSusa. Ingabe-ke kulawa lamanye emadolobha benteni? Manje ase usho sikhalo sakho; utakwentelwa. Ngitjele kutsi yini lenye loyifunako ngitakwentela.”
EmaJuda labeseSusa wona lelidzili alenta ngelilanga leli-15 enyangeni ya-Adari, ngobe phela bona titsa tabo batibulala ngelilanga leli-13 nangelilanga leli-14, kwase kutsi ngelilanga leli-15 baphumula; nabo base batentela lilanga lelidzili nelekujabula bephane tipho.
Embonweni wami ngatibona mine ngisenqabeni yaseSusa esifundzeni sase-Elamu; kulombono ngangiseceleni kwemfula, i-Ulayi.