Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 8:16:

• Kupsabiny: “That was a miracle/an amazing thing to the Jews. That made them to be happy and joyful because they had come out from fire/danger.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “That day was a day of joy, rejoicing and honor for the Jews.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “It gave/brought great joy and respect to the Jews.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “The Jews, they were very happy. Their sadness and fear had passed away. They cheered with gratitude over this happening.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “The Jews in Susa were very happy, and other people honored them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 9:31:

• Kupsabiny: “Those news of Esther and Mordecai encouraged the Jews that they should hold on to those two days of the Festival of Purim up to the descendants. It was necessary that they do like that just as they did when they fasted while mourning.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “So the Jews made proper decrees regarding fasting and mourning for themselves and their offspring.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “and was-commanding them that they will-celebrate the Purim in the right time, as commanded by Mordecai, which also commanded by Queen Ester. They will- observe this, as they and their descendants observe the statute/regulation concerning the fasting and mourning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “That letter told them to remember/keep the feast of Purim at the proper time and pass it on to their offspring. They must keep that day the same way they kept other holidays in fasting and mourning in their group. This was what Mordecai commanded and queen Esther.” (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 1:14:

• Kupsabiny: “Among these advisers were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan. Those seven people were in charge of Persia and Media and the king trusted them very much.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Usually the great king also took advice from seven courtiers of Persia and Media who knew the laws and customs of the land: Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena and Memucan. They were on intimate terms with the King, these seven had authority to go into the presence of the king, and they had been given [high] rank and great honor in the land.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The-(ones) he always ask for an advice were Carshena, Shetar Admata, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan. These were the seven high officers of the kingdom of Persia and Media, and they can- easily/just -come-near to the king.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “These people that the king usually called to advise him, they were named Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan. These seven people had more authority than anyone else in the countries of Persia and Media.” (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 3:1:

• Kupsabiny: “There was a certain person called Haman son of Hammedatha who was from the clan of Agag. The king one day promoted that person to become a big leader surpassing all others in that empire.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Some time later, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman, son of Hammedatha to a higher rank than the other courtiers with whom he worked and made him chief minister of the country.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Sometime later King Ahasuerus promoted/[lit. caused-to-become-high] the position of Haman the child of Hamedata the Agagnon. He made him the highest officer in his kingdom.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “When those things were finished, King Xerxes, raised the authority of Haman to become greater than all the other officials. Haman was the son of Hammedatha of the clan of Agag.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “Some time later, King Xerxes promoted/gave his most important job/work to Haman, the son of Hammedatha, who was a descendant of King Agag. Haman became more important than all his other officials. Only the king was more important.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 5:1:

• Kupsabiny: “On the third day since Esther started to fast (she) put on the clothes of the wife of the king/royal clothes. She went and stood where one could see the inner court/room where king Ahasuerus was ruling from. That king was sitting on his chair of rulership/royal throne while seeing where people come from/entrance.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “On the third day of the fast Esther put on her royal clothing. Then having gone into the courtyard inside the palace, she stood there. At that time the king was sitting on the throne looking toward the main gate.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “On the third day, Ester put-on her queenly garment/clothes and stood in the courtyard of the palace, in front of the king’s throne. The king that-time was-sitting on his throne facing the doorway/entrance/gate.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “On the third day that queen Esther fasted, she put on her queenly clothes, then she went on foot to the courtyard of the kind’s house. She faced toward the place where the king was sitting. King Xerxes sat on the king’s char and looked toward the entrance door that people came and went through.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “Three days later, Esther prepared a big banquet/feast. Then she put on the robes that showed that she was queen, and she went to the inner courtyard of the palace, across from the room where the king was. He was sitting on the throne, facing the entrance of the room.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 7:5:

• Kupsabiny: “Then the king asked Esther that, ‘Who is that person? And who said like that?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “King Ahasuerus replied to Queen Esther, "Who is the person who has the courage to do work like this? Where is he?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The King Ahasuerus answered him, ‘Who dared to do such-thing and where is he now?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “Then king Xerxes asked queen Esther again: "Who is this? Where is he now? Why does he so evil to want to do this?"” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “Then King Xerxes asked her, ‘Who would want to do such a terrible thing? Where is he?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 9:10:

• 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: “The ten sons of Haman son of Hammedatha, enemy of the Jews were also killed. They did not, however, plunder wealth or property.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They were the ten children of Haman who were enemies of the Jews, the child of Hamedata. But the Jews did- not -take-away the properties of their enemies.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “Parmashta, Arisai, Arida, and Vaizatha.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “Those were grandsons of Hammedatha and sons of Haman, the enemy of the Jews. The Jews killed them, but they did not take the things that belonged to the people whom they killed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 2:3:

• Kupsabiny: “People from all the provinces of this empire of yours should be selected so that they look for you those girls and bring to your home and be put in the house of women. They will stay in the hands of Hegai, that slave whom they had removed his manhood the one who keeps/guards for you your women. It is him who should see to it that those girls are given perfumes/oils for beautifying themselves to make those girls look beautiful.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Order your courtiers, Your Honor, to bring beautiful women, who have not yet been given in marriage from all the provinces of the land to the harem of the palace in the royal city of Susa. And give the responsibility for them to Hegai, the eunuch who is managing the women of the king. Also give them various kinds of grooming materials.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] choose an officers in every province which are under-the-jurisdiction of your (sing.) kingdom in-order to search for the beautiful not-married-ladies and (who)-will-take/bring them to the place-of-dwelling of the females here in the stoned-wall city of Susa. You (sing.) cause-to-take-care of the not-married-ladies Hegay your (sing.) officer, whom you (sing.) put-in-charge to take-care of the females in the place. And he is responsible to give them their needs for becoming-beautiful.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Eastern Bru: “And give the work to the chiefs in each country that you rule to look for women who are sensible and beautiful, then bring them here to Susa. And let Hegai, the assistant who is over the women’s place in your house, to treat their bodies to become beautiful.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
• English: “After they find some, you can appoint some officials in each province to bring them to the place where you keep your wives/the women you sleep with here in Susa. Then Hegai, the man who is in charge of these women, can arrange for ointments to be put on their bodies to make them more beautiful.” (Source: Translation for Translators)