Esthere
6 Bosiung boo boroko ba morena ba fela.+ Ka hona a re ho tlisoe buka ea litlaleho+ tsa litaba tsa linako. Kahoo tsa baloa ka pel’a morena. 2 Qetellong ha fumanoa ho ngotsoe seo Mordekai a ileng a se tlaleha+ mabapi le Bigthana le Tereshe, balaoli ba lekhotla ba babeli+ ba morena, balebeli ba monyako, ba ileng ba batla ho isa Morena Assueruse letsoho. 3 Joale morena a re: “Mordekai o filoe tlhompho efe ’me o etselitsoe ntho efe e khōlō ka lebaka la see?” Eaba bahlanka ba morena, basebeletsi ba hae, ba re: “Ha aa etsetsoa letho.”+
4 Hamorao morena a re: “Ke mang ea lebaleng?” Joale Hamane o ne a tlile ka lebaleng le ka ntle+ la ntlo ea morena ho tla bolella morena hore a fanyehe Mordekai thupeng+ eo a neng a mo lokiselitse eona. 5 Ka lebaka leo bahlanka ba morena ba re ho eena: “Hamane+ ke enoa o eme lebaleng.” Kahoo morena a re: “E-reng a kene.”
6 Ha Hamane a kena, morena a re ho eena: “Ho lokela ho etsoe’ng ho monna eo morena a khahloang ke ho mo fa tlhompho?” Eaba Hamane o re ka pelong ea hae: “Ke mang eo morena a ka khahloang ke ho mo fa tlhompho ho mpheta?”+ 7 Kahoo Hamane a re ho morena: “Bakeng sa monna eo morena a khahloang ke ho mo fa tlhompho, 8 ba ke ba tlise seaparo sa borena+ seo morena a se aparang le pere eo morena a e palamang+ e roesitsoeng moqhaka. 9 Ho behoe seaparo le pere taolong ea e ’ngoe ea likhosana tse hlomphehang tsa morena;+ ba apese monna eo morena a khahliloeng ke ho mo fa tlhompho, ’me ba mo palamise pere lepatlelong+ la motse,+ ’me ba hoeletse ka pel’a hae, ‘Ke kamoo ho etsoang kateng ho monna eo morena a khahloang ke ho mo fa tlhompho.’”+ 10 Hang-hang morena a re ho Hamane: “Potlaka, u nke seaparo le pere, joalokaha u boletse, ’me u etse ka tsela eo ho Mordekai oa Mojuda ea lutseng hekeng ea morena. U se ke ua tlohela letho la seo u se boletseng le sa phethahala.”+
11 Hamane a nka seaparo+ le pere ’me a apesa Mordekai+ a mo palamisa lepatlelong+ la motse a hoeletsa ka pel’a hae:+ “Ke kamoo ho etsoang kateng ho monna eo morena a khahloang ke ho mo fa tlhompho.”+ 12 Ka mor’a moo Mordekai a khutlela hekeng ea morena.+ Ha e le Hamane, a potlakela ntlong ea hae, a siame ’me a ikoahetse hlooho.+ 13 Hamane a tsoela pele ho phetela mosali oa hae Zereshe+ le metsoalle eohle ea hae sohle se mo hlahetseng. Eaba banna ba hae ba bohlale+ le mosali oa hae Zereshe ba re ho eena: “Haeba Mordekai eo u qalileng ho oa ka pel’a hae o tsoa peōng ea Bajuda, u ke ke ua mo hlōla, empa ruri u tla oa ka pel’a hae.”+
14 Ha ba sa ntse ba bua le eena balaoli ba morena ba lekhotla ba fihla ’me ba potlakisetsa+ Hamane moketeng+ oo Esthere a neng a o entse.