Esther 10

1 Ahasuerus siangpahrang mah prae thung boih hoi tuipui thungah kaom prae khoek to tamut to congsak.

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 Anih lensawkhaih, a thacakhaih hoi siangpahrang mah pakoeh ih Mordekai lensawkhaihnawk boih loe, Media hoi Persia siangpahrangnawk toksak pakuemhaih cabu thungah tarik o na ai maw?

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 Judah kami Mordekai loe Ahasuerus siangpahrang pacoengah araengh kasang hnetto haih ah oh moe, Judahnawk thungah kalen koekah oh, anih loe angmah ih kaminawk hanah kahoih hmuen to sak moe, Judah kaminawk boih hanah monghaih lok a thuih pae pongah, angmah ih kaminawk mah anih to khingyahaih paek o.

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.