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 who are present in Susa, and fast for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day. I and my maidens will also fast the same way. Then I will go in to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish."