¹Zvino mambo Ahashivheroshi akateresa nyika, nezviwi zvegungwa.

¹And the king Ahasuerus setteth a tribute on the land and the isles of the sea;

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

²and all the work of his strength, and his might, and the explanation of the greatness of Mordecai with which the king made him great, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of Media and Persia?

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.

³For Mordecai the Jew [is] second to king Ahasuerus, and a great man of the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking good for his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.