complete verse (Esther 2:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 2:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then the day of Esther reached to go to the bedroom of the king. The slave Hegai who was in charge the women’s house had beforehand advised/instructed Esther. Esther followed the words/advice of Hegai. That girl dressed very well so that everyone admired her. It was the tenth month in the seventh year while king Ahasuerus was ruling when those things happened.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When it was the tenth month, [the month called] Tebeth, of the seventh year of the reign of Ahasuerus, Esther was taken to the place where the great king stayed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In the tenth month, which was the month of Tebet, on the seventh year of Ahasuerus’s reign, Ester’s turn to go to the king there in the palace came/arrived. Ester followed what had-been-adviced to her by Hegay, the king’s officer who was-in-charged to take-care of the women in the palace. What Hegay had-said to her that she would-wear to go to the king was what only she wore. All who saw her praised her.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru: “In the tenth month (the month Tebeth), on the seventh year of King Xerxes’ reign, they took Esther to meet King Xerxes in his rooms.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • English: “Everyone who saw Esther liked her. After King Xerxes had been ruling for seven years, it was Esther’s turn to go to him. When they took her to the king, it was during the middle part of the winter. She wore only the things that Hegai suggested.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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