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,