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.

राजा अहषवेरोष ने समस्त साम्राज्य पर, हां, दूरस्त सागर तट, टापू के क्षेत्रों तक कर लगा दिया.

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.

राजा के सभी उल्लेखनीय एवं वैभवशाली उपलब्धियों का विवरण एवं मोरदकय की महानता का पूर्ण वर्णन, जिस उदात्त पद पर राजा ने उसे नियुक्त किया था, उनका उल्लेख मेदिया एवं फारस के राजाओं के इतिहास के ग्रंथ में लिखा है.

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.

मात्र राजा अहषवेरोष ही पद में यहूदी मोरदकय से उच्चतर था. वह यहूदियों में अति आदरमान था तथा वह अपने जातियों में प्रिय था. वह सर्वदा प्रजा के लाभ का ही प्रयास करता, तथा समस्त राष्ट्र की भलाई के पक्ष में ही याचना करता था.