Esthere

6 Bosiung boo, morena a hlobaela.* Ka hona a re ho tlisoe buka ea litlaleho tsa histori+ eaba oa e balloa. 2 Bukeng eo ha fumanoa ho ngotsoe tlaleho ea Mordekai mabapi le Bigthana le Tereshe. Ka bobeli e ne e le liofisiri tsa lekhotla tsa morena ebile e le balebeli ba monyako ba neng ba rerile ho bolaea* Morena Asueruse.+ 3 Morena a re: “Na Mordekai o hlomphuoe le ho lebohuoa ka taba ee?” Eaba bahlanka ba morena ba re: “Le letho.”

4 Hamorao morena a re: “Ke mang ea lebaleng?” Hamane o ne a le ka ntle lebaleng+ la ntlo ea morena,* a tl’o bua le morena ka hore Mordekai a fanyehoe palong eo a neng a mo hlometse eona.+ 5 Bahlanka ba morena ba re ho eena: “Ke Hamane+ ea emeng lebaleng.” Kahoo, morena a re: “E-reng a kene.”

6 Ha Hamane a kena, morena a re ho eena: “Monna eo morena a batlang ho mo tlotla o lokela ho etsetsoa eng?” Hamane a re ka pelong: “Ke mang eo morena a ka batlang ho mo tlotla ho mpheta?”+ 7 Kahoo, Hamane a re ho morena: “Monna eo morena a batlang ho mo tlotla 8 a tlisetsoe seaparo+ sa morena le pere ea morena, e roesitsoeng korone. 9 Seaparo le pere li behoe taolong ea e ’ngoe ea likhosana tse hlomphehang tsa morena. Bahlanka ba morena ba apese monna eo seaparo sa borena ’me ba mo palamise pere ’marakeng ebe ba hoeletsa ba le ka pel’a hae ba re: ‘Ho etsoa tjena ka monna eo morena a batlang ho mo tlotla.’”+ 10 Hang-hang morena a re ho Hamane: “Potlaka, u nke seaparo le pere ’me u etse joalokaha u boletse ho Mordekai oa Mojuda ea lutseng pel’a keiti ea morena. U phethe ntho e ’ngoe le e ’ngoe eo u e buileng.”

11 Hamane a nka seaparo le pere ’me a apesa Mordekai,+ a mo palamisa pere ’marakeng, a hoeletsa a le ka pel’a hae a re: “Ho etsoa tjena ka monna eo morena a batlang ho mo tlotla.” 12 Ka mor’a moo, Mordekai a khutlela keiting ea morena empa Hamane a potlakela ntlong ea hae a sulafaletsoe haholo a bile a ikhurumelitse. 13 Ha Hamane a phetela mosali oa hae Zereshe+ le metsoalle eohle ea hae sohle se mo hlahetseng, baeletsi ba hae* le mosali oa hae Zereshe ba re ho eena: “Haeba Mordekai eo ea seng a u hlotse ke e mong oa Bajuda, u ke ke oa mo hlola empa o tla u hlola.”

14 Ha ba sa ntse ba bua le eena, liofisiri tsa lekhotla tsa morena tsa fihla ’me tsa potlakisetsa Hamane moketeng oo Esthere a neng a o entse.+