< Eseza 10 >
1 Kabaka Akaswero n’asalira abantu bonna ab’obwakabaka bwe omusolo, abaabeeranga ku lukalu n’abo abaabeeranga ku bizinga.
And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and [upon] the isles of the sea.
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.
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, [are] they not written 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 to king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.