1. Truly, king Artaxerxes made all the land, and all the islands of the sea, tributaries.
2. And his strength and his authority, and the dignity and supremacy with which he exalted Mordecai, have been written in the books of the Medes and the Persians,
3. and how Mordecai of Jewish birth, was second after king Artaxerxes, and great among the Jews, and acceptable to the people of his brethren, seeking the good of his people, and speaking about things which pertained to peace for their descendents.
4. And Mordecai said, "By God have these things been done.
5. I remember a dream that I saw, which signified these same things, and nothing of this whatsoever has failed to occur.
6. The little fountain which grew into a river, and had turned into light and into the sun, and overflowed into many waters, is Esther, whom the king received as wife and whom he preferred to be queen.