Esther 10

1 King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.

١ وَفَرَضَ الْمَلِكُ أَحَشْوِيرُوشُ جِزْيَةً عَلَى الأَرْضِ وَجُزُرِ الْبَحْرِ،

2 Aren’t all the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

٢ أَمَّا مُنْجَزَاتُهُ وَمَآثِرُهُ وَمَا أَغْدَقَ عَلَى مُرْدَخَايَ مِنْ تَكْرِيمٍ حَتَّى ذَاعَ صِيتُهُ أَلَيْسَتْ هِيَ مُدَوَّنَةً فِي كِتَابِ تَارِيخِ أَخْبَارِ أَيَّامِ مُلُوكِ مَادِي وَفَارِسَ؟

3 For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his descendants.

٣ فَقَدِ احْتَلَّ مُرْدَخَايُ الْيَهُودِيُّ الْمَرْتَبَةَ الثَّانِيَةَ بَعْدَ الْمَلِكِ أَحَشْوِيرُوشَ، وَتَمَتَّعَ بِمَكَانَةٍ مَرْمُوقَةٍ بَيْنَ الْيَهُودِ، وَكَانَ يَحْظَى بِرِضَى أَغْلَبِيَّةِ أَبْنَاءِ قَوْمِهِ، فَهُوَ لَمْ يَدَّخِرْ جَهْداً مِنْ أَجْلِ خَيْرِ شَعْبِهِ وَالدِّفَاعِ عَنْ مَصَالِحِ أُمَّتِهِ.