Esther 10

1 Ọba Ahaswerusi sì fi owó ọba lélẹ̀ jákèjádò ilẹ̀ ọba, dé erékùṣù òkun.

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

2 Gbogbo ìṣe agbára àti títóbi rẹ̀, papọ̀ pẹ̀lú ìròyìn títóbi Mordekai ní èyí tí ọba ti gbé e ga, kò ha wà nínú àkọsílẹ̀ ìwé ọdọọdún ọba ti Media àti ti Persia?

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 Mordekai ará Júù ni ó jẹ́ igbákejì ọba Ahaswerusi, ó tóbi láàrín àwọn Júù, ó sì jẹ́ ẹni iyì lọ́dọ̀ àwọn Júù ẹlẹgbẹ́ ẹ rẹ̀, nítorí tí ó ń ṣiṣẹ́ fún ìre àwọn ènìyàn an rẹ̀, ó sì ń sọ̀rọ̀ fún àlàáfíà gbogbo àwọn Júù.

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.