< Esta 10 >
1 Siangpahrang Ahasuerus ni talai van hoi tuilum dawk kaawm e taminaw pueng koe tamuk a cawng.
And the king levied [a tax] upon [his] kingdom both by land and sea.
2 A hnosakthainae, a thaonae hoi a sak e naw puenghoi Mordekai a lentoe saknae, siangpahrang ni a tawmnae hah kakuepcalah Media hoi Persia siangpahrangnaw se touknae cauk dawkvah thut lah ao.
And [as for] his strength and valour, and the wealth and glory of his kingdom, behold, they are written in the book of the Persians and Medes, for a memorial.
3 Bangtelamaw, Judah tami Mordekai teh siangpahrang Ahasuerus kut rahim vah ka talue poung e thaw a hmu teh Judahnaw thung dawk ka lentoe poung e lah ao. A taminaw e hawinae hah a tawng teh, a taminaw pueng koe minhmai kahawi a hmu teh, a taminaw e kâponae lawk hah a dei.
And Mardochaeus was viceroy to king Artaxerxes, and was a great man in the kingdom, and honoured by the Jews, and passed his life beloved of all his nation.