complete verse (Esther 3:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 3:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “On the thirteenth day of the first month Haman called the people who were writing (secretaries) at the home/palace of the king. He told those secretaries/writers to write letters to reach the leaders who were near to the king, the leaders of all the provinces, and even/also the leaders of every community in that empire. They wrote to each community in their language in a writing that was different from another. Those letters were written in the name of the king and stamped with the king’s ring.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “After that, on the 13th day of the first month, having summoned all the king’s secretaries, the king’s order was proclaimed. Then in accordance with Haman’s order a letter, having been written in each of their languages and having been sealed in the name of Ahasuerus and sealed with the king’s seal, was sent to the officials, courtiers, and the king’s own people and various ethnic groups of the various provinces.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So on the 13th day of the first month, Haman caused-to-be-called the secretaries of the king. He had- them -wrote/[lit. made] a letter for the governors, leaders/[lit. heads], and officers of every province of the kingdom, in their (own) languages. The letter was-written in the name of King Ahasuerus, and was-marked/signed with his (own) ring.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Eastern Bru: “In the thirteenth day of the first month, Haman called all the people who usually wrote letters for the king. Then they wrote the things Haman told him for every country that king Xerxes ruled. They wrote in every writing system and every language spoken throughout the kingdom. And gave every ruler, authority and chief to know that the words in the paper carried the name of the King and was sealed with his ring.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
  • English: “On April 17th Haman summoned the king’s secretaries, and he dictated a letter to them that they translated and wrote to all the governors and administrators and other officials in all the provinces. They wrote copies of the letter in every language and every kind of writing/alphabet that was used in the empire. They wrote that all the Jews, including young people and old people, women and children, had to be killed on one day. That day was March 7th of the following year. They also wrote that those who killed the Jews could take everything that belonged to the Jews. They signed the king’s name at the end of the letters. Then they sealed the letters with wax, and stamped the wax by using the king’s ring. Then they sent the letters swiftly to every province in the empire,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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