wabayalela ukuba bamphendule uEstere bathi: “Uze ungazikhohlisi ngokuthi kuba wena ulapho endlwini kakumkani, nguwe wedwa oya kusinda kumaJuda xa ewonke. Kaloku xa uthe wathula wee cwaka ngeli thuba lentlekele, hleze luvele lona usindiso lwamaJuda, kodwa ke luthi gqi ngankalo yimbi, ube ke phofu wena nendlu kayihlo uza kutshabalala. Kambe ke, ngubani owaziyo, mhlawumbi wabekwa kwesi sikhundla sasebukhosini khon' ukuze ujongane namaxesha anje.”