Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 8:15:

• Kupsabiny: “Then Mordecai left the king’s home and went out. He had put on the clothes of leadership/royal clothes. He had a blue cloth and a white one, and he wore the purple cloth on top (outer garment) and it was very beautiful and cost a lot of money. He also wore a great/wonderful hat made of gold. When the people of that town of Susa saw like that, they were very happy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then Mordecai went out of the palace wearing the blue and white clothing of a king, a large gold crown, and a purple velvet upper garment. And there was much joy and happiness in the city of Susa.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Mordecai came-out of the palace wearing a blue and white kingly garment/clothes, and a purple linen outer garment. He has a huge golden crown on his head. The people were shouting gladly in the city of Susa because of the command.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “Then Mordecai went out from the presence of king Xerxes. He wore a blue and white robe of the king. And he wore a cloak on top of that of purple linen. And he wore a beautiful gold crown on his head. So the people along the roads in the town of Susa, clearly loudly and happily.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “Before Mordecai left the palace, he put on the blue and white robe and a large gold crown that the king had given him. He also put on a coat made of fine purple cloth. When the people in Susa heard the new law, they all shouted and cheered.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 9:30:

• Kupsabiny: “That information in which they were encouraged to stay in peace without getting quarrels was sent around to all the Jews in all one hundred and twenty seven areas which king Ahasuerus was ruling.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “So then Mordecai the Jew sent a letter of greeting with wishes of peace and security to all the Jews [living] in the 127 provinces of King Ahasuerus.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Mordecai sent this to 127 provinces which are under-the-jurisdiction of the kingdom of King Ahasuerus. It gave/brought peace and firmness/(security) to the Jews,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “That letter they sent to every Jew in the 127 countries in the area of Persia. It was a letter of greeting with a wish that they would have prosperity and health.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “What they wrote in the second letter was, ‘We wish that all of you will be living peacefully and safely/righteously. We want you and your descendants to celebrate Purim each year on the days that we two established, and to do the things that we two told you to do.’ In that letter, Queen Esther and Mordecai also gave them instructions about fasting/abstaining from eating food and being sorrowful. Then copies of that letter were sent to all the Jews who were living in the 127 provinces of the empire.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 1:13:

• Kupsabiny: “There were advisers who were trusted who had wisdom of the law and the way of life/customs of that country. When Vashti shamed the king, that king immediately asked the advisers what he should do, just like the way it is always done when a problem came up.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The great king got advice from experienced and knowledgeable people regarding what would be [the] right [thing] to do according to the customs and the law.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “(It is) already the custom of the king to ask for advice from the knowledgeable people/men who know the law and customs of the kingdom.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “Usually King Xerxes took counsel with people who were very wise in the laws. So he called and asked them what to do.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “Immediately he had a meeting with the seven men who were the most important officials in Persia and Media. They were the men whom he often asked for their advice/what he should do. And they were men who knew all the customs and laws of Persia. Their names were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 2:23:

• Kupsabiny: “After it was investigated and became known that those things that Mordecai said were true, those people were sentenced to death and strangled/killed. These things were written in a book before the king. This book showed all the things that happened in that empire.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Having taken this matter and examined it carefully everywhere, it was found to be true. then the king killed those two men by hanging them from pole. This whole matter was written in the history book in the presence of the king.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The king had- this -investigated. And when (it) was-proven that (it is) really true, he caused-to-hang Bigtana and Teresh on the tree. The king ordered that this event be-written-down in the book of the history of the kingdom.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “When the king learned this, he ordered them to prepare to investigate this matter. And the matter was found to be true. Then King Xerxes commanded them to tie the necks of these two men and hang them from a wooden post. And they wrote this down in a book where they customarily wrote keeping the deeds that the rulers had done.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “The king investigated and found out that Mordecai’s report was true. So the king ordered that those two men be hanged. When that was done, an official wrote a report/a report was written about it in a book called ‘The book that records what happened while Xerxes was king’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 4:17:

• Kupsabiny: “So Mordecai went and did as Esther told him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then Mordecai went and did as Esther had ordered.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So Mordecai went-out and he did everything that Ester had-said.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “Then Mordecai went and did all that Esther had told him.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “So after Hathach told this to Mordecai, Mordecai went and did what Esther told him to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 7:4:

• Kupsabiny: “King, (they/someone) have conspired against my people and myself being inside/inclusive, that we all be killed. If we would have been sold to become mere slaves, it would not be necessary to come and disturb you. But (people/someone) want to completely destroy us.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “For I and my people are about to be annihilated without even [their] name surviving. If all our men and women were only to be sold off as slaves, I would have remained silent. If it had only been this, I would not have troubled Your Honor.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “There is a price/reward that has-been-promised to anyone who would-kill/destroy us (excl.). If we (excl.) were- only -sold as slaves, I would not no-longer bother you (sing.) because it is not that important for you (sing.) in-order to disturbing you (sing.).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “I and my group they are looking to kill and completely destroy. Kif they wanted to sell into slavery, I would not trouble you about this matter. But now our group they are wanting to completely destroy in a moment."” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “It is as though I and my people are cattle that have been sold to be slaughtered. It is as though we have been sold to people who want to completely destroy us. If we had only been sold to people to become their male and female slaves, I would not say anything, because that would have been a matter too small to bother you, the king.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “They killed five hundred people in Susa’s guarded place (fortress) together with ten sons of Haman, that one who was an enemy of the Jews. Those sons were called Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha, Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha, Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai and Vaizatha. Although the Jews defeated their enemies, they did not plunder anything from them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Parmashta, Arisai, Aridal, and Vaizatha,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaysata.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “Parmashta, Arisai, Aridai, and Vaizatha.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “Then those people of work told king that, ‘Let girls who are beautiful whom no man has slept with them be sought.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Since it was like that, his courtiers who advise the great king gave him this advice, "Send out to seek beautiful young women, who are not yet married, for you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So his personal servants said to him, ‘Beloved King, why don’t you (sing.) search for a beautiful and young not-married-ladies?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “Then the wise men whom the king usually consulted said, "Why don’t you command them to go out and search for marriageable young women who are honorable/not profligate and beautiful to replace the queen?” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “So his personal servants said to him, ‘Your majesty, you should send some men to search throughout the empire for some beautiful young women/virgins for you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)