Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 3:3:
- Kupsabiny: “When the people who were working with Mordecai saw like that, they asked Mordecai, ‘Why do undermine/despise the thing that the king says?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “One day the chief of the royal palace asked Mordecai, "Why do you not obey the king’s order?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He was-asked by the other officers asked why he was- not – obeying the king’s command.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru: “So the other officials came and asked Mordecai: "Why do you not obey what the king told?"” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- English: “The other officials saw that, and they asked Mordecai, ‘Why do you disobey what the king commanded?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
