¹ Ngemuva kwemalanga lammatsatfu, Esther wagcoka timbatfo tebukhosi wase yokuma ebaleni lesigodlo senkhosi, phambi kwendlu yenkhosi. Inkhosi beyihleti esihlalweni sayo sebukhosi endlini yebukhosi, ibuke umnyango walendlu. ² Uma inkhosi ibona Esther indlovukati ime ebaleni, watfola kwamukeleka emehlweni akhe. Wamukhomba ngendvuku yegolide esandlini sakhe. Ngako Esther wasondzela wase ubamba sihloko salendvoku. ³ Yase inkhosi itsi kuye, ''Ufunani, ndlovukati Esther? Yini sicelo sakho? Kulencenye yembuso wami, utawunikwa wena.'' ⁴ Esther watsi, ''uma kutfokotisa inkhosi, vumelani inkhosi kanye na Haman bete namuhla kulesidlo lengisilingisele yena.'' ⁵ Yase inkhosi itsi, ''Letsani Haman ngekushesha, kwenta lokushiwo ngu Esther.'' Ngako inkhosi kanye na Haman baya kulesidlo Esther lasilungisile. ⁶ Uma liwayini selibekiwe kulesidlo, inkhosi yatsi ku Esther, ''Yini inhloso yakho? Utawunikwa. Yini sicelo sakho? Kulencenye yalombuso, itawuniketwa.'' ⁷ Esther waphendvula, ''Inhloso yami kanye nesicelo sami ngulesi, ⁸ umangitfola umusa emehlweni enkhosi futsi umakutfokotisa inkhosi enhlosweni yami futsi kuhlonipha sicelo sami, vumelani inkhosi na Haman bete kulesidlo lengitosilungiselela kusasa futsi ngitawuphendvula imibuto yenkhosi.'' ⁹ Haman waphuma ngalelo langa ajabulile futsi lenhlitiyo yakhe itfokotile. Kodwva uma Haman abona Mordecai esangweni lenkhosi, lapho Mordecai akasukumanga nobe atatatele phambi kwakhe ngekwesaba, wamutfukutselisa Mordecai. ¹⁰ Ngaphandle kwaloko, Haman wakhombisa intfukutselo wase ubuyela endlini yakhe. Watfumelela bangani bakhe wababutsisa ndzawonye, kanye na Zeresh nemkakhe. ¹¹ Haman wabakhumbuta ngengcebo yakhe, tinombolo temadvodzana akhe lamanyenti, tonkhe tintfutfuko latinikwa yinkhosi, nekhutsi ukhule njani wabangetulu kwetitfunywa tenkhosi kanye netisebenti tenkhosi. ¹² Haman watsi, ''Ndlovukati Esther ungamemi noba ngangubani kodvwa mine ngite nenkhosi kulesidlo lasilungiselele. Futsi nakusasa ngimenyiwe nguye kanye nenkhosi. ¹³ Kodvwa loko akusilutfo kimi ngaphandle kwekutsi ngibone Mordecai umJuda ahleli esangweni lenkhosi.'' ¹⁴ Wase Zereh umkakhe utsi ku Haman kanye nakobo bonkhe bangani bakhe, ''Asitsatseni emagaloni langemashumi lasihlanu kuphakama. Ekuseni wakhuluma nenkhosi kutsi babophe Mordecai etukwako. Bese bayatfokota nenkhosi kulesidlo.'' Loku kwamtfokotisa Haman wase wenta leligaloni likhiwa.