< Ester 10 >
1 Fia Ahasuerus ɖo nudzɔdzɔ ame siwo le anyigba la ŋutɔ kple ame siwo le ƒukpowo gɔ̃ hã dzi la siaa dzi.
King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.
2 Woŋlɔ Fia Ahasuerus ƒe nu gã siwo wòwɔ kple Mordekai ƒe gãnyenye kple bubu siwo fia la de eŋu la ɖe Media fiawo kple Persia fiawo ƒe Ŋutinyagbalẽ me.
Aren’t all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
3 Mordekai, Yudatɔ la nye amegã si kplɔ Fia Ahasuerus ɖo. Exɔ ŋkɔ le Yudatɔwo dome. Wo katã wobunɛ, elabena ewɔ nu si wòate ŋui la na Yudatɔwo ƒe nyonyo kple woƒe dzidzimeviwo ƒe dedinɔnɔ.
For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his descendants.