complete verse (Esther 9:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 9:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “While they were starting the war in Susa, there were also other Jews in the other provinces who were also eating/fighting their war/battle defending themselves. They also killed seventy five thousand enemies and did not take/plunder anything at all from those people. Then Jews got rest/relaxed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The Jews who still remained in the king’s province at this time had gathered together in one place to deliver themselves from their enemies. They killed 75,000 people. From there also they took no plunder.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In the previous day, the Jews who were in the different parts of the kingdom gathered-together in-order to defend and save themselves from their enemies. They have-killed 75,000 men, but they did- not -take-away the properties of their enemies. The next day, on the 14th day, they rested and celebrated a feast with joy/gladness.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru: “But the Jews in other places, they gathered together to block and save their own group. They killed their enemies 75,000 people. But they did not confiscate the possessions of those people.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • English: “That happened on March 8th. On the following day, the Jews in Susa rested and celebrated. In all the other provinces, the Jewish people gathered together to defend themselves, and they killed 75,000 people who hated them, but again they did not take the things that belonged to the people whom they killed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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