< 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.
Inkosi u-Ahasuweru wenza isinqumo sokuthelisa abantu kuwo wonke umbuso lasemikhunjini ekhatshana.
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.
Zonke izenzo zamandla akhe amakhulu, kanye lemibhalo elandisa ngobukhulu bukaModekhayi inkosi eyayimphakamise ngabo, akulotshwanga na egwalweni lwemiLando yamakhosi aseMediya lasePhezhiya?
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.
UModekhayi umJuda wayelandela inkosi u-Ahasuweru esikhundleni embusweni, engumhlonitshwa omkhulu phakathi kwamaJuda, njalo eqakathekiswa ngabanengi kubaJuda bakibo, ngoba wayesebenzela ukuphila kuhle kwabantu bakibo njalo wayemela inhlalakahle yawo wonke amaJuda.