Ester 10

1 At ang haring Assuero ay nagatang ng buwis sa lupain, at sa mga pulo ng dagat.

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 At lahat ng mga gawa ng kaniyang kapangyarihan at ng kaniyang kakayahan, at ang lubos na kasaysayan ng kadakilaan ni Mardocheo, na ipinagtaas sa kaniya ng hari, hindi ba nangasusulat sa aklat ng mga alaala sa mga hari sa Media at Persia?

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 Sapagka't si Mardocheo na Judio ay pangalawa ng haring Assuero, at dakila sa gitna ng mga Judio, at kinalulugdan ng karamihan ng kaniyang mga kapatid: na humahanap ng ikabubuti ng kaniyang bayan, at nagsasalita ng kapayapaan sa kaniyang buong lahi.

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.