complete verse (1 Samuel 26:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 26:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “Sir, I am requesting you to listen to what I am going to tell you. If God is the one who has sent you to kill me, let me die. And/But if it is mere people, I am praying that those people are cursed before God because they made me vacate the land of God and wandering around in a country where people worship idols!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Beloved/highly-esteemed King, listen to what I say. If the LORD incited you (sing.) to-kill me, may-it-be that he will-accept my offering. But if this (is) only of a men, may-it-be that the LORD curse them. For they have-driven- me -away from the land owned by the LORD and told-me to-serve other gods.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Your majesty, listen to me! If Yahweh has caused you to be angry with me, I should offer a sacrifice in order to appease him. But if it is people who have caused you to be angry with me, I hope/desire that Yahweh will curse them. They have forced me to leave the land that Yahweh gave to me. They have told me, ‘Go somewhere else and worship other gods!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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