Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 4:9:
- Kupsabiny: “This letter comes from Rehum who is in charge of soldiers and Shimshai the secretary and our friends, the judges/councilors and other leaders/officials who came from Erech and Babylon, Elamites from Susa” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Rehum the governor and Shimshai district secretary, those who work with them or judges [lit.: justice doers"], all the officials who came from Susa of the country of Erech, Babylon and Elam and” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Rehum the governor and Shimshai the secretary also wrote to King Artaserkses against those from-Jerusalem. This is their letter:
‘Beloved King Artaserkses,
First of all we (excl.) greet you (sing.), we (excl.) your (sing.) servants here in the province west of Eufrates. Including the ones-who-give-greeting are our (excl.) fellow leaders/[lit. heads] and officials, the people of Tripolis, Persia, Erec, Babilonia, and the people of Susa in the land of Elam. Also sending-(their-)greetings are the people who were-driven-from their place by Osnapar, the famous and mighty king of Asiria. These people he caused-to-stay in the city of Samaria and in other places in the west of Eufrates.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - English: “They stated that the letter was from Rehum the high commissioner/governor and Shimshai the provincial secretary and from their associates, the judges, and other government officials, who were from Erech city, Babylon city, and Susa city in Elam district.” (Source: Translation for Translators)