¹And the king Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor] laid a tribute upon the land, and [upon] the isles of the sea.

²And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordekhai [little man] , whereunto the king advanced him, [are] they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Madai [middle land] and Paras (Persia) [pure or splendid] ?

³For Mordekhai [little man] the Jew [was] next unto king Achashverosh [I will be silent and poor] , and great among the Y’hudim (Judeans) , and accepted of the multitude of his brethren, seeking the wealth of his people, and speaking peace to all his seed.