16 Gaan heen, versamel al die Jode wat in Susan te vinde is, en vas julle om my ontwil; en julle moet nie eet en drink nie, drie dae lank, nag en dag; ek ook met my dienaresse sal net so vas; en so sal ek na die koning ingaan, wat nie volgens wet is nie, en as ek omkom, dan kom ek om.

16 Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye 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.