7 Waba ngumnyamekeli+ kaHadasa, oko kukuthi, uEstere, intombi kayisekazi,+ kuba wayengenayise engenanina; yaye eli bhinqa liselula lalimile kakuhle, lilihle nangembonakalo,+ kwathi ke ekufeni kukayise nonina uMordekayi walithabatha laba yintombi yakhe.

20 UEstere wayengazixeli izalamane zakhe nabantu bakowabo,+ kanye njengoko uMordekayi+ wayembekele umyalelo;+ ngokuba ilizwi likaMordekayi ubelenza uEstere, kanye njengoko wayesenjenjalo ekunyanyekelweni kwakhe nguye.+

6 Bantwana, bathobeleni abazali benu+ ngokumanyene+ neNkosi, kuba oku kububulungisa:+