Esiteri 4:11-16

“Varanda vose vamambo navanhu vamativi enyika dzamambo vanoziva kuti ani naani, kunyange murume kana mukadzi, akapinda kuna mambo muruvanze rwomukati asina kudanwa, kunongova nomurau mumwe woga kwaari, kuti aurawe; asi kana mambo akamutambanudzira tsvimbo yendarama, achararama hake; asi ini handina kudanwa kuti ndipinde kuna mambo mazuva ano ana makumi matatu.” Vakaudza Modhekai mashoko aEsiteri. Ipapo Modhekai akavaraira kuti vapindure Esiteri, vati, “Usati iwe uchapukunyuka mumba mamambo kupfuura vamwe vaJudha vose. Nokuti kana iwe ukanyarara chose nenguva ino, vaJudha vachabatsirwa nokurwirwa nomumwe mutoo, asi iwe neimba yababa vako muchaparadzwa; handiti, zvimwe wakasvika paushe nokuda kwenguva inenge seino here?” Ipapo Esiteri akaraira kuti vapindure Modhekai, vati, “Endai mukokere vaJudha vose vari paShusha, muzvinyime zvokudya nokuda kwangu; regai kudya kana kunwa mazuva matatu, usiku namasikati; neniwo navasikana vangu tichazvinyima zvokudya saizvozvo; ipapo ndichapinda kuna mambo, kunyange zvisina kutenderwa nomurau; kana ndikaparara, ndaparara hangu.”