Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 4:3:

• Kupsabiny: “But when that information of the king reached all the parts/areas, the Jews mourned greatly while crying and fasting. Many of them put on funeral clothes and rolled on ash.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The proclamation of the king’s order caused the Jews in all provinces to lament, weeping, fasting, and being sad at heart. Most of them put on sackcloth and lay down in ashes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The Jews on every province who have-heard the command of the king cried very loudly. They fasted and cried with wailing/lamenting. Many of them clothed (themselves) with a sack and laid on ashes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “In every town, when they heard the wore the king declared, the Jews all mourned and wept and fasted because of these things. Almost every person of them put on burlap and threw themselves down into the ashes also.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “In every province of the empire, when the letter from the king was read to the Jewish people, they cried and mourned. They fasted/abstained from eating food, and wailed loudly. Many of them also put on sackcloth and threw ashes on themselves and lay on the ground.” (Source: Translation for Translators)