Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 4:16:

• Kupsabiny: “‘Go and collect all the Jews who are in Susa and tell every person not to eat any food or drink anything even a little in three days for my sake. I will also do the same together with the girls who work for me. Then, even though it is not acceptable in the law of this country for a person to go to the home of the king, I this girl will tie the stomach/dare and go to talk to the king. Even if it is death, let me die.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Go to Susa and gather together all the Jews to observe a fast for me. Do not eat any food or drink any water for three days and three nights. My maid servants and I will also fast like you do. Then, even though it is contrary to the law, I will go to the king. Doing this, even if I must die, I will die. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] go, and gather all the Jews here in Susa and you (plur.) fast for me. [You (plur.)] do- not -eat or drink night-(and)day, for a period/[lit. inside] of three days. I and my female servants will- also -fast. Afterwards I will-go to the king even though it is against the law. It-does-not-matter if I will-be-killed.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “You gather all the Jews in Susa. All of you fast and pray to God to help me. Don’t eat and don’t drink anything for three days and nights. I and all of my slaves will do the same as you. After that I will go in to meet the king, whether or not I break the law. If I must die because of that action, I agree.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “‘Gather together all the Jews here in Susa, and tell them to fast/abstain from food for my sake. Tell them to not eat or drink anything for three days and nights. My maids and I will also fast. Then, I will go to talk to the king. Even if I am executed/they execute me for disobeying the law by seeing him when he does not hold out the scepter/staff toward me, I am willing for that to happen’.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 7:3:

• Kupsabiny: “Esther replied, ‘King, if you really love me and you have accepted to listen to what I am going to ask/request, then it is good. Therefore, I am begging/requesting you that you save my life and that of my people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Queen Esther replied, "If you, Your Honor, would have compassion on me and if you would give [your] consent to my request, Oh Great King, protect me and the lives of my [lit. our] people."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Queen Ester answered, ‘If (it is) true that you (sing.) are nice to me and you (sing.) are-pleased with me, Beloved King, save me and my fellowmen. This is what I ask of you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “Then queen Esther answered: "O king, if you are please and will give the thing I ask, I want to have this: let me and all of my people have their lives.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “Esther replied, ‘O king, if you are pleased with me, and if you are willing to do what I ask, save me, and save my people. That is what I want you to do for me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 9:8:

• 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: “Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Porata, Adalia, Aridata,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “The names of the ten sons were these: Parshandatha, Dalphon, Aspatha,” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “Poratha, Adalia, Aridatha,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 2:1:

• Kupsabiny: “But after the bitterness of that king got finished, he thought of the offence his wife had done to him and the thing that had been passed to be done to (her).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “After his anger had subsided, the great king was remembering Queen Vashti and the order he had written in response to her rebellion.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Sometime later, when King Ahasuerus had-recovered from his anger, he remembered Basti and what she had-done. He also remembered the decree that he had-made against Basti.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “After that, and when the kings anger had subsided, but he still remembered the thing Queen Vashti had done. And he thought about what he had written against her.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “After a while, King Xerxes quit being so angry. He thought about Vashti, and he thought about the law he had made because of what she had done, and he wanted another wife.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 3:10:

• Kupsabiny: “When the king heard those words, he removed his ring which had his name and was used for stamping letters. He gave (it) to Haman who was the enemy of the Jews.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then the king took the ring off his finger and gave it to Haman, son of Hammedatha [who was] against the Jews.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Then the king took his ring for marking/signing and gave (it) to Haman the enemy of the Jews, the child of Hamedata the Agagnon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “The the king took off the ring from him finger and gave it to Haman the sone of Hammedatha, of the clan of Agag, who hated the Jews. That ring he used to stamp making a sign of the authority of the king.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “The king liked what Haman said, so, and to confirm what he decided, he gave the ring that had his official seal on it to Haman, who now hated the Jews.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 5:10:

• Kupsabiny: “Although that thing pained Haman, he swallowed (it) and went home. But when he arrived home, he called his friends to come and stay together with him and also told his wife Zeresh to come.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “But, controlling himself, he went home.
  After that he sent to summon his friends and his wife Zeresh,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “But he just controlled himself and went-home.
  When- he -arrived home/[lit. to them], he called for his wife Zeresh and his friends.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “But he kept this anger inside, and he walked back to his house. Then he invited his friends to come to his house, and he asked his wife, Zerech, to come to meet with his friends also.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “However, he did not show that he was angry; he just went home. Then he gathered together his wife Zeresh and his friends,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 8:4:

• Kupsabiny: “While Esther was still pleading, the king stretched out (his) hand in which he held his stick of rulership/royal rod” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then the king raised the tip of the golden scepter towards Esther. So she stood up, went before the king and sat down.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The king stretched-out/extended his golden cane-like toward Ester. Then Ester stood-up before/[lit. in front of] the king and said,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “The king held out his golden rod to her, so queen Esther stood up.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “The king held out his gold scepter/staff toward Esther, so Esther arose and stood in front of him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 9:19:

• Kupsabiny: “So, since that time to now, the Jews who live in villages still rest on the fourteenth day in the twelfth month and celebrate (a) feast. This day is a day of happiness in/for the Jews when they eat/share things together.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “So the Jews who lived in distant villages celebrated a family festival and rejoiced on the 14th day of the month of Adar. And on that day, they gave gifts to one another.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “That is why the Jews who lives in the barrios celebrate a feast on each of the 14th day of the month of Adar. On that day they give- gift -to-each-other.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “So the Jews in small villages, they kept the 24th day to rest and feast. That day they gave gifts to each other.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “That is why every year, on March 8th, the Jews who live in villages now celebrate defeating their enemies. They have feasts and give gifts of food to each other.” (Source: Translation for Translators)