16 Tikina, huihuia nga Hurai katoa e kitea ki Huhana, ka nohopuku ai koutou, hei mea moku; kaua hoki e kai, kaua e inu, kia toru nga ra, po, ao, ko ahau hoki, ko matou ko aku kotiro ka nohopuku ano; ko reira ahau haere ai ki te kingi; he mea kahore nei e rite ki te ture. A ki te mea ka huna ahau, ka huna ahau.

16 Go, gather all the Jews who are found in Shushan, and fast for me, and do not eat nor drink three days, by night and by day; also I and my young women do fast likewise, and so I go in unto the king, that [is] not according to law, and when I have perished -- I have perished.