Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 8:9:
- Kupsabiny: “On the twenty third day of the third month, the king’s secretaries were called/summoned to come and write letters to the Jews. Those letters, too, were to reach/to be sent also to the leaders who were near the king, and the rulers of one hundred twenty seven provinces/areas. It was again said that there should also be written to the leaders of every community in that country from the border of the country of India to the one (country) of Cush. There was written to the Jews in their language and written to every community in their various languages according to how Mordecai had said.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On the 23rd day of the third month, Sivan, the king called all the secretaries. According to the command given by Mordecai to the Jews, a letter was written to the officials and courtiers of 127 provinces from India to the land of Cush. each in their own language.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So on the 23th day of the third month, which is the month of Sivan, the king’s secretaries were-summoned. They wrote-down everything Mordecai that dictated to them. The letter is for the Jews, governors, leaders/[lit. heads], and officers of the 127 provinces from India to Etiopia. This was-written in each languages of the throughout the whole kingdom, including the language of the Jews.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru: “That day was the twenty third day of the third month (the month of Savan). Mordecai called together the group of people who usually wrote papers for the king, then he told them to write a paper for him. He wanted to send it to the Jewish people and to all the leaders, important people and chiefs in all the one hundred twenty seven countries from India to Ethiopia. They wrote following all the writing systems and every language spoken in that country. And they wrote to the Jewish people in their own language.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- English: “Then the king summoned his secretaries, on June 25th, and Mordecai told them to write letters to the Jews and to all the governors and other officials in all of the 127 provinces, which extended from India in the east to Ethiopia in the west. They wrote these letters in all the languages that the people in each area spoke. They also wrote letters to the Jewish people, in their language.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
