complete verse (2 Kings 4:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 4:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “Please you allow us to partition off for (him) a small private room upstairs. After that, we shall be putting for him there a bed, a table, a chair and a lamp so that when he visits us he can rest there.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Let’s build a small room on the roof and put a bed, a table, a chair and a lamp there. When he comes to our house, he can stay there."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Let- us (incl.) -make him a small room on the rooftop, and we (incl.) will-put- a bed, table, chair, and lamp -(there), so-that when he comes here to us (incl.) he can stay there.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I think we should make a small room for him on our flat roof, and put a bed, a table, a chair, and a lamp in it. If we do that, whenever he comes here, he will have a place to stay.’ So they did that.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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