¹King Ahasuerus laid a tribute on the land, and on the islands of the sea.

¹末底改的声誉

²All the acts of his power and of his might, and the full account of the greatness of Mordecai, to which the king advanced him, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?

²他所行有权能的事迹，以及末底改被尊为大的详细经过，不是都写在玛代和波斯王的史记上吗？

³For Mordecai the Jew was next to King Ahasuerus, and great among the Jews, and accepted by the multitude of his brothers, seeking the good of his people, and speaking peace to all his descendants.

³犹大人末底改的地位仅次于亚哈随鲁王，在犹大人中被尊为大，得民众同胞的爱戴；他为自己的族人求福祉，向他们说平安的话。