16 Jdi a shromažď všecky Židy, což jest jich v Susan, a posťte se za mne, a nejezte ani píte za tři dni, v noci ani ve dne. Já podobně, i panny mé postiti se budou, a teprv vejdu k králi, což však neobyčejné jest, a jestližeť zahynu, nechť zahynu.

16 Go, get together all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and go without food for me, taking no food or drink night or day for three days: and I and my women will do the same; and so I will go in to the king, which is against the law: and if death is to be my fate, then let it come.