< Ester 10 >
1 Depois d'isto poz o rei Assuero tributo sobre a terra, e sobre as ilhas do mar,
Then King Ahasuerus imposed a tax on the land and on the coastlands along the sea.
2 E todas as obras do seu poder e do seu valor, e a declaração da grandeza de Mardoqueo, a quem o rei engrandeceu, porventura não estão escriptas no livro das chronicas dos reis da Media e da Persia?
All the achievements of his power and might, together with the full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king had raised him, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia.
3 Porque o judeo Mardoqueo foi o segundo depois do rei Assuero, e grande para com os judeos, e agradavel para com a multidão de seus irmãos, que procurava o bem do seu povo, e fallava pela prosperidade de toda a sua nação.
Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Ahasuerus. He was great among the Jews and popular with his many Jewish brothers, for he sought the welfare of his people and he spoke for the peace of all his people.