Esiteri 7:1-4

Zvino mambo naHamani vakasvika pamafundo avahosi Esiteri. Mambo akatizve kuna Esiteri pazuva rechipiri, pamafundo ewaini, “Chinyiko chaunonyengetera, vahosi Esiteri? Uchapiwa. Unokumbireiko? Zvichaitwa, kunyange uchikumbira hafu youshe hwangu.” Ipapo vahosi Esiteri vakapindura vakati, “Kana ndichinge ndanzwirwa tsitsi nemi mambo, kana mambo achifara nazvo, ndinokumbira kuti ndipiwe upenyu hwangu nokuda kwokunyengetera kwangu, nohwovanhu vangu nokuda kwokukumbira kwangu; nokuti tatengeswa, ini navanhu vangu, kuti tiparadzwe, tiurawe, tipedzwe. Dai takanga tatengeswa tive varanda navashandiri, ndingadai ndanyarara hangu, nokuti kutambudzika kwedu hakungaenzaniswi nokutadzirwa kwamambo.”