The greatness of Mordecai
1King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores. 2And all his acts of power and might, together with a full account of the greatness of Mordecai, whom the king had promoted, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Media and Persia? 3Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, pre-eminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.
የመርዶክዮስ ታላቅነት
1ንጉሥ ጠረክሲስ እስከ ባሕር ዳርቻ በሚዘልቀው ግዛቱ ሁሉ ላይ ግብር ጣለ። 2የኀይሉና የብርታቱ ሥራ ሁሉ እንዲሁም ንጉሡ መርዶክዮስን ለዚህ የላቀ ማዕረግ እንዴት እንዳደረሰው የሚናገረው በሜዶንና በፋርስ የታሪክ መጽሐፍ የተጻፈ አይደለምን? 3አይሁዳዊው መርዶክዮስ በማዕረግ ከንጉሡ ከጠረክሲስ ቀጥሎ ሁለተኛ፣ ከአይሁድ መካከልም ቀዳሚውን ስፍራ የያዘ ሰው ነበር፤ ለወገኖቹ መልካም በማድረጉና ለአይሁድም ሁሉ ደኅንነት የቆመ በመሆኑ፣ በብዙዎቹ አይሁድ ወገኖቹ ዘንድ እጅግ የተከበረ ነበር።