Esther, 10

1. And the king Ahasuerus laid a tribute upon the land, and [upon] the isles of the sea.

1. King Ahasuerus levied tribute throughout the empire including the distant islands.

2. And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, [are] they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

2. All his acts of power and valor, together with a full account of the greatness of Mordecai who was raised by the king to high honor, are recorded in the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia.

3. For Mordecai the Jew [was] next unto king Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.

3. The Jew Mordecai was second in rank to King Ahasuerus; he was great among the Jews and esteemed by many of his brothers as the harbinger of peace and welfare for all his people.

4. Then Mardocheus said, God hath done these things.

4. And Mordecai said, "This is God's work.

5. For I remember a dream which I saw concerning these matters, and nothing thereof hath failed.

5. I remember the dream I had about this, nothing of which has failed to be fulfilled -

6. A little fountain became a river, and there was light, and the sun, and much water: this river is Esther, whom the king married, and made queen:

6. the little spring that became a river, the light, the sun and the flood of water. Esther is the river, whom the king married and made queen.

7. And the two dragons are I and Aman.

7. Haman and I are the two dragons.

8. And the nations were those that were assembled to destroy the name of the Jews:

8. Those who assembled to destroy the Jews are the nations.

9. And my nation is this Israel, which cried to God, and were saved: for the Lord hath saved his people, and the Lord hath delivered us from all those evils, and God hath wrought signs and great wonders, which have not been done among the Gentiles.

9. And my nation is Israel, my people, who cried to God and were saved. Yes, the Lord has saved his people and delivered us from all these evils. God has worked such signs and great wonders as have never occurred among the nations.

10. Therefore hath he made two lots, one for the people of God, and another for all the Gentiles.

10. For this purpose, God prepared two destinies - one for his people and the other for all the nations.

11. And these two lots came at the hour, and time, and day of judgment, before God among all nations.

11. These two destinies were fulfilled at the moment, the hour and the day laid down by God among the nations.

12. So God remembered his people, and justified his inheritance.

12. He remembered his people and rendered justice to his inheritance.

13. Therefore those days shall be unto them in the month Adar, the fourteenth and fifteenth day of the same month, with an assembly, and joy, and with gladness before God, according to the generations for ever among his people.

13. Thus, gathering together with joy before God on the fourteenth and fifteenth of the month of Adar, Israel will celebrate these days from generation to generation.