Esters 10

1 Kong Ahasverus la skatt på fastlandet og på øene i havet.

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 Men alt det han gjorde i sin makt og velde, og en nøiaktig fremstilling av den høie rang som kongen ophøiet Mordekai til, det er opskrevet i de mediske og persiske kongers krønike.

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 For jøden Mordekai var den næste efter kong Ahasverus, og han var høit æret blandt jødene og avholdt av sine mange brødre; han søkte sitt folks vel og talte til beste for hele sin ætt.

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.