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1 Na rĩrĩ, Mũthamaki Ahasuerusu nĩeetagia igooti mabũrũri marĩa mothe aathanaga, o nginya icigĩrĩra ciakuo cia kũraya.

King Xerxes imposed taxes throughout the empire, even to its most distant shores.

2 Ha ũhoro wa ciĩko ciake cia hinya na ũhoti, hamwe na ũhoro wothe wa ũnene wa Moridekai, nginya harĩa mũthamaki aamũnenehetie-rĩ, githĩ ti mwandĩke mabuku-inĩ ma maũndũ ma athamaki a Media na Perisia?

All he accomplished through his power and strength, as well as the complete account of the high position to which the king promoted Mordecai, are written down in the Book of the Records of the kings of Media and Persia.

3 Moridekai ũrĩa Mũyahudi aarĩ wa keerĩ wathani-inĩ kuuma he Mũthamaki Ahasuerusu, na nĩeetĩkĩrĩtwo nĩ Ayahudi ta mũnene wao, na agatĩĩka mũno kũrĩ Ayahudi ao aingĩ, tondũ aacaragĩria andũ ake maũndũ mega, na akaarĩrĩria kũgaacĩra kwa Ayahudi othe.

For Mordecai the Jew was second-in-command to King Xerxes, leader of the Jews and highly-respected in the Jewish community, he worked to help his people and improve the security of all Jews.