1
Basi mfalme Ahasuero alitoza kodi katika nchi na katika visiwa vya bahari.
Now King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the land, even to its farthest shores.
2
Na matendo yake yote yenye nguvu na ya ushujaa, na habari zote za ukuu wake Mordekai ambao alipewa na mfalme, hazikuandikwa katika kitabu-cha-taarifa cha wafalme wa Umedi na Uajemi?
And all of Mordecai’s powerful and magnificent accomplishments, together with the full account of the greatness to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Media and Persia?
3
Kwa maana Mordekai Myahudi akawa wa pili wake mfalme Ahasuero, na mkuu wa Wayahudi, amependeza mbele ya jamii ya ndugu zake; ambaye aliwatafuta watu wake wema, na kuiangalia hali njema ya wazao wao wote.
For Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews and highly favored by his many kinsmen, seeking the good of his people and speaking peace to all his countrymen.