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.

Puis le roi Assuérus imposa un tribut au pays et aux îles de la mer.

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.

Or, quant à tous les actes de sa puissance et à ses exploits, et à la description de la grandeur à laquelle le roi éleva Mardochée, ces choses ne sont-elles pas écrites dans le livre des Chroniques des rois de Médie et de Perse?

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.

Car le Juif Mardochée fut le second après le roi Assuérus, et il fut grand parmi les Juifs et agréable à la multitude de ses frères, recherchant le bien de son peuple, et parlant pour le bonheur de toute sa race.