King Xerxes required people all through his kingdom to bring gifts. King Xerxes required gifts from its farthest shores.

亚哈随鲁王使旱地和海岛的人民都进贡。

亚哈随鲁王向国中和海岛的人征税。

亚哈随鲁王向国中和海岛的人征税。

亚哈随鲁王使内陆和沿海的人民都进贡。

亚哈随鲁王使陆地和众海岛的居民都向他进贡。

亚哈随鲁王向陆地、众海岛的人征收赋税。

亞哈隨魯王使旱地和海島的人民都進貢。

亞哈隨魯王向國中和海島的人徵稅。

亞哈隨魯王向國中和海島的人徵稅。

亞哈隨魯王使內陸和沿海的人民都進貢。

亞哈隨魯王使陸地和眾海島的居民都向他進貢。

亞哈隨魯王使陸地和沿海地帶都向他進貢。

亞哈隨魯王向陸地、眾海島的人徵收賦稅。

亞哈隨魯王使平陸海島、咸納貢稅、

王使平陸海島居民、咸納貢稅。

亞哈隨魯王使平陸海島居民、入貢納稅、

King Xerxes imposed tribute throughout the empire, to its distant shores.

King Ahasuerus imposed tax on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

King Xerxes imposed a tribute throughout his empire, even to the distant coastlands.

King Ahasuerus imposed a tax throughout the land even to the farthest shores.

Now King Ahasuerus imposed a tax on the land and the coastlands of the sea.

And King Ahasuerus imposed tribute on the land and on the islands of the sea.

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

King Ahasuerus imposed a tax throughout the land even to the farthest shores.

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

King Ahasuerus then imposed forced labor on the land and on the coastlands of the sea.

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

So give glory to him, you who live in the east. Honor the name of the Lord, you who are in the islands of the sea. He is the God of Israel.

May the kings of Tarshish and of places far away bring him gifts. May the kings of Sheba and Seba give him presents.

In those days, Caesar Augustus made a law. It required that a list be made of everyone in the whole Roman world.

King Xerxes ruled over the 127 territories in his kingdom. They reached from India all the way to Cush. Here is what happened during the time Xerxes ruled over the whole Persian kingdom.

At that time the Lord will reach out his hand. He will gather his people a second time. He will bring back those who are left alive. He’ll bring them back from Assyria, Lower Egypt, Upper Egypt and Cush. He’ll bring them from Elam, Babylon and Hamath. He will also bring them from the islands of the Mediterranean Sea.

From these people came the families who lived near the Mediterranean Sea. Each tribe and nation then spread out into its own territory and had its own language.

Right away the king sent for the royal secretaries. It was the 23rd day of the third month. That was the month of Sivan. They wrote down all Mordecai’s orders to the Jews. They also wrote them to the royal officials, the governors and the nobles of the 127 territories in his kingdom. The territories reached from India all the way to Cush. The orders were written down in the writing of each territory. They were written in the language of each nation. They were also written to the Jews in their own writing and language.

Then he will turn his attention to the lands along the Mediterranean coast. He will take over many of them. But a commander will put an end to his proud actions. He will turn his pride back on him.