¹ Pausiku uhwo hope dzamambo adzizi kukweya, naye wakapanga kuti bhuku rokucherechedzisa mishando yezuva ngezuva riunzwe, nayo yakadzidzwa pamberi pamambo. ² Pakaoneka pakanyorwa ngenjira yaakaronza ndiyo Mordhekhai ndaa yaBhigithana naThereshi, mithenwa miiri yamambo vaingwarira ruwanze nokuronga kuuraya mambo Ahasuerusi. ³ Zvino mambo wakati, “Kuremeredzwa nokukudzwa kwakaitawani kwakaitwa kunaMordhekhai ngendaa iyi?” Varanda vamambo avo vanomushandira vakati, “Akuna chiro chakaitwa kwaari.” ⁴ Namambo wakati, “Ndiani uri muruwanze?” Zvino Hamani waiya achandopotera muruwanze rwokubanze kwengome yamambo, kuti aerekete kunamambo kuti Mordhekhai asungirwe pamuti uwo waaiya amunasirira ⁵ Ndizvo varanda vamambo vakati kwaari, “Ringirai, Hamani wakaema paruwanze.” Mambo wakati, “Ngaapotere.” ⁶ Ndizvo Hamani wakapotera mukati, namambo wakati kwaari, “Chiinyi chinozoitwa kunomunhu uwo waanoda mambo kuremeredza?” Hamani wakapinimidza mumwoyo mwake echiti, “Ndiani munhu waangadazve mambo kuti aremeredze kakurutu kupinda inini?” ⁷ Ndizvo Hamani wakapingura mambo echiti, “Uwo munhu waanoda mambo kuremeredza, ⁸ ngazviunzwe zvokusimira zvoumambo izvo zvinopfekwa ndimambo, nehachi rinogadhwa ndimambo, nedzungudza roumambo pasoro pake. ⁹ Zvokupfeka zvoumambo nehachi ngazvipuwe munyara dzenduna imwe huru yamambo; ngaapfekese uwo munhu waanoda mambo kuremeredza, nokumuunza mukati mwepato redhorobha, akagadha pahachi, echidaidzira pamberi pake, ‘Izvi ndizvo zvinozoitwa kunomunhu uwo waanoda mambo kuremeredza.’ ¹⁰ Zvino mambo wakati kunaHamani, “Kasira, utore zvokupfeka zvoumambo nehachi, kudai ngezvewaronza, uite kudaro kunaMordhekhai muJudha, uwo unogara pamusiwo wamambo. Usasiya nechiro nachimwe cheizvo zvewaereketa.” ¹¹ Ndizvo Hamani wakatora zvokupfeka zvoumambo nehachi, akapfekesa Mordhekhai, akamuunza akagadha pahachi muruwanze rwakapamhama rwomudhorobha, echidaidzira pamberi pake kuti, “Izvi ndizvo zvinozoitwa kunomunhu waanoda mambo kuremeredza.” ¹² Zvino Mordhekhai wakapetuka kumusiwo wamambo, asi Hamani wakakasira kuenda kumhatso yake echitsumba, akaita mukutukutu musoro rake. ¹³ Naapo Hamani aronzera Zereshi mukadzi wake neshamwari dzake dzeshe zviro zveshe zvakaitika kwaari, vapangi vake vakangwara, naZereshi mukadzi wake vakati kwaari, “Kudai Mordhekhai ari worudzi rwevaJudha, uwo pamberi pake iwewe unotanga kuwa, auchazomunyisi, asi ngegwinyiso unozowa pamberi pake.” ¹⁴ Naapo vachaereketa naye, mithenwa yamambo yakaguma, yakakasirisa Hamani kumuunza kudhiri iro rakanasirwa ndiEsita.