ਆ ਸਤਰ 1:2
ਅਹਸ਼ਵੇਰੋਸ਼ ਪਾਤਸਾਹ ਨੇ ਸ਼ੂਸ਼ਨ ਜਿਲ੍ਹੇ ਦੇ ਮਹਿਲ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪਣੇ ਤਖਤ ਤੋਂ ਰਾਜ ਕੀਤਾ।
| That in those | בַּיָּמִ֖ים | bayyāmîm | ba-ya-MEEM |
| days, | הָהֵ֑ם | hāhēm | ha-HAME |
| king the when | כְּשֶׁ֣בֶת׀ | kĕšebet | keh-SHEH-vet |
| Ahasuerus | הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hammelek | ha-MEH-lek |
| sat | אֲחַשְׁוֵר֗וֹשׁ | ʾăḥašwērôš | uh-hahsh-vay-ROHSH |
| on | עַ֚ל | ʿal | al |
| throne the | כִּסֵּ֣א | kissēʾ | kee-SAY |
| of his kingdom, | מַלְכוּת֔וֹ | malkûtô | mahl-hoo-TOH |
| which | אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾăšer | uh-SHER |
| Shushan in was | בְּשׁוּשַׁ֥ן | bĕšûšan | beh-shoo-SHAHN |
| the palace, | הַבִּירָֽה׃ | habbîrâ | ha-bee-RA |