¹ Emalangeni a Ahasuerus (lona ngu Ahasuerus lowabusa e India khashane njenge Cush, ngetulu kwa 127 wetifundza), ² kulawo malanga inkhosi Ahasuerus yahlala esihlalweni sayo sebukhosi ensikeni yase Susa. ³ Emnyakeni wesitsatfu wekubusa kwakhe, wanika sidlo kubo bonkhe bemtsetfo kanye netisebenti takhe. Libutfo lase Persia kanye nase Media, emadvodza enkhosi, kanye netiphatsimadla tembuso lebetisebukhoneni bakhe. ⁴ Wandlala ingcebo yenhlakanipho yembuso wakhe kanye nenhlonipho yenjabulo yebukhulu bakhe yemalanga lamanyenti, emalanga langu 180. ⁵ Uma lamalanga aphela, inkhosi yanika sidlo lesatsatsa emalanga lasikhombisa. Kwakukwe bantfu bonkhe lebebasesihoncweni sa Susa, kusukela kulosetulu kuya kulophansi. Bekubanjelwe ebaleni lengadze yesigodlo senkhosi. ⁶ Lendzawo beyihlojiswe ngelikhetsini lelimhlophe lakotini kanye nabovu, kanye neticoboshelo tentsambo telineni lecolekile nebukhwebeletane, etindingilizini tesiliva letatihhakwe etinsikeni temabuli. Kwakukhona tihlalo tegolide kanye nesiliva ⁷ Liwayini lalinatfwa ngetindzebe tegolide. Indzebe ngayinye beyehlikile futsi belilinyenti liwayini lebukhosi leleta ngenca wemusa wenkhosi. ⁸ Lokunatsa kwetiwa khona kutogcineka sivumelwano, ''Kubebete lophocelelako,'' ngulena indlela inkhosi leyinikete umtsetfo ngayo kubo bonkhe bemtsetfo besigodlo sakhe kwenta njengoba indvodza ngayinye ifisile. ⁹ Futsi, indlovukati Vashti yanika lidzili besifazane esigodlweni sekhosi Ahasuerus. ¹⁰ Elangeni lesikhombisa, ngesikhatsi inhlitiyo yenkhosi ijabulile ngenca yeliwayini, watjela Mehuman, Bizth, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, kanye na Karkas (labemtsetfo labasikhombisa lebetime phambi kwakhe timsebentela), ¹¹ baletsa indlovukati Vashti phambi kwakhe nemchele wembuso wakhe. Bekafuna kukhomba bantfu kanye nebemtsetfo buhle bakhe, ngoba abemuhle abukek. ¹² Kodvwa indlovukazi yala kuta kuleligama lenkhosi lebeliletfwe kuye bemtsetfo. Yase inkhosi iyatfukutsela kakhulu; intfukutselo yakhe yavutsa ngekhatsi kwake. ¹³ Ngako inkhosi yakhuluma nemadvodza lebekatiwa ngenhlakanipho, lebekacondza lesikhatsi (loku bekuyindlela yenkhosi kubo bonkhe lebebacwaninga untsetfo kanye nekwehlulelwa). ¹⁴ Nyalo laba lebebadvute naye bekungu Karshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, kanye na Memukan, emazinyane lasikhombisa ase Persia kanye nase Media. Bebanendlela yekuya enkhosini, futsi bebabambe emahhovisi laphakeme kulombuso. ¹⁵ "Kuvemelana nalomtsetfo, kutawentiwani kundlovukati Vashti ngoba akawuhloniphi umtsetfo wenkhosi Ahasuerus, loletfe kuye bemtsetfo?'' ¹⁶ Memukan watsi phambi kwenkhosi kwenkhosi kanye nebemtsetfo, ''Ngaphandle kwenkhosi layonile indlovukati Vashti, kovdwa kubo bonkhe bemtsetfo kanye nebantfu lebela kulelive lenkhosi Ahasuerus. ¹⁷ Njengoba inkinga yendlovukati itawatiwa ngibo bonkhe besifazane. Kutobenta bangawaphatsi ngenhlonipho emadvodza abo. Batawutsi, 'Inkhosi Ahasuerus ukhiphe umtsetetfo lotsi indlovukati Vashti iletfwe phambi kwakhe, kodvwa yancaba. ¹⁸ 'Lingakashoni lelilanga lanamuhla bafati base Persia nase Media labesebavile ngalendzaba yendlovukati batawukusho intfo lefana nalena leshitiwo yindlovukati kuto tonkhe titfunywa tenkhosi. Kutakuba nekudzelela kanye nekutfukutsela lokukhulu. ¹⁹ Nangabe itsandza iNkhosi,akutfunyelwe sisebenti sasebukhosini, bese kuyabhalwa emtsetfweni wema Persian kanye nema Mede, lokungeke kushinjwe, ema Vashti ngeke aseta phambi kwakhe. Vumelani inkhosi umnike indzawo yendlovukati kulomunye loncono kunaye. ²⁰ Uma inkhosi ikhokha lesincumo kuwo wonkhe umbuso wakhe, bonkhe bafati batohlonipha emadvodza abo, kusuka kulabasetulu kuya kulabasephansi.'' ²¹ inkhosi kanye netinkhosana batfokota ngaleseluleko, yase inkhosi yenta njengoba Memukan acelile. ²² Watfumela tincwadzi kuyo yonkhe imiphakatsi, ngemphakatsi ngamunye abenembhalo yayo, kungabanye bantfu ngelulwimi lwabo. Wakhipha umtsetfo kuwo onkhe emadvodza kutsi abe yinhloko yendlu yabo. Lomtsetfo waniketwa kubantfu ngabanye ngelulwimi lwabo kulombuso.