U-Esta 10

1 Inkosi uAhasuwerusi yasibeka umthelo elizweni lezihlengeni zolwandle.

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

2 Zonke-ke izenzo zamandla ayo lawengalo zayo, lomlando wobukhulu bukaModekhayi, inkosi eyamkhulisayo, kakubhalwanga yini egwalweni lwemilando yamakhosi eMede lePerisiya?

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.

3 Ngoba uModekhayi umJuda wayengowesibili enkosini uAhasuwerusi, emkhulu phakathi kwamaJuda, ethandeka kulo inengi labafowabo, edingela isizwe sakibo okuhle, ekhuluma ukuthula kuyo yonke inzalo yakhe.

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.