Esteri 6:1-9

Ngalobo busuku inkosi ayizange ilale ubuthongo, yayala ukuba kulethwe incwadi yemilando; zafundwa phambi kwenkosi. Kwatholakala kulotshiwe ukuthi uMoridegayi walandisa ngoBhigitana noTeresi, izincekukazi ezimbili zenkosi, abalindisango, ababezama ukubeka isandla enkosini u-Ahashiveroshi. Inkosi yasisithi: Ludumo luni lesithunzi uMordekhayi akwenzileyo ngalokhu? Izinceku zenkosi ezaziyikhonza zathi: “Akenziwanga lutho.” Inkosi yasisithi: Ngubani osegcekeni? UHamani wayesengena egcekeni elingaphandle lendlu yenkosi ukukhuluma nenkosi ukuphanyeka uMoridekayi emthini abemlungisele yona. Izinceku zenkosi zathi kuye: “Bheka, uHamani umi egcekeni.” Yathi inkosi: “Makangene.” Lapho uHamani engena, inkosi yathi kuye: “Makwenziweni ngomuntu inkosi ethanda ukumdumisa na? UHamani wasesithi enhliziyweni yakhe: Inkosi ingathokoza bani ukudumisa ngaphandle kwami? UHamani wasesithi enkosini: Ngoba umuntu inkosi ethanda ukumdumisa. Makulethwe ingubo yobukhosi inkosi eyembathayo, nehhashi eligibele inkosi, nomqhele wobukhosi obekwe ekhanda layo. Le ngubo nehhashi makunikezwe esandleni sesinye sezikhulu zenkosi ezihlonipheke kakhulu ukuba zigqokise umuntu inkosi ethanda ukumdumisa ngayo, zimlethe ngehhashi ezitaladini zomuzi, zimemeze phambi kwakhe, Kuyakwenziwa kanjalo kumuntu inkosi ethanda ukumdumisa.