Esteres 10

1 Un ķēniņš Ahasverus uzlika klausību zemei un jūras salām.

King Xerxes required that all the people in his empire pay taxes. Even the people who lived on the islands [in the Mediterranean Sea] (OR, in coastal areas) were required to pay taxes.

2 Bet visi viņa varas un viņa stipruma darbi un Mardakaja lielā paaugstināšana, ar ko ķēniņš viņu paaugstinājis, tas viss rakstīts Mēdiešu un Persiešu ķēniņu laiku grāmatā.

And all the great and powerful things that Xerxes did were written in the scroll called/entitled ‘The record of the things done by the kings of Media and Persia’. In this book were also written [the things done] by Mordecai, the man whom the king had greatly honored.

3 Jo Jūds Mardakajs bija otrais pie ķēniņa Ahasverus un augsts pie Jūdiem un pieņēmīgs(patīkams) pie visiem saviem brāļiem; jo viņš meklēja labumu priekš savas tautas, un runāja par visa sava dzimuma labklāšanos.

Mordecai, who was a Jew, became the king’s most important official, and [all] the Jews also considered him to be a very great man. They [all] respected him, because he did many good things for the Jews, and he often asked [the king] to do good things for them.