1 Bosiung bona boo, morena a hlobaela boroko; yaba o re, ho tliswe buka ya dikgopotso, ya ditaba tsa mmuso, ya ba ya balwa pela morena.
2 Ha fumanwa ho ngodilwe kamoo Mordekai a neng a hlahisitse ditaba tsa Bigthane le Thereshe kateng, matona a mabedi a morena a balebedi ba monyako, tsa kamoo ba batlileng ho isa letsoho ho morena Assueruse kateng.
3 Morena a re: Hlompho le kganya ke dife tseo Mordekai a di etseditsweng bakeng seo? Bahlanka ba sebeletsang morena, ba re: Ha a ka a etsetswa letho.
4 Morena a re: Ya lebaleng ke mang? Kanthe Hamane o fihlile lebaleng le kahare ho ntlo ya morena, a tlile ho kopa ho morena hore ho fanyehwe Mordekai sefateng seo a mo lokiseditseng sona.
5 Bahlanka ba morena ba re ho yena: Hamane ke enwa, o eme lebaleng. Morena a re: A ke a kene.
6 Yaba Hamane o a kena, mme morena a re ho yena: E ka kgona monna eo morena a ratang ho mo hlonepha a etsetsweng? Pelong ya hae Hamane a re: Morena a ka rata ho hlonepha mang, haese nna?
7 Yaba Hamane o re ho morena: Haele motho eo morena a ratang ho mo hlonepha,
8 ho ke ho tliswe seaparo sa borena se aparwang ke morena, le pere e palangwang ke morena, le moqhaka wa borena o rwalwang hloohong ya hae;
9 seaparo le pere di bewe matsohong a kgosana e nngwe ya morena ya tse kgolo; ho apeswe motho eo morena a ratang ho mo hlonepha; jwale, a tsamaiswe ka pere mapatlelong a motse, mme ho howeletswe kapele ho yena, ho thwe: Ho etswa jwalo motho eo morena a ratang ho mo hlonepha!
10 Yaba morena o re ho Hamane: Phakisa o nke seaparo le pere, jwalokaha o sa tswa bolela, mme o etse jwalo ho Mordekai, Mojuda ya dutseng pela monyako wa morena; o se ke wa lesa taba leha e le nngwe ya tsohle tseo o di boletseng.
11 Yaba Hamane o nka seaparo le pere, a ya apesa Mordekai, mme a mo tsamaisa ka pere mapatlelong a motse, a ntse a howeletsa kapele ho yena, a re: Ho etswa jwalo motho eo morena a ratang ho mo hlonepha!
12 Mordekai a ntoo kgutlela pela monyako wa morena, Hamane yena a phakisa a ikela ha hae, a le maswabing, a ikgurumeditse hlooho.
13 Hamane a phetela Sereshe, mosadi wa hae, le metswalle yohle ya hae, tsohle tse mo hlahetseng. Ba bohlale ba hae, le mosadi wa hae Sereshe, ba re ho yena: Erekaha Mordekai eno eo o qadileng ho wa pela hae e le wa mofuta wa Bajuda, o ke ke wa mo fenya, empa ruri o tla wa pela hae.
14 Ba re ba sa bua, ke ha matona a morena a fihla, a phakisa a isa Hamane dijong tse entsweng ke Esthere.