Esters 10

1 Kong Ahasveros lagde skatt på upplandet på sjøbygderne.

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 Alt det han gjorde i si magt og sitt velde, og ei greinleg melding um den høge rang som kongen lyfte Mordokai upp til, det er uppskrive i krønikeboki åt dei mediske og persiske kongarne.

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 Jøden Mordokai var den som stod kong Ahasveros næmest, og han var stor millom jødarne og kjær for dei mange brørne sine; han søkte det som godt var for folket sitt, og tala til bate for all si ætt.

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.