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.

Kisha Mfalme Ahusiero akaweka kodi juu ya nchi na maeneo ya bahari.

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.

Mafanikio yote na nguvu na ukuu wake, pamoja na wa Modekai ambao mfalme alimwinua, yameandikwa katika Kitabu cha Kumbukumbu ya wafalme wa Wamedi na Waajemi.

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 Muyahudi alikuwa wa pili kutoka kwa Mfalme Ahusiero. Alikuwa mkuu na maarufu miongoni mwa ndugu zake Wayahudi, kwa sababu alitetea mahitaji ya watu wake na haki za watu na akatetea amani kwa watu wote.