Emva koko ukumkani uAsuwerosi wamphakamisa uHaman, unyana kaHamedata, umAgagi, wamphakamisa, wambeka etroneni yakhe ngaphezu kwabathetheli bonke ababenaye. Bonke abakhonzi bokumkani, ababesesangweni lokumkani, baqubuda, baqubuda kuHaman; ngokuba ukumkani ubewise umthetho wenjenjalo ngaye. Ke yena uMordekayi akaqubuda kuye, akamhlonela; Bathi abakhonzi bokumkani, ababesesangweni lokumkani kuMordekayi, Yini na ukuba uwaphule umthetho wokumkani? Ke kaloku, bathetha naye imini yonke, akabaphulaphula; bamxelela uHaman, ukuba aya kuma na amazwi kaMordekayi, kuba ubebaxelele ukuba yena ungumYuda. Wabona uHaman ukuba uMordekayi akaguqi, nokuba akamzukisa; wavutha ngumsindo uHaman. Wagweba uMordekayi yedwa ukuba amse izandla; ngokuba bambonise abantu bakuloMordekayi; ngoko ke, uHaman wazama ukuwatshabalalisa onke amaYuda kubo bonke ubukumkani baseAsswerosi, abantu bakaMordekayi. Ngenyanga yokuqala, oko kukuthi, inyanga enguNisan, ngonyaka weshumi elinesibini kaKumkani uAhaswerosi, benza iPuri, oko kukuthi, amaqashiso, phambi koHaman yonke imihla nenyanga nganye, kwada kwayinyanga yeshumi elinesibini, oko kukuthi inyanga enguAdare. Wathi uHaman kukumkani uAhaswerosi, Kukho olunye uhlanga oluthe saa, oluthe saa ezintlangeni emazweni onke obukumkani bakho; nemithetho yabo yahlukile kweyabo bonke abantu; nemithetho yokumkani abayigcini; ke ngoko, akulungile ukuba ukumkani anyamezele.