أَسْتِير 10

١ 1 وَوَضَعَ ٱلْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ جِزْيَةً عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَجَزَائِرِ ٱلْبَحْرِ.

And the king levied [a tax] upon [his] kingdom both by land and sea.

٢ 2 وَكُلُّ عَمَلِ سُلْطَانِهِ وَجَبَرُوتِهِ وَإِذَاعَةُ عَظَمَةِ مُرْدَخَايَ ٱلَّذِي عَظَّمَهُ ٱلْمَلِكُ، أَمَا هِيَ مَكْتُوبَةٌ فِي سِفْرِ أَخْبَارِ ٱلْأَيَّامِ لِمُلُوكِ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ؟

And [as for] his strength and valour, and the wealth and glory of his kingdom, behold, they are written in the book of the Persians and Medes, for a memorial.

٣ 3 لِأَنَّ مُرْدَخَايَ ٱلْيَهُودِيَّ كَانَ ثَانِيَ ٱلْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، وَعَظِيمًا بَيْنَ ٱلْيَهُودِ، وَمَقْبُولًا عِنْدَ كَثْرَةِ إِخْوَتِهِ، طَالِبًا ٱلْخَيْرَ لِشَعْبِهِ وَمُتَكَلِّمًا بِٱلسَّلَامِ لِكُلِّ نَسْلِهِ.

And Mardochaeus was viceroy to king Artaxerxes, and was a great man in the kingdom, and honoured by the Jews, and passed his life beloved of all his nation.