Ɛster 10

1 Ɔhene Ahasweros hyɛɛ sɛ wontua tow wɔ nʼaheman mu, a mpo wɔn a wɔwɔ mpoano akyirikyiri no nyinaa ka ho.

Then King Ahasuerus imposed a tax on the land and on the coastlands along the sea.

2 Ne mmaninyɛ ne Mordekai akunini nneyɛe ne sɛnea ɔhene pagyaw no no nyinaa no, wɔankyerɛw wɔ Media ne Persia ahemfo abakɔsɛm mu ana?

All the achievements of his power and might, together with the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king had raised him, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia.

3 Yudani Mordekai bɛyɛɛ ɔmanpanyin a ne tumi di ɔhene Ahasweros ankasa de akyi. Na odi mu wɔ Yudafo no mu. Na wobu no yiye, efisɛ na ne nkurɔfo yiyedi yɛ nʼahiasɛm. Na ɔne ahemfi hɔfo nyinaa tenaa yiye.

Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus. He was great among the Jews and popular with his many Jewish brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people and he spoke for the peace of all his people.