Esters 10

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

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.

Esther 10

Mordecai’s Fame Increases

1 King Ahasuerus then imposed forced labor on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.2 Now all the actions carried out under his authority and his great achievements, along with an exact statement concerning the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king promoted, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?

3 Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus. He was the highest-rankingt Jew, and he was admired by his numerous relatives.t He worked enthusiasticallyt for the good of his people and was an advocate for the welfare oft all his descendants.s