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.

Fia Ahasuerus ɖo nudzɔdzɔ ame siwo le anyigba la ŋutɔ kple ame siwo le ƒukpowo gɔ̃ hã dzi la siaa dzi.

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.

Woŋlɔ Fia Ahasuerus ƒe nu gã siwo wòwɔ kple Mordekai ƒe gãnyenye kple bubu siwo fia la de eŋu la ɖe Media fiawo kple Persia fiawo ƒe Ŋutinyagbalẽ me.

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.

Mordekai, Yudatɔ la nye amegã si kplɔ Fia Ahasuerus ɖo. Exɔ ŋkɔ le Yudatɔwo dome. Wo katã wobunɛ, elabena ewɔ nu si wòate ŋui la na Yudatɔwo ƒe nyonyo kple woƒe dzidzimeviwo ƒe dedinɔnɔ.