¹Zvino Modhekai akati achinzwa zvose zvaitwa, Modhekai ndokubvarura nguvo dzake, akafuka masaga nokuisa madota pamusoro wake, akapinda pakati peguta, akachema nokuchema kukuru kunorwadza moyo;

¹And when Mordecai knew all that was done, Mordecai rent his garments, and put on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried with a loud and bitter cry,

²akasvikawo pamberi pesuwo ramambo; nekuti akafuka masaga haana kutenderwa kupinda pasuwo ramambo.

²and came even before the king's gate; for none might enter into the king's gate clothed with sackcloth.

³Naparutivi rumwe norumwe rwenyika pose pakasvika murayiro wamambo nechirevo chake, pakanga panokuchema kukuru pakati pavaJudha, nokutsanya, nokuchema misodzi, nokuungudza; vazhinji vakavata pasi vakafuka masaga nokuzviisa madota pamisoro.

³And in every province, wherever the king's commandment and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and wailing: many lay in sackcloth and ashes.

⁴Zvino vasikana vaEsiteri navaranda vake vakandomuudza izvozvo; vahosi vakabatwa neshungu kwazvo, vakatumira Modhekai nguvo, kuti adzifuke, abvise masaga; asi wakaramba kudzigamuchira.

⁴And Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told [it] her; and the queen was exceedingly grieved: and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him; but he received [it] not.

⁵Ipapo Esiteri akadana Hataki, mumwe wavaranda vamambo, waakanga araira kumubatira, akamuraira kuti aende kuna Modhekai kundonzwa kuti chinyi, uye mhaka yeiko.

⁵Then Esther called for Hatach, [one] of the king's chamberlains, whom he had appointed to wait upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know what it was, and why it was.

⁶Ipapo Hataki akaenda kuna Modhekai padare reguta, rakanga riri pamberi pesuwo ramambo.

⁶And Hatach went forth to Mordecai, unto the public place of the city which was before the king's gate.

⁷Modhekai akamuudza zvose zvaakaitirwa, nokuwanda kwemari yakanzi naHamani kuti achaiisa muzvivigiro zvamambo kuti vaJudha vaparadzwe.

⁷And Mordecai told him of all that had happened to him, and of the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews, to destroy them.

⁸Akamupawo mashoko orunyoro rwechirevo chakanga chatemwa paShushani chokuti vaparadzwe, kuti achiratidze Esiteri nokumuzivisa izvozvo; akamurairawo kuti apinde kuna mambo amunyengetere nokukumbirira vanhu vake kwaari.

⁸And he gave him a copy of the writing of the decree that had been given at Shushan to destroy them, to shew [it] to Esther, and to declare [it] to her, and to charge her that she should go in unto the king, to make supplication to him, and to make request before him, for her people.

⁹Hataki akandoudza Esiteri mashoko aModhekai.

⁹And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai.

¹⁰Ipapo Esiteri akataura naHataki, akamupa shoko rokundoudza Modhekai, akati,

¹⁰And Esther spoke to Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai:

¹¹Varanda vose vamambo navanhu vamativi enyika dzamambo vanoziva kuti ani naani, kunyange murume kana mukadzi, akapinda kuna mambo muruvanze rwomukati asina kudamwa, kunongova nomurau mumwe woga kwaari, kuti aurawe; asi kana mambo akamutambanudzira tsvimbo yendarama, achararama hake; asi ini handina kudamwa kuti ndipinde kuna mambo mazuva ano ana makumi matatu.

¹¹All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces do know that whoever, whether man or woman, shall come to the king into the inner court, who is not called, there is *one* law, to put [him] to death, except [such] to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre, that he may live; and I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days.

¹²Vakaudza Modhekai mashoko aEsiteri.

¹²And they told Mordecai Esther's words.

¹³Ipapo Modhekai akavaraira kuti vapindure Esiteri, vati, Usati iwe uchapukunyuka mumba mamambo kupfuura vamwe vaJudha vose.

¹³And Mordecai bade to answer Esther: Imagine not in thy heart that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.

¹⁴Nekuti kana iwe ukanyarara chose nenguva ino, vaJudha vachabatsirwa nokurwirwa nomumwe mutowo, asi iwe neimba yababa vako muchaparadzwa; handiti, zvimwe wakasvika paushe nokuda kwenguva inenge seino here?

¹⁴For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there arise relief and deliverance to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall perish. And who knows whether thou art [not] come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

¹⁵Ipapo Esiteri akaraira kuti vapindure Modhekai, vati,

¹⁵And Esther bade to answer Mordecai:

¹⁶Endai mukokere vaJudha vose vari paShushani, muzvinyime zvokudya nokuda kwangu; regai kudya kana kumwa mazuva matatu, usiku namasikati; neniwo navasikana vangu tichatsanya saizvozvo; ipapo ndichapinda kuna mambo, kunyange zvisina kutenderwa nomurau; kana ndikaparara, ndaparara hangu.

¹⁶Go, gather together all the Jews that are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise, and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law; and if I perish, I perish.

¹⁷Naizvozvo Modhekai akaenda hake akandoita zvose zvaakarairwa naEsiteri.

¹⁷And Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded him.