< Esta 10 >

1 Eze bụ Ahasuerọs na-anakọta ụtụ site nʼaka ndị niile bi nʼalaeze ya tutu ruo nʼọnụ mmiri osimiri ebe alaeze ahụ sọtụrụ.
And the king levied [a tax] upon [his] kingdom both by land and sea.
2 Ma ọrụ ukwu na ọrụ niile ọ rụrụ, ya na ihe niile gbasara ịdị ukwuu nke Mọdekai, na ugwu niile eze nyere ya, ha niile ka e dere nʼime akwụkwọ akụkọ ihe ndị eze Midia na Peshịa mere nʼoge ọchịchị ha.
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 Mọdekai, onye Juu, bụ onye na-esote eze Ahasuerọs nʼọkwa. Ọ bụ onye dị ukwuu nʼetiti ndị Juu, na onye ndị Juu ibe ya na-asọpụkwara, nʼihi na ọ na-elenye anya nʼihe gbasara udo ndị Juu. Ọ bụkwa onye na-ekwuchite ọnụ nʼihe banyere ọdịmma nke ndị Juu niile.
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.

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