| ʻEzera 2:2 | Ka poʻe i hiki maila me Zerubabela; Iesua, Nehemia, Seraia, Reʻelaia, Moredekai, Bilesana, Misepara, Bigevai, Rehuma, Baʻana. ʻO ka helu ʻana kēia o nā kānaka o ka ʻIseraʻela: | in company with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Seraiah, Reelaiah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvai, Rehum and Baanah): The list of the men of the people of Israel: |
| Neh 7:7 | Ka poʻe i hiki maila me Zerubabela, Iesua, Nehemia, ʻAzaria, Raʻamia, Nahamani, Moredekai, Bilesana, Misepereta, Bigevai, Nehuma, Baʻana. ʻO ka helu ʻana kēia o nā kānaka o ka ʻIseraʻela; | in company with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Azariah, Raamiah, Nahamani, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispereth, Bigvai, Nehum and Baanah): The list of the men of Israel: |
| ʻEset 2:5 | Ma Susana ka pā kaua kekahi Iudaio, ʻo Moredekai kona inoa, he keiki ia na Iaira, ke keiki a Simei, ke keiki a Kisa, he Beniamina; | 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, |
| ʻEset 2:7 | Nāna nō i hānai iā Hadasa, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo ʻEsetera, ke kaikamahine a kekahi makua kāne ona. No ka mea, ʻaʻole o ʻEsetera makua kāne, ʻaʻole ona makuahine; ua maikaʻi ka helehelena o ua kaikamahine lā, ua nani hoʻi; a make kona makua kāne a me kona makuahine, lawe ʻo Moredekai iā ia i kaikamahine nāna. | Mordecai had a cousin named Hadassah, whom he had brought up because she had neither father nor mother. This girl, who was also known as Esther, was lovely in form and features, and Mordecai had taken her as his own daughter when her father and mother died. |
| ʻEset 2:10 | ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻo ʻEsetera i kona lāhui kanaka, a me kona hanauna; no ka mea, ua kauoha mai ʻo Moredekai iā ia, ʻaʻole e hōʻike. | Esther had not revealed her nationality and family background, because Mordecai had forbidden her to do so. |
| ʻEset 2:11 | A holoholo aʻela ʻo Moredekai i kēlā lā i kēia lā, ma ke kahua o ka hale o nā wāhine, i ʻike ia i ko Esetera noho ʻana, a me ka mea e hana ʻia mai iā ia. | Every day he walked back and forth near the courtyard of the harem to find out how Esther was and what was happening to her. |
| ʻEset 2:15 | A hiki i ka manawa pono e komo aku ai i ke aliʻi lā, ʻo ʻEsetera, ke kaikamahine a ʻAbihaila, he makua kāne no Moredekai, ka mea i lawe iā ia i kaikamahine nāna, ʻaʻole i makemake ʻo ʻEsetera i kekahi mea ʻē aʻe, i nā mea wale nō a Hegai i ʻōlelo ai, ka luna o ke aliʻi, ka mea mālama i nā wāhine. Loaʻa nō iā ʻEsetera ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia mai e ka poʻe a pau i ʻike iā ia. | When the turn came for Esther (the girl Mordecai had adopted, the daughter of his uncle Abihail) to go to the king, she asked for nothing other than what Hegai, the king's eunuch who was in charge of the harem, suggested. And Esther won the favor of everyone who saw her. |
| ʻEset 2:19 | A i ka lua o ka hoʻākoakoa ʻana mai o nā wāhine puʻupaʻa, e noho ana nō ʻo Moredekai ma ka puka pā o ke aliʻi. | When the virgins were assembled a second time, Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate. |
| ʻEset 2:20 | ʻAʻole i hōʻike ʻo ʻEsetera i kona hanauna, a me kona lāhui kanaka, e like me kā Moredekai i kauoha aku ai iā ia; no ka mea, mālama nō ʻo ʻEsetera i ke kauoha a Moredekai, e like me kona manawa i mālama ʻia ai e ia. | But Esther had kept secret her family background and nationality just as Mordecai had told her to do, for she continued to follow Mordecai's instructions as she had done when he was bringing her up. |
| ʻEset 2:21 | Ia manawa, i ko Moredekai noho ʻana ma ka puka pā o ke aliʻi, huhū akula nā luna ʻelua o ke aliʻi, ʻo Bigetana, a me Teresa, nā mea kiaʻi puka, a ʻimi ihola lāua i wahi e hiki ai e kau ka lima ma luna o ke aliʻi ʻo ʻAhasuero. | During the time Mordecai was sitting at the king's gate, Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's officers who guarded the doorway, became angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes. |
| ʻEset 2:22 | A ua ʻike ʻia ia mea e Moredekai, a nāna nō i haʻi aku iā ʻEsetera, i ke aliʻi wahine; a haʻi aku ʻo ʻEsetera i ke aliʻi, ma ka inoa ʻo Moredekai. | But Mordecai found out about the plot and told Queen Esther, who in turn reported it to the king, giving credit to Mordecai. |
| ʻEset 3:2 | A ʻo nā kānaka a pau o ke aliʻi ma ka puka pā o ke aliʻi, kukuli nō lākou a moe i lalo i mua o Hamana, no ka mea, pēlā kā ke aliʻi kauoha nona. ʻAʻole naʻe i kukuli iho ʻo Moredekai, ʻaʻole i moe i lalo. | All the royal officials at the king's gate knelt down and paid honor to Haman, for the king had commanded this concerning him. But Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor. |
| ʻEset 3:3 | A laila, ʻōlelo akula nā kānaka o ke aliʻi, ka poʻe ma ka puka pā o ke aliʻi, iā Moredekai, No ke aha lā ʻoe e hoʻohala nei i ke kauoha a ke aliʻi? | Then the royal officials at the king's gate asked Mordecai, "Why do you disobey the king's command?" |
| ʻEset 3:4 | ʻŌlelo aku nō lākou iā ia i kēlā lā i kēia lā, ʻaʻole naʻe ia i hoʻolohe mai i ko lākou, a laila, haʻi akula lākou iā Hamana, i ʻike lākou i ke kūpono ʻana o nā mea a Moredekai, a me ka ʻole; no ka mea, ua haʻi mai ʻo ia iā lākou he Iudaio ia. | Day after day they spoke to him but he refused to comply. Therefore they told Haman about it to see whether Mordecai's behavior would be tolerated, for he had told them he was a Jew. |
| ʻEset 3:5 | A ʻike akula ʻo Hamana, ʻaʻole i kukuli ʻo Moredekai, ʻaʻole hoʻi i moe i mua ona, a laila piha ihola ʻo Hamana i ka huhū. | When Haman saw that Mordecai would not kneel down or pay him honor, he was enraged. |
| ʻEset 3:6 | He mea e hoʻowahāwahā ʻia i kona manaʻo ke kau ka lima ma luna o Moredekai wale nō; no ka mea, ua hōʻike lākou iā ia i ko Moredekai lāhui kanaka. No laila i ʻimi ai ʻo Hamana e luku i nā Iudaio a pau, ma ke aupuni a pau o ʻAhasuero, i ka lāhui kanaka hoʻi o Moredekai. | Yet having learned who Mordecai's people were, he scorned the idea of killing only Mordecai. Instead Haman looked for a way to destroy all Mordecai's people, the Jews, throughout the whole kingdom of Xerxes. |
| ʻEset 4:1 | A ʻike aʻela ʻo Moredekai i nā mea a pau i hana ʻia ai, a laila, haehae ihola ia i kona ʻaʻahu, a komo ia i ke kapa ʻinoʻino, a me ka lehu, a puka akula i waho i waena o ke kūlanakauhale, a uē ihola, he uē nui ʻehaʻeha loa. | When Mordecai learned of all that had been done, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the city, wailing loudly and bitterly. |
| ʻEset 4:4 | A hele akula nā wāhine a me nā luna o ʻEsetera, a haʻi akula iā ia. A laila, ʻehaʻeha loa ke aliʻi wahine, a hoʻouna aʻela ia i ka ʻaʻahu e hōʻaʻahu ai iā Moredekai, a e lawe aku hoʻi i kona kapa ʻinoʻino. ʻAʻole naʻe ia i lawe ia mea. | When Esther's maids and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, she was in great distress. She sent clothes for him to put on instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them. |
| ʻEset 4:5 | A laila, hea aʻela ʻo ʻEsetera iā Hataka, i kekahi luna o ke aliʻi, āna i hoʻonoho ai ma ko ia lā alo, a kauoha aʻela iā ia no Moredekai, i ʻike ʻo ia ia mea, a me ke kumu o ia mea. | Then Esther summoned Hathach, one of the king's eunuchs assigned to attend her, and ordered him to find out what was troubling Mordecai and why. |
| ʻEset 4:6 | A laila, hele akula ʻo Hataka iā Moredekai, ma ke alanui o ke kūlanakauhale, ma ke alo o ka puka pā o ke aliʻi. | So Hathach went out to Mordecai in the open square of the city in front of the king's gate. |
| ʻEset 4:7 | Haʻi maila ʻo Moredekai i nā mea a pau i loʻohia mai ai ʻo ia, a me ke kālā a Hamana i ʻōlelo ai e hāʻawi ma loko o nā waihona kālā o ke aliʻi, no nā Iudaio, e luku ai iā lākou. | Mordecai told him everything that had happened to him, including the exact amount of money Haman had promised to pay into the royal treasury for the destruction of the Jews. |
| ʻEset 4:9 | Hoʻi maila ʻo Hataka, a haʻi aʻela iā ʻEsetera i nā ʻōlelo a Moredekai. | Hathach went back and reported to Esther what Mordecai had said. |
| ʻEset 4:10 | ʻŌlelo hou aʻela ʻo ʻEsetera iā Hataka, a ma o nā lā ʻo ia i kauoha ai iā Moredekai; | Then she instructed him to say to Mordecai, |
| ʻEset 4:12 | Haʻi maila lākou iā Moredekai i nā ʻōlelo a ʻEsetera. | When Esther's words were reported to Mordecai, |
| ʻEset 4:13 | A laila, kauoha aʻela ʻo Moredekai, e ʻōlelo aku iā ʻEsetera, Mai manaʻo ʻoe i loko o kou naʻau, e pakele ʻoe i loko o ka hale o ke aliʻi, a e ʻole nā Iudaio ʻē a pau. | he sent back this answer: "Do not think that because you are in the king's house you alone of all the Jews will escape. |
| ʻEset 4:15 | A laila, kauoha aʻela ʻo ʻEsetera, e ʻōlelo aku lākou iā Moredekai, | Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai: |
| ʻEset 4:17 | A laila, hele akula ʻo Moredekai, a hana ihola e like me nā mea a pau a ʻEsetera i kauoha mai ai iā ia. | So Mordecai went away and carried out all of Esther's instructions. |
| ʻEset 5:9 | Puka akula ʻo Hamana i waho ia lā, me ka ʻoliʻoli, a me ka naʻau māmā. A ʻike aʻela ʻo ia iā Moredekai ma ka puka pā o ke aliʻi, ʻaʻole i kū i luna, ʻaʻole i neʻeneʻe aku nona, piha loa ihola ia i ka ukiuki iā Moredekai. | Haman went out that day happy and in high spirits. But when he saw Mordecai at the king's gate and observed that he neither rose nor showed fear in his presence, he was filled with rage against Mordecai. |
| ʻEset 5:13 | Akā, he mea ʻole iaʻu kēia mau mea a pau, iaʻu e ʻike aku ai iā Moredekai ka Iudaio, e noho ana ma ka puka pā o ke aliʻi. | But all this gives me no satisfaction as long as I see that Jew Mordecai sitting at the king's gate." |
| ʻEset 5:14 | A laila, ʻōlelo maila iā ia ʻo Zeresa kāna wahine, a me kona poʻe makamaka a pau, E hana ʻia he ʻolokeʻa, i kanalima kūbita ke kiʻekiʻe; a ʻapōpō, e ʻōlelo aku ʻoe i ke aliʻi, i lī ʻia ʻo Moredekai ma luna o laila. A laila, e hele ʻoliʻoli ʻoe i ka ʻaha inu me ke aliʻi. Ua maikaʻi ia i ka manaʻo o Hamana, a hana ihola ʻo ia i ke ʻolokeʻa. | His wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows built, seventy-five feet high, and ask the king in the morning to have Mordecai hanged on it. Then go with the king to the dinner and be happy." This suggestion delighted Haman, and he had the gallows built. |
| ʻEset 6:2 | A loaʻa ihola ka palapala o ko Moredekai haʻi ʻana no Bigetana, a me Teresa, nā luna ʻelua o ke aliʻi i kiaʻi ai i ka puka, a ʻimi i wahi e hiki ai, ke kau i ka lima ma luna o ke aliʻi ʻo ʻAhasuero. | It was found recorded there that Mordecai had exposed Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's officers who guarded the doorway, who had conspired to assassinate King Xerxes. |
| ʻEset 6:3 | Nīnau aʻe ke aliʻi, He aha ka mea maikaʻi, a me ka mea nui i hana ʻia ai iā Moredekai, no kēia mea? ʻĪ akula nā kauā a ke aliʻi i ka poʻe i lawelawe nāna, ʻAʻohe mea i hana ʻia nona. | "What honor and recognition has Mordecai received for this?" the king asked. "Nothing has been done for him," his attendants answered. |
| ʻEset 6:4 | Nīnau aʻela ke aliʻi, ʻO wai lā ma ka pā hale? Ua hiki mai ʻo Hamana ma ka pā hale ma waho o ka hale o ke aliʻi e ʻōlelo i ke aliʻi, e lī ʻia ʻo Moredekai ma ke ʻolokeʻa āna i hoʻomākaukau ai nona. | The king said, "Who is in the court?" Now Haman had just entered the outer court of the palace to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows he had erected for him. |
| ʻEset 6:10 | A laila, ʻōlelo maila ke aliʻi iā Hamana, E wikiwiki ʻoe, e lawe i ka lole, a me ka lio, me aʻu i ʻōlelo ai, a e hana aku ʻoe pēlā iā Moredekai, i ka Iudaio, ka mea e noho lā ma ka puka pā o ke aliʻi. Mai hoʻohāʻule i kekahi o nā mea a pau āu i ʻōlelo mai nei. | "Go at once," the king commanded Haman. "Get the robe and the horse and do just as you have suggested for Mordecai the Jew, who sits at the king's gate. Do not neglect anything you have recommended." |
| ʻEset 6:11 | A laila, lawe ʻo Hamana i ka lole a me ka lio, a hōʻaʻahu ihola iā Moredekai, a hoʻoholo aʻela iā ia ma luna o ka lio, ma ke alanui o ke kūlanakauhale, a kala akula i mua ona, Pēlā nō e hana ʻia mai ai i ke kanaka a ke aliʻi e makemake ai e hoʻohanohano. | So Haman got the robe and the horse. He robed Mordecai, and led him on horseback through the city streets, proclaiming before him, "This is what is done for the man the king delights to honor!" |
| ʻEset 6:12 | Hele hou akula ʻo Moredekai i ka puka pā o ke aliʻi; akā, ʻo Hamana, wikiwiki aʻela ia i kona hale, me ke kaniʻuhū, a ua pūloʻu ʻia kona poʻo. | Afterward Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief, |
| ʻEset 6:13 | Haʻi akula ʻo Hamana i kāna wahine iā Zeresa, a i kona poʻe makamaka a pau i nā mea a pau i loaʻa ai iā ia. A laila, ʻōlelo maila iā ia kona poʻe kānaka akamai, a me kāna wahine ʻo Zeresa, Inā no ka hanauna Iudaio ʻo ua Moredekai lā, a ua hāʻule ʻoe i mua ona i kēia wā, ʻaʻole nō ʻoe e lanakila ma luna ona, akā, e ʻoiaʻiʻo nō, e hāʻule nō ʻoe i mua ona. | and told Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. His advisers and his wife Zeresh said to him, "Since Mordecai, before whom your downfall has started, is of Jewish origin, you cannot stand against him--you will surely come to ruin!" |
| ʻEset 7:9 | A ʻōlelo mai nō hoʻi ʻo Harebona, kekahi o nā luna i mua o ke aliʻi, Aia hoʻi ke ʻolokeʻa, he kanalima kūbita ke kiʻekiʻe, ka mea a Hamana i hana ai no Moredekai, ka mea i ʻōlelo i ka maikaʻi no ke aliʻi, ke kū lā nō ma loko o ka hale o Hamana. A laila, ʻī maila ke aliʻi, E lī ʻia ʻo ia nei ma luna o laila. | Then Harbona, one of the eunuchs attending the king, said, "A gallows seventy-five feet high stands by Haman's house. He had it made for Mordecai, who spoke up to help the king." The king said, "Hang him on it!" |
| ʻEset 7:10 | A lī lākou iā Hamana ma ke ʻolokeʻa āna i hoʻomākaukau ai no Moredekai. A laila, ua pau ka huhū o ke aliʻi. | So they hanged Haman on the gallows he had prepared for Mordecai. Then the king's fury subsided. |
| ʻEset 8:1 | Ia lā, hāʻawi aʻela ke aliʻi ʻo ʻAhasuero i ko ka hale o Hamana ka ʻenemi o nā Iudaio no ʻEsetera, ke aliʻi wahine. A hele aku ʻo Moredekai i mua i ke alo o ke aliʻi, no ka mea, ua haʻi aku ʻo Esetera i kona wahi i pili ai iā ia. | That same day King Xerxes gave Queen Esther the estate of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. And Mordecai came into the presence of the king, for Esther had told how he was related to her. |
| ʻEset 8:2 | A wehe aʻela ke aliʻi i kona komo lima, ka mea āna i lawe ai mai Hamana aku, a hāʻawi ihola ʻo ia iā Moredekai. A hoʻonoho akula ʻo ʻEsetera iā Moredekai ma luna o ka hale o Hamana. | The king took off his signet ring, which he had reclaimed from Haman, and presented it to Mordecai. And Esther appointed him over Haman's estate. |
| ʻEset 8:7 | A laila, ʻōlelo maila ke aliʻi ʻo ʻAhasuero iā ʻEsetera, i ke aliʻi wahine, a iā Moredekai, i ka Iudaio, Aia hoʻi, ua hāʻawi aku au i ka hale o Hamana no ʻEsetera, a ua lī lākou iā ia ma luna o ke ʻolokeʻa, no ka mea, kau nō ʻo ia i kona lima ma luna o nā Iudaio. | King Xerxes replied to Queen Esther and to Mordecai the Jew, "Because Haman attacked the Jews, I have given his estate to Esther, and they have hanged him on the gallows. |
| ʻEset 8:9 | Ia manawa, i ke kolu o ka malama, ʻo ia hoʻi ka malama ʻo Sivana, i ka iwakāluakumamākolu o ka lā, kiʻina ka poʻe kākau ʻōlelo a ke aliʻi; a e like me nā mea a pau a Moredekai i kauoha ai, pēlā nō i palapala ʻia aku ai i nā Iudaio, a me nā kiaʻāina, a me nā aliʻi ʻai moku, a me nā aliʻi o nā ʻāina, mai ʻĪnia mai a ʻAitiopia, hoʻokahi haneri me ka iwakāluakumamāhiku ʻāina, i kēlā ʻāina i kēia ʻāina, e like me kā kāna palapala iho, i kēlā lāhui kanaka i kēia lāhui kanaka, ma kā lākou ʻōlelo, a i nā Iudaio, e like me kā lākou palapala ʻana, a ma kā lākou ʻōlelo ponoʻī. | At once the royal secretaries were summoned--on the twenty-third day of the third month, the month of Sivan. They wrote out all Mordecai's orders to the Jews, and to the satraps, governors and nobles of the 127 provinces stretching from India to Cush. These orders were written in the script of each province and the language of each people and also to the Jews in their own script and language. |
| ʻEset 8:15 | A hele akula ʻo Moredekai, mai ke alo aku o ke aliʻi, me ka ʻaʻahu poni uliuli, a me ke keʻokeʻo, a me ka lei aliʻi gula nui, a me ka lole hoʻoluʻeluʻe keʻokeʻo, a me ka poni. ʻOliʻoli ihola ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Susana, a hauʻoli aʻela. | Mordecai left the king's presence wearing royal garments of blue and white, a large crown of gold and a purple robe of fine linen. And the city of Susa held a joyous celebration. |
| ʻEset 9:3 | A ʻo nā aliʻi a pau o nā ʻāina, a me nā kiaʻāina, a me nā aliʻi ʻai moku, a me nā mea hana i ka hana a ke aliʻi, kōkua nō lākou i nā Iudaio; no ka mea, kau aʻela ka makaʻu iā Moredekai ma luna o lākou. | And all the nobles of the provinces, the satraps, the governors and the king's administrators helped the Jews, because fear of Mordecai had seized them. |
| ʻEset 9:4 | No ka mea, ua kiʻekiʻe ʻo Moredekai ma loko o ka hale o ke aliʻi, a kaulana akula ia ma nā ʻāina a pau. No ka mea, ʻo ua kanaka lā ʻo Moredekai hoʻi, nui ka māhuahua ʻana o kona kiʻekiʻe. | Mordecai was prominent in the palace; his reputation spread throughout the provinces, and he became more and more powerful. |
| ʻEset 9:20 | Kākau ihola ʻo Moredekai i kēia mau mea, a hoʻouna aʻela i nā palapala i nā Iudaio a pau, ma nā ʻāina a pau o ke aliʻi, ʻo ʻAhasuero, ma kahi kokoke, a ma kahi lōʻihi aku, | Mordecai recorded these events, and he sent letters to all the Jews throughout the provinces of King Xerxes, near and far, |
| ʻEset 9:23 | Hoʻāʻo nā Iudaio e hana e like me kā lākou i hoʻomaka ai, a e like hoʻi me kā Moredekai i palapala aku ai iā lākou. | So the Jews agreed to continue the celebration they had begun, doing what Mordecai had written to them. |
| ʻEset 9:29 | A laila, ʻo ʻEsetera, ke aliʻi wahine, ke kaikamahine a ʻAbihaila, a me Moredekai, ka Iudaio, palapala ikaika aku lāua e hoʻopaʻa i kēia palapala lua o ka Purima. | So Queen Esther, daughter of Abihail, along with Mordecai the Jew, wrote with full authority to confirm this second letter concerning Purim. |
| ʻEset 9:31 | E hoʻopaʻa ia mau lā Purima, i ko lākou manawa pono e like me kā Moredekai, kā ka Iudaio, a me kā ʻEsetera, kā ke aliʻi wahine i kauoha ai iā lākou, a e like hoʻi me kā lākou i hoʻoholo ai no lākou iho, a no nā keiki me nā mamo a lākou, i nā mea hoʻi o ka hoʻokē ʻai ʻana, a me ka uē ʻana. | to establish these days of Purim at their designated times, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther had decreed for them, and as they had established for themselves and their descendants in regard to their times of fasting and lamentation. |
| ʻEset 10:2 | A ʻo nā mea a kona mana a me kona ikaika i hana ai, a me ka haʻi ʻana i ke kiʻekiʻe o Moredekai, kahi i hoʻokiʻekiʻe ai ke aliʻi iā ia, ʻaʻole anei ia i kākau ʻia i loko o ka buke ʻoihana a nā aliʻi o Media a me Peresia? | And all his acts of power and might, together with a full account of the greatness of Mordecai to which the king had raised him, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Media and Persia? |
| ʻEset 10:3 | No ka mea, ʻo Moredekai, ʻo ka Iudaio, ʻo ia ka mea pili koke i ke aliʻi, iā ʻAhasuero, a kiʻekiʻe nō hoʻi ia i waena o nā Iudaio, a ua makemake ʻia e ka lehulehu o kona poʻe hoahānau; a ʻimi ia i mea e waiwai ai kona lāhui kanaka, e ʻōlelo lokomaikaʻi ana i kona poʻe hanauna a pau. | Mordecai the Jew was second in rank to King Xerxes, preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews. |