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1 Mehleng ea ha Asueruse* a ne a busa liprofinse tse 127+ ho tloha India ho ea Ethiopia,* 2 o ne a busa a le Shushane*+ ntlong ea hae ea borena.* 3 Selemong sa boraro sa puso ea hae a etsa mokete bakeng sa likhosana tsohle tsa hae, bahlanka ba hae, masole a Persia+ le Media,+ marena le likhosana tsa liprofinse tsa hae. 4 A ba bontša maruo a ’muso oa hae o khanyang, tlhompho le botle ba botlotlehi ba hae ka matsatsi a mangata, matsatsi a 180. 5 Ka mor’a matsatsi ana, morena a etsa mokete oa matsatsi a supileng bakeng sa batho bohle ba neng ba le Shushane ntlong ea morena, ho tloha ho barui ho ea tsoa ho bafutsana. O ne o tšoaretsoe ka jareteng ea ntlo ea morena. 6 Ho ne ho e-na le likharetene tsa line tse tšoeu, ho e-na le tsa k’hothone ea boleng bo botle le tsa lesela le leputsoa. Li ne li hakiloe liropong tse entsoeng ka lesela la boleng bo botle le boea bo pherese tse faselelitsoeng lihakising tsa silevera tse lipilareng tsa ’mabole. Ho ne ho boetse ho e-na le litulo* tsa khauta le silevera. Fatše ho ne ho aliloe ka lejoe la pofiri, ’mabole, perela le ’mabole o motšo.
7 Ho ne ho noelloa veine ka likoping tsa khauta. Likopi e ne e le tsa mefuta-futa ’me veine ea borena e ne e le ngata ho ea ka bokhoni ba morena. 8 Ho ne ho nooa ho latela molao oa hore ho se ke ha e-ba le motho ea qobelloang* etsoe morena o ne a hlophile le liofisiri tsa ntlo ea borena hore e mong le e mong a etse kamoo a ratang.
9 Mofumahali Vashti+ le eena a etsetsa basali mokete ka tlung ea borena ea Morena Asueruse.
10 Ka letsatsi la bosupa ha morena a thabisitsoe ke ho noa veine, a re Mehumane, Biztha, Harbona,+ Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethare le Karkase e leng liofisiri tse supileng tsa lekhotla tse neng li sebeletsa Morena Asueruse, 11 ba tlise Mofumahali Vashti ho morena a roetse tuku ea boreneng bakeng sa ho bontša lichaba le likhosana botle ba hae kaha o ne a le motle haholo. 12 Empa Mofumahali Vashti a ’na a hana ho tla ha liofisiri tsa lekhotla li mo bolella taelo ea morena. Morena a halefa haholo, a tuka ke bohale.
13 Morena a bua le banna ba bohlale ba nang le boiphihlelo litabeng tsa meetlo ea mehleng eo (etsoe morena o ne a tloaetse ho teka litaba tsa hae ka pel’a bohle ba rutehileng haholo molaong le linyeoeng. 14 Ba neng ba le haufi haholo le eena e ne e le Karshena, Shethare, Admatha, Tarshishe, Merese, Marsena le Memukane e leng likhosana tse supileng+ tsa Persia le Media, tse neng li khona ho tla ho morena le tse neng li le boemong bo ka holimo-limo ’musong). 15 Morena a re: “Ho ea ka molao, ho lokela ho etsoa’ng ka Mofumahali Vashti kaha ha aa mamela taelo ea Morena Asueruse eo liofisiri tsa lekhotla li mo boleletseng eona?”
16 Memukane a bua ka pel’a morena le likhosana a re: “Mofumahali Vashti ha a fosetsa morena feela+ empa o foselitse le likhosana tsohle le lichaba tsohle tse liprofinseng tsohle tsa Morena Asueruse. 17 Basali bohle ba tla tseba ka ketso ena ea mofumahali ebe ba tella banna ba bona ba re: ‘Esita le Mofumahali Vashti ha aa ka a mamela ha Morena Asueruse a mo laela hore a ee ho eena.’ 18 Hona kajeno likhosatsana tsa Persia le Media tse tsebang hore na mofumahali o entse’ng, li tla bua le likhosana tsohle tsa morena ebe lia tellana le ho halefelana. 19 Haeba morena a lumela, a ke a fane ka taelo ’me e ngoloe har’a melao e ke keng ea fetoloa+ ea Persia le Media hore le ka mohla Vashti a se ke a tla ho Morena Asueruse. Morena a fane ka boemo ba hae ba bofumahali ho mosali ea molemo ho mo feta. 20 Ha batho ba utloa taelo ea morena libakeng tsohle tse tlas’a puso ea hae, basali bohle ba tla hlompha banna ba bona, ho sa tsotellehe hore na banna bao ba hlaheletse kapa ke batho feela.”
21 Keletso ena ea thabisa morena le likhosana eaba morena o etsa kamoo Memukane a mo elelitseng kateng. 22 Kahoo, a romela mangolo liprofinseng tsohle+ tse tlas’a puso ea hae, profinseng ka ’ngoe ka tsela eo ho ngoloang ka eona moo le ho sechaba ka seng ka puo ea sona e le hore monna e mong le e mong e be hlooho lapeng la hae ’me a bue ka puo ea habo.