She asked Mordecai to get her countrymen to join her in a three-day fast, concluding her message with a statement that has echoed through the centuries in its simple faith and courage: "In case I must perish, I must perish."
Wabawa uMoridekayi bona abuthe amadoda wamaJuda bonyana ahlanganyele naye ekuzileni kwamalanga amathathu, waphetha umlayezwakhe ngamezwi abulula asabuyelelwa nanamhlanjesi atjengisa ikholo lakhe nesibindi wathi: "Nekufuze ngirhayilwe, ngizakurhayilwa."