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.

Siangpahrang Ahasuerus ni talai van hoi tuilum dawk kaawm e taminaw pueng koe tamuk a cawng.

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.

A hnosakthainae, a thaonae hoi a sak e naw puenghoi Mordekai a lentoe saknae, siangpahrang ni a tawmnae hah kakuepcalah Media hoi Persia siangpahrangnaw se touknae cauk dawkvah thut lah ao.

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.

Bangtelamaw, Judah tami Mordekai teh siangpahrang Ahasuerus kut rahim vah ka talue poung e thaw a hmu teh Judahnaw thung dawk ka lentoe poung e lah ao. A taminaw e hawinae hah a tawng teh, a taminaw pueng koe minhmai kahawi a hmu teh, a taminaw e kâponae lawk hah a dei.