UEstere 3:1 Emveni kwezo zinto, ukumkani uAhaswerosi wamphakamisa uHaman, unyana ka-Ahaswerosi UHamedata umAgagi wamphakamisa, wasimisa isihlalo sakhe ngaphezu kwezizwe zonke Abathetheli ababenaye. 3:2 Bonke abakhonzi bokumkani, ababesesangweni lokumkani, baqubuda, baqubuda Wamhlonela uHaman; ngokuba ukumkani ubewise umthetho wenjenjalo ngaye. Kodwa UMordekayi akaqubuda, akaqubuda kuye. 3:3 Bathi abakhonzi bokumkani, ababesesangweni lokumkani UMordekayi, Yini na ukuba uwugqithe umthetho wokumkani? 3:4 Kwathi ke, bakumana ukutsho kuye imihla ngemihla, wabaphulaphula akabaxelelanga ukuba bamxelele uHaman, ukukhangela ukuba amazwi kaMordekayi na kuba ubebaxelele ukuba yena ungumYuda. 3:5 Wabona uHaman ukuba uMordekayi akaguqi, akaqubuda kuye Wavutha ngumsindo uHaman. 3:6 Wakucekisa ukuba amse izandla uMordekayi yedwa; kuba babebonisile Waza ke uHaman wabatshabalalisa bonke abantu bakaMordekayi AmaYuda awayesebukumkanini bonke buka-Ahaswerosi abantu bakaMordekayi. 3:7 Ngenyanga yokuqala, oko kukuthi, inyanga enguNisan, ngomnyaka weshumi elinambini Ukumkani uAhaswerosi bawisa iPuri, oko kukuthi, iqashiso, phambi koHaman kwasemini namhlanje, inyanga nenyanga, ukuya kwinyanga yeshumi elinesibini, oko kukuthi, inyanga inyanga uAdare. 3:8 Wathi uHaman kukumkani uAhaswerosi, Kukho abantu abathile abathe saa abasasazekileyo phakathi kwezizwe emazweni onke akowenu ubukumkani; nemithetho yabo yahlukile kweyabantu bonke; kananjalo abagcini nemithetho yokumkani; ke akufanelekile ukuba ukumkani ayeke bona. 3:9 Ukuba kuthe kwalunga kukumkani, makubhalwe ukuba batshatyalaliswe Ndiya kuhlawula ishumi lamawaka eetalente zesilivere ezandleni zabo Umphathiswa weshishini elo, uyingenise ebuncwaneni bokumkani. 3:10 Ukumkani wawukhulula umsesane wakhe esandleni sakhe, wawunika uHaman unyana kaHamedata umAgagi, umbandezeli wamaYuda. 3:11 Wathi ukumkani kuHaman, Uyinikiwe abantu isilivere leyo wenze kuzo njengoko kulungileyo emehlweni akho. 3:12 Kwaza kwabizwa ababhali bokumkani ngomhla weshumi elinesithathu wokuqala kwabhalwa ngako konke abewise umthetho ngako uHaman kwiirhuluneli zokumkani, nakumabamba aphezu kwento yonke; nakubathetheli bezizwe ngezizwe zamazwe ngamazwe, ngokwezizwe ngezizwe ukubhalwa kwayo, nezizwe ngezizwe ngokwentetho yazo; kwi kwabhalwa igama lokumkani uAhaswerosi, kwatywinwa ngomsesane wokumkani. 3:13 Zathunyelwa iincwadi ngezigidimi kuwo onke amaphondo kakumkani, ukuba ukutshabalalisa, nokuwatshabalalisa onke amaYuda, kuthabathele komncinane nakwixhego; abantwana abancinane nabafazi, ngamini-nye, nangomhla weshumi elinesithathu kuyo ngenyanga yeshumi elinesibini (yinyanga enguAdare ke leyo), ukuba kuthengwe amaxhoba babe lixhoba. 3:14 Ikopi yombhalo lowo, yokuze awiselwe umthetho onke amazwe ngamazwe; kwavakaliswa kubo bonke abantu, ukuba bakulungele oko usuku. 3:15 Izigidimi zaphuma zingxamile ngelizwi lokumkani; umthetho wawiswa eShushan komkhulu. Bahlala ke ukumkani noHaman ukusela; Ke yona isixeko saseShushan sasididekile.