Esteri 1:3-6

Ngomnyaka wesithathu wokubusa kwakhe wenzela zonke izikhulu zakhe nezinceku zakhe idili; amandla asePheresiya naseMediya, izikhulu nezikhulu zezifunda phambi kwakhe; Lapho ebonisa ingcebo yobukhosi bakhe nodumo lobukhosi bakhe obumangalisayo izinsuku eziningi, izinsuku eziyikhulu namashumi ayisishiyagalombili. Lapho lezo zinsuku seziphelile, inkosi yenza idili izinsuku eziyisikhombisa kubo bonke abantu ababesesigodlweni uSusan, kusukela kwabakhulu kuya kwabancane, egcekeni lensimu yendlu yenkosi; Kwakukhona izilenge ezimhlophe, nokuluhlaza nokuluhlaza, ziboshelwe ngezintambo zelineni elicolekileyo nokububende emasongweni esiliva nasezinsikeni zamatshe amhlophe, imibhede yayiyigolide nesiliva endaweni egandayiweyo ebomvu, nokuluhlaza, nokumhlophe, nokumnyama, nemabula.