There was a Jew living in the fort of Susa. He was from the tribe of Benjamin. His name was Mordecai. He was the son of Jair. Jair was the son of Shimei. Shimei was the son of Kish.

书珊城有一个犹大人，名叫末底改，是便雅悯人基士的曾孙，示每的孙子，睚珥的儿子。

书珊城堡中有一个犹太人名叫末底改，是便雅悯人基士的曾孙，示每的孙子，睚珥的儿子。

书珊城堡中有一个犹太人名叫末底改，是便雅悯人基士的曾孙，示每的孙子，睚珥的儿子。

当时，书珊城中有个犹太人，名叫末底改，是便雅悯人基士的曾孙、示每的孙子、雅珥的儿子。

在书珊城里，有一个犹大人，名叫末底改，是便雅悯人基士的曾孙、示每的孙子、睚珥的儿子。

苏萨城堡中有一个犹太人名叫末迪凯；他是睚珥的儿子，睚珥是示每的儿子，示每是本雅明人基士的儿子。

書珊城有一個猶大人，名叫末底改，是便雅憫人基士的曾孫，示每的孫子，睚珥的兒子。

書珊城堡中有一個猶太人名叫末底改，是便雅憫人基士的曾孫，示每的孫子，睚珥的兒子。

書珊城堡中有一個猶太人名叫末底改，是便雅憫人基士的曾孫，示每的孫子，睚珥的兒子。

當時，書珊城中有個猶太人，名叫末底改，是便雅憫人基士的曾孫、示每的孫子、雅珥的兒子。

在書珊城裡，有一個猶大人，名叫末底改，是便雅憫人基士的曾孫、示每的孫子、睚珥的兒子。

在書珊宮堡裏有一個人是猶大人，名叫末底改，是便雅憫人基士的曾孫、示每的孫子、睚珥的兒子。

蘇薩城堡中有一個猶太人名叫末迪凱；他是睚珥的兒子，睚珥是示每的兒子，示每是便雅憫人基士的兒子。

書珊宮、有猶大人末底改者、乃便雅憫族、基士曾孫、示每孫、睚珥子也、

書山城有猶大人木底改者、即便雅憫族、基士曾孫、示每孫、睚耳子也。

書珊城有猶大人、名末底改、乃便雅憫支派、基士曾孫、示每孫、睚珥子、

Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish,

Now there was a Jew in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

At that time there was a Jewish man in the fortress of Susa whose name was Mordecai son of Jair. He was from the tribe of Benjamin and was a descendant of Kish and Shimei.

In the fortress of Susa, there was a Jewish man named Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite.

There was a Jew at the citadel in Susa whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

In Shushan the citadel there was a certain Jew whose name was Mordecai the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite.

There was a certain Jew in Shushan the palace, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

In the fortress of Susa, there was a Jewish man named Mordecai son of Jair, son of Shimei, son of Kish, a Benjaminite.

[ Now] in Shushan the palace there was a certain Jew, whose name[ was] Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite;

Now there happened to be a Jewish man in Susa the citadel whose name was Mordecai. He was the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjaminite,

There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa, whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,

On the third day Esther put on her royal robes. She stood in the inner courtyard of the palace. It was in front of the king’s hall. The king was sitting on his royal throne in the hall. He was facing the entrance.

He was ruling from his royal throne in the fort of Susa.

Appoint some officials in every territory in your kingdom. Have them bring all these beautiful young women into the fort of Susa. Put them in the special place where the virgins stay. Then put Hegai in charge of them. He’s the official who serves you. He’s in charge of the women. Let beauty care be given to the new group of women.

King David approached Bahurim. As he did, a man came out toward him. The man was from the same family group that Saul was from. His name was Shimei. He was the son of Gera. As he came out of the town, he cursed David.

There was a man named Kish from the tribe of Benjamin. Kish was a very important person. He was the son of Abiel, the son of Zeror. Zeror was the son of Bekorath, the son of Aphiah from the tribe of Benjamin.

All the royal officials at the palace gate got down on their knees. They gave honor to Haman. That’s because the king had commanded them to do it. But Mordecai refused to get down on his knees. He wouldn’t give Haman any honor at all.The royal officials at the palace gate asked Mordecai a question. They said,“ Why don’t you obey the king’s command?”Day after day they spoke to him. But he still refused to obey. So they told Haman about it. They wanted to see whether he would let Mordecai get away with what he was doing. Mordecai had told them he was a Jew.Haman noticed that Mordecai wouldn’t get down on his knees. He wouldn’t give Haman any honor. So Haman was very angry.But he had found out who Mordecai’s people were. So he didn’t want to kill only Mordecai. He also looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai’s people. They were Jews. He wanted to kill all of them everywhere in the kingdom of Xerxes.

The position of Mordecai the Jew was second only to the position of King Xerxes. Mordecai was the most important Jew. All the other Jews had the highest respect for him. That’s because he worked for the good of his people. And he spoke up for the benefit of all the Jews.