Esther 10

1 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.

Tokosra Ahasuerus el sapkakin nu sin mwet su muta ke mutunfacl lulap lun Persia wi mwet muta fin tuka uh, elos in akfalye takma nu sel.

2 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.

Orekma yohk ac wolana nukewa el orala, ac oayapa sramsram ke el akwalyalak Mordecai nu ke kunokon fulat, simla ke book in sramsram oa lun tokosra Persia ac Media.

3 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.

Mordecai, mwet Jew, el leum akluo yal Tokosra Ahasuerus. Akfulatyeyuk ac lungkinyuk el sin mwet Jew nukewa. El orekma in akwoye mwet lal, ac tuh fwilin tulik natulos in okak ac moul in misla.