¹And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and upon the isles of the sea.

¹Zvino mambo Ahashivheroshi akateresa nyika, nezviwi zvegungwa.

²And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

²Zvino mabasa ake ose echikuriri, nesimba rake, uye zvose zvoukuru hwaModhekai, hwaakakudzwa nahwo namambo, hazvina kunyorwa here pabhuku yaMakoronike amadzimambo eMedhia nePerisa?

³For Mordecai the Jew was next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

³nekuti Modhekai muJudha wakange ari wechipiri paushe achitevera mambo Ahashivheroshi; aiva mukuru pakati pavaJudha, akadikamwa navazhinji vehama dzake; waitsvakira vanhu vake zvakanaka, achitaurira rudzi rwake rwose zvorugare.