U-Esteri 1:3-6

kwathi ngonyaka wesithathu wokubusa kwayo, yenzela zonke izikhulu zayo nezinceku zayo idili, abombutho wempi yasePheresiya naseMediya, izikhulu nababusi bezifundazwe, babelapho. Izinsuku eziningi ezaba yi-180, yayibukisa ngomcebo wayo, nodumo lombuso wayo, nobukhazikhazi nangengcebo yobukhulu bayo. Ekupheleni kwalezo zinsuku, inkosi yenzela bonke abantu ababelapho eShushani, inhlokomuzi yayo, idili, abantukazana nezikhulu; idili elathatha izinsuku eziyisikhombisa yalenzela egcekeni lengadi yesigodlo sayo. Igceke lalihlotshiswe ngamakhethini kakotini amhlophe naluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kunemichilo yelineni elicolekileyo nebukhwebezane, kuboshelwe kokusandilinga kwesiliva ezikwedlaneni zemabuli. Izihlalo zokuphumula ezenziwe ngegolide nesiliva zibekwe egcekeni elaligandaywe ngemabuli emhlophe, amagwadle abomvu, amagobolondo ahlotshiswe ngaphakathi acwebezelayo, netshe eliyigugu eliluhlaza sasibhakabhaka.