Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 1:6:

• Kupsabiny: “There at the courtyard was decorated with white and purple cloths. Those cloths were bound with tiny cords/threads which glittered and fixed to rings made out of silver. The silver rings were tied to pillars of very beautiful stone. Chairs like beds which were made of gold and others made of silver were set up. The floor of that that courtyard were covered with stones which were beautiful and built and put together. Some of those stones were red, others while, others blue and others black.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Blue and white cotton curtains had been hung in the garden. The curtains had been tied with purple cords to marble pillars with little silver rings. Sofas of silver and gold had been placed on a pavement decorated with rubies, marble, pearls and other precious stones.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The garden was-decorated with white and blue curtains fastened with purple linen, and were-hanged to the rings-like silver on marble pillars. The something-to-sit-on were made of gold and silver, and were-placed on the floor that has designs of crystal, marble, nakar, and some other expensive stones.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “In that grassy place they hung curtains of blue and white. They tied them with purple linen cords. The rings that attached them to the marble ole they made of silver. The couches they sat on to eat were made of silver and gold. They put the couches in a place where they had laid down shining stone of white and red and blue also.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “In the courtyard were beautiful blue and white curtains that were fastened by white and purple cords/ribbons to rings that were on pillars made from expensive white stone called marble. The guests sat on gold and silver couches. The couches were on a pavement/floor which had on top of it designs made from various kinds of expensive stones.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 4:10:

• Kupsabiny: “When Esther heard about those things, she again sent Hathach to go back and tell Mordecai that,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then Esther sent this message again by [way of] Hathach.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then Ester caused- Hatak -to-go-back to Mordecai and caused-to-say this:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “Then queen Esther told him to go and tell Mordecai:” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “Then Esther told Hathach to return to Mordecai and tell this to him:” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 6:11:

• Kupsabiny: “Then Haman got up and brought that cloth and brought the horse. He then dressed Mordecai in those clothes and made him climb on that horse and took him round the whole town while announcing that, ‘One does like this to/for a person whom the king has decided to honor.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Like that Haman honored him by clothing him. Then taking a horse and causing him to ride, he went in front of him from city square to city square proclaiming "Look, this is what is done for the person the king wishes to honor."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So Haman took the garment/clothes and the horse, and he clothed Mordecai and caused- him to-ride on the horse. Then he led- him -around city while he is-shouting, ‘This is is-done to the person whom the king is-pleased to honor.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “So Haman took the cloak and horse, and put the cloak on Mordecai. Then he let the horse and announced all over the town letting all the common people know: "Look here! Like this the king does to the person he wants to honor."” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “So Haman did what the king said. He got the robe and the horse. He put the robe on Mordecai, and as Mordecai sat on the horse, Haman led the horse through the city streets proclaiming ‘This is what the king does/is doing for the man whom the king wants to honor!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 9:2:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, the Jews gathered themselves in every city of all the provinces in that country. They gathered like that wanting/intending to defend themselves in case any people attacked them. But there was no single person who dared to attack the Jews, because they were much feared/respected.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “On that very day, in order to attack those who tried to exterminate them, the Jews living in all the cities and provinces of King Ahasuerus gathered in one place. No one was able to oppose them because, seeing the people of the other ethnic group they were afraid.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “For that day, the Jews gathered- -together in the places they were-dwelling, in all the provinces which are under-jurisdiction of King Ahasuerus, in-order to kill anyone who would-attack them. No one could-flight against them because all the people were afraid of them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “The Jews in every town throughout the country, they prepared to fight against every person who wanted to kill them. Ever place people feared the Jews, and no one dared to do anything bad against them.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “Throughout the empire, the Jews gathered together in their cities to attack those who wanted to get rid of them. No one could fight against the Jews, because all the other people in the areas where the Jews lived were afraid of them, so they did not want to help anyone who attacked the Jews.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 10:2:

• Kupsabiny: “All the great/amazing things which that king did were written in that book which narrates the works/deeds of the kings of Media and Persia. How Mordecai got a high rank/position and authority was also written down.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The king’s power, [his] great works and how Mordecai was chosen for such a high position, all those matters have been written in the book of the history of the kings of Media and Persia.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “All the mighty/great deeds of King Ahasuerus were-written in the Book of the History of the Kings of Media and Persia. (It) was- also -written here the whole story of Mordecai’s greatness, whom was-given by the king with a high position.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “All the great and good deeds that king Xerxes did, and all about his placing Mordecai in a position of authority, all these are written in the old book which has the deeds of the kings of Persia and Media.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “And all the great and powerful things that Xerxes did were written in the scroll called/entitled ‘The record of the things done by the kings of Media and Persia’. In this book were also written the things done by Mordecai, the man whom the king had greatly honored.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 1:17:

• Kupsabiny: “I am saying like that because when all other women of this land will come to know that Vashti has done such a word/thing, they will also begin to undermine/despise their husbands, saying to them, ‘How rude/cheeky, so the wife of the king refused to come in front, when her husband called her.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “All women will hear that the queen behaved like this and because of this they will not honor their husbands either. Then they will speak like this, ‘The great king Ahasuerus gave the order that Vashti be brought to him, but the queen did not agree to come.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “What Queen Basti did will- surely -be-known to all the women of the kingdom, and they indeed will-follow that; they will- also not -respect their husbands. For they will-reason-out that in-fact Queen Basti did- not -obey when the king summoned her to come to him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “If the women hear about what the queen has done, all the women will despise their husbands. They will say, ‘King Xerxes told them to bring Queen Vashti, but she didn’t come.’” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “All the women throughout the empire will hear what she has done, and they will say, ‘The king commanded Queen Vashti to come to him, and she refused.’ So they will not obey their husbands. Instead, they will begin to not respect their husbands.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “Those people used to talk to Mordecai everyday/always like that so that he might turn around and follow the word of the king, but he completely refused. Then those people reported Mordecai. They told Haman how Mordecai was acting so that they could see whether Haman would accept Mordecai’s words/excuse that he was a Jew so that he could not bow to/kneel to/worship any person/human.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “They would just question him like this day after day. But he paid no attention to their matter. They went to report this matter of Mordecai’s refusal to obey in order to learn whether Haman would tolerate it or not. For Mordecai had told them, "I am a Jew."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He answered that he was a Jew. Everyday his fellow officers convince him but he would never listen. So they told Haman about him so-that they will-know if Haman would just tolerate him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “Every day they came to bring him to obey the kings word, but he did not agree to do it. And he said: "I am a Jew. I cannot bow to Haman." So they went and told Hamand this thing, wanting to know whether Haman could bear or not Mordecai doing this.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “Mordecai told them that he was a Jew, and that Jews would bow down only to God. Day after day the other officials spoke to Mordecai about that, but he still refused to obey. So they told Haman about it, to see if Haman would tolerate it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)