Eseza 10

1 Kabaka Akaswero n’asalira abantu bonna ab’obwakabaka bwe omusolo, abaabeeranga ku lukalu n’abo abaabeeranga ku bizinga.

King Ahasuerus imposed a tribute on the land and the coasts.

2 Era ebikolwa bye byonna eby’obuyinza n’amaanyi ge, n’okutegeereza ddala obukulu bwa Moluddekaayi, Kabaka bwe yamukuza, byawandiikibwa mu kitabo eky’ebyomumirembe gya bassekabaka b’e Bumeedi n’e Buperusi.

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, are they not recorded in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

3 Moluddekaayi Omuyudaaya ye yali addirira Kabaka Akaswero mu buyinza, era yali mukulu mu Bayudaaya ate nga bamussaamu nnyo ekitiibwa, kubanga yakolanga bulungi abantu be, ate era ng’ayagaliza ezzadde lye lyonna emirembe.

For Mordecai the Jew was next in rank to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and loved by them all. He sought the good of his people and promoted the welfare of their descendants.