Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 4:2:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, he went towards the home of the king, but ended at palace gate, because nobody was allowed to enter that home while wearing funeral clothes.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He [only] went up to the main gate of the royal palace, because no one who was wearing sackcloth was allowed to enter the palace.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But he was only up to the outside of the entrance/gate of the palace for no one is allowed to enter the palace wearing/clothing a sack.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “He went up to the gate in the wall of the place where the king lived. But he couldn’t go into the inside of the wall, because a person who is wearing mourning clothes cannot enter the place where the king lives.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “He stood outside the gate of the palace, because no one who was wearing sackcloth was allowed to enter the palace.” (Source: Translation for Translators)