9 Ngelo xesha, ngenyanga yesithathu, oko kukuthi inyanga enguSivan,* ngomhla we-23, kwabizwa oonobhala bakakumkani, ibe babhala yonke into uMordekayi awayiyalela amaYuda, abaphathiswa bamaphondo,+ abalawuli neenkosana zamaphondo,+ ukusuka eIndiya ukuya eTiyopiya, amaphondo ayi-127, bebhalela phondo ngalinye ngendlela yalo yokubhala, sizwana ngasinye ngolwimi lwaso, namaYuda ngendlela yawo yokubhala nangolwimi lwawo.

4 “Nantsi ingxelo evela kuKumkani uNebhukadenetsare, eya kubo bonke abantu, nakuzo zonke izizwana, neelwimi ezihlala kuwo wonke umhlaba: Akwaba uxolo lwenu lungaphuphuma!