¹ Uma Mordecai afundza ngako konkhe lobese kwentiwe, wadzabula timphahla takhe wase ugcoka lisaka kanye nemlotsa. Wahamba waya ekhatsi nelidolobha, wase uyakhala kakhulu futsi kabuhlungu. ² Wahamba waye wafika ngase sngweni lenkhosi, ngoba bekute lebekavumelekile kutsi angene agcoke emasaka. ³ Kuyo yonkhe imiphakatsi, lapho kufinyelele khona umyalo kanye nemtsetfo wenkhosi, bekunesililo lesikhulu kuma Juda, nekutila, kukhala, kanye nebuhlungu. Labanyenti babo lebalala ngemasaka kanye nemlotsa. ⁴ Uma emantfombatane a Esther lamancane kanye netisebenti takhe teta tamtekela, indlovukati ekungakhululekeni kwayo. Watfumela tembatfo tekugcokisa Mordecai (kona atokhumula emasaka akhe), kodvwa akativumanga. ⁵ Wase Esther ubita athar, munye wetitfunywa tenkhosi labekatfunywe kutsi anake yena. wamtfumela kutsi aye ku Mordecai kutsi ayobuta kutsi kwentekeni futsi kuhloseni. ⁶ Wase Hethak uya ku Mordercai edolobheni ngaphambi kweligede lenkhosi. ⁷ Mordecai wabika kuye konkhe lobesekwentekile kuye, naso sonkhe sisindvo semasiliva Haman lebeketsembise kutsi utakusikala bese usifaka ebucwebeni benkhosi kute sive saka Juda sibhujiswe. ⁸ Waphindze wabanika umufanekiso walomtsetfo lowatsatfwa eSusa kutophatamisa ema Juda. Wenta loko Hathak ataku khomba Esther, wase phindze umnika lomtfwalo wekutsi aye enkhosini ayocela umusa, futsi nekumucela amelele bantfu bakhe. ⁹ Ngako hathak wahamba wayotjele Esther loku Mordecai akushito. ¹⁰ Wase Esther ukhuluma na Hathak wamutjela kutsi ancandzeke aye ku Mordecai. ¹¹ Watsi, '''Tonkhe tisebenti tenkhosi kanye nabo bonkhe bantfu benkhosi kulemiphakatsi bayati kutsi loyo longena emabaleni esigodlo angakabitwa, kunemtsetfo munye: kutsi akabulawe-ngaphandle kwanobe ngubani inkhosi letamkhomba ngalendvuku yeligolide khona atophila. Angikabitwa kutsi ngite enkhosini kulamalanga langemashumi lamatsatfu.'' ¹² Ngako Hathak wabika emagama a esther ku Mordecai. ¹³ Mordecai watfumela emuva lona mlayeto: ''Ungacabangi kutsi ngekhatsi esigodlweni senkhosi, utawu phunyula njengawo onkhe ema Juda. ¹⁴ Uma uhlala uthulile ngalesikhatsi, inkhululeko nekukhule nekukhululeka kwavuka kuma Juda kuletinye tindzawo, kodvwa wenw kanye nendlu yeyihlo nitawubhubha. Kwati bani kutsi utelabukhosini ngelesikhatsi saloku?'' ¹⁵ Wase Esther utfumela lomlayeto lo kuMordecai, ¹⁶ ''Hamba, ubutsise ndzawonye onkhe ema Juda lahlala e Susa, bese uyangiphangisela. Ungadli nobe unatse emalanga lamatsatfu, ebusuku nobe emini. Emantfombatana ami lamancane kanye nami sitozila ngaleyondlela. Ngitabese ngiya enkhosini, noma kuphambene nemtsetfo, futsi umangibhubha, ngito bhubha.'' ¹⁷ Mordecai wahamba wase wenta konkhe Esther lamtjele kutsi akwente.