Esthere
5 Ka letsatsi la boraro,+ Esthere a apara liaparo tsa hae tsa bofumahali eaba o ema lebaleng le ka hare la ntlo ea morena,* a shebane le ntlo ea morena. Morena o ne a lutse teroneng ea hae ka tlung ea borena a shebane le monyako. 2 Hang ha morena a bona Mofumahali Esthere a eme lebaleng, a thaba eaba o nanabeletsa Esthere lere la borena la khauta.+ Esthere a atamela ’me a tšoara ntlha ea lere la borena.
3 Morena a re ho eena: “Bothata ke’ng Mofumahali Esthere? U batla ho etsetsoa eng? Leha u ka kopa halofo ea borena, u tla bo fuoa.” 4 Esthere a re: “Haeba morena a rata, a tle le Hamane+ kajeno moketeng oo ke mo etselitseng oona.” 5 Kahoo, morena a re ho bahlanka ba hae: “E-reng Hamane a tle kapele joalokaha Esthere a kopile.” Eaba morena le Hamane ba ea moketeng oo Esthere a o entseng.
6 Nakong ea mokete oa veine, morena a re ho Esthere: “Ke’ng eo u e batlang? Mpolelle ’me ke tla u fa eona. Ke’ng eo u e kopang? Leha u ka kopa halofo ea borena, u tla bo fuoa.”+ 7 Esthere a araba a re: “Ke kopa hore 8 haeba morena a mamela sello sa ka a bile a lumela ho phetha seo ke se kopang, a tle le Hamane moketeng oo ke tla ba etsetsa oona hosane. Hosane ke tla u bolella hore na ke kopa’ng.”
9 Letsatsing leo, Hamane a tloha moketeng a thabile a bile a nyakaletse. Empa ha Hamane a bona Mordekai+ keiting ea morena ’me a hlokomela hore ha a eme ebile ha aa mo thothomelle, Hamane a tuka ke bohale. 10 Leha ho le joalo, Hamane a ithiba ’me a ea ha hae. Eaba o bitsa metsoalle ea hae le Zereshe+ mosali oa hae. 11 Hamane a ithorisa ka pel’a bona ka maruo a hae a mangata, bara ba hae ba bangata+ le kamoo morena a mo phahamisitseng kateng le ho mo fa boemo bo phahametseng likhosana tsa morena le bahlanka ba hae.+
12 Hamane a phaella ka ho re: “Hape Mofumahali Esthere o ile a mema mang haese ’na ho ea le morena moketeng oo a neng a o entse?+ Ebile le hosane o ’memme hore ke e’o ba le eena le morena.+ 13 Empa lintho tsena tsohle ha li nkhotsofatse hafeela ke ntse ke bona Mordekai oa Mojuda a lutse pel’a keiti ea morena.” 14 Eaba mosali oa hae Zereshe le metsoalle eohle ea hae ba re ho eena: “Hloma palo e bolelele ba limithara tse ka bang 22* ebe hoseng u bolella morena hore Mordekai a fanyehoe ho eona.+ Ka mor’a moo, u ee moketeng le morena u e’o natefeloa.” Hamane a thabela tlhahiso ena eaba o re ho hlongoe palo.