complete verse (Nehemiah 5:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 5:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “I or my people did not ask for the food the leaders/officers used to eat which were collected from the people when I was ruler/governor of Judah. I led Judah for twelve years from the twentieth year to the thirty second year when Artaxerxes was ruling.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “For a period/[lit. inside] of twelve years that I served as a governor of Juda, from the 20th year until 32nd year of the reign of Artaserkses, I and my blood-relatives never accepted/received food for the governor.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I was appointed to be the governor of Judea in the twentieth year that Artaxerxes was the king of Persia. For the next twelve years, until he had been ruling for almost 32 years, neither I nor my officials accepted the money that we were allowed/entitled to receive to buy food because of my being the governor.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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