4. The king held out the gold scepter to Esther, and she got up and stood before him.
5. She said, "If the king wishes, and if I please him—that is, if the idea seems right to the king, and if he still sees me as a good person—then have people write something to call back the order—the order that put into effect the plan of Haman, Hammedatha the Agagite’s son, that he wrote to destroy the Jews in all the royal provinces.
6. How can I bear to watch the terrible evil about to sweep over my people? And how can I bear to watch others destroy my own family?"
7. King Ahasuerus said to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Look, I’ve given Esther everything Haman owned. And Haman himself my servants have impaled on the pole because he planned to attack the Jews.
8. So you yourselves write to the Jews whatever you like in the name of the king and seal the letters with the king’s royal ring. Anything written in the name of the king and sealed with the king’s royal ring can’t be called back."