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1 Ahashweroos Mootichi hamma qarqara galaanaatti bulchiinsa isaa guutuu irratti gibira buuse.

And the king levied [a tax] upon [his] kingdom both by land and sea.

2 Hojiin humnaa fi jabina isaa hundinuu, seenaa guddina Mordekaayi kan mootichi itti ol isa guddise guutuu wajjin kitaaba seenaa mootota Meedee fi Faares keessatti barreeffameera mitii?

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 Mordekaayi Yihuudichi sadarkaadhaan nama Ahashweroos Mootichatti aanu ture; inni sababii uummata isaatiif waan gaarii hojjetee fi sababii nageenya Yihuudoota hundaatiif falmeef obboloota isaa Yihuudoota hedduu biratti ulfina guddaa qaba ture.

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.