3 And in every province, wherever the king's word and his decree came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping and wailing.
3 Emigangeni hinkwayo yo hambana-hambana leyi nga ehansi ka vulawuri bya hosi,+ kun'wana ni kun'wana laha rito ra hosi ni nawu wa yona a wu fika kona, a ku ri ni xirilo+ lexikulu exikarhi ka Vayuda, ku titsona swakudya+ ni ku rila ni ku kalakala.