Ester 10

1 Pagkatapos nagpataw ng isang buwis sa lupain at sa mga lupang baybayin sa tabing-dagat si Haring Ahasueros.

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 Lahat ng mga nagawa ng kanyang kapangyarihan at kalakasan, kasama ang buong kasaysayan ng kadakilaan ni Mordecai kung saan inangatan siya ng hari, nakasulat ang mga iyon sa Aklat ng mga Alaala ng mga Hari ng 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 Si Mordecai na Judio ay pangalawa sa antas kay Haring Ahasueros. Siya ay dakila sa gitna ng mga Judio at tanyag sa kanyang maraming kapatid na Judio, sapagkat hinahangad niya ang kapakanan ng kanyang lahi, at siya ay nagsalita para sa kapayapaan ng lahat ng kanyang 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.