24 ngoba uHamani+ indodana kaHamedatha um-Agagi+ owayeyisitha sawo wonke amaJuda wayebumbe icebo lokutshabalalisa amaJuda+ njalo wayephose iPhuri,+ okutsho inkatho, ehlose ukwethusela amaJuda lokuwabhubhisa. 25 Kodwa u-Esta wathi esephambi kwenkosi, inkosi yabeka umlayo obhalwe phansi othi:+ “Konke okubi uHamani abefuna ukukwenza kumaJuda+ akubuyiselwe kuye.” UHamani lamadodana akhe balengiswa esigodweni.+