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.

Ruoth Ahasuerus noketo osuru e lochne duto nyaka e dho nembe man mabor.

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.

Weche duto mag ruoth gi tekone kod timbene madongo kaachiel gi duongʼ mane omiyo Modekai ondiki e kitabu mag loch mag ruodhi Media gi Pasia.

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.

Modekai ma ja-Yahudi ne en jalup ruoth Ahasuerus, noyudo duongʼ mongʼere e kind jo-Yahudi; kendo ogandane mangʼeny nohere, nikech notiyo matek mondo jo-Yahudi duto odag maber.