Ἐσθήρ 10

1 Και επέβαλεν ο βασιλεύς Ασσουήρης φόρον επί την γην και τας νήσους της θαλάσσης.

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.

2 Πάσαι δε αι πράξεις της δυνάμεως αυτού και της ισχύος αυτού, και η περιγραφή μεγαλειότητος του Μαροδοχαίου, εις ην ο βασιλεύς προεβίβασεν αυτόν, δεν είναι γεγραμμένα εν τω βιβλίω των χρονικών των βασιλέων της Μηδίας και Περσίας;

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.

3 Διότι ο Μαροδοχαίος ο Ιουδαίος εστάθη δεύτερος μετά τον βασιλέα Ασσουήρην και μέγας μεταξύ των Ιουδαίων και αγαπώμενος υπό του πλήθους των αδελφών αυτού, ζητών το καλόν του λαού αυτού και λαλών ειρήνην περί παντός του σπέρματος αυτού.

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.