Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 23:14:
- Kupsabiny: “I have seen another horrible thing
with the prophets of Jerusalem.
They practice adultery and they like lying,
they support sin so that no one turns away from sin.
They have all become bad/evil
like the people of Sodom and Gomorrah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “But I saw that the prophets of Jerusalem were more wicked, for they worship the little-gods/false-gods and even lie. They entice the wicked-ones to do more wicked(-thing), therefore they do not turn-away from their wickedness. The people of Jerusalem are as wicked as the people of Sodom and Gomora.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “And now I have seen the prophets in Jerusalem doing terrible things.
They commit adultery
and habitually tell lies.
They encourage evil people to continue to do evil things,
with the result that the people do not stop sinning.
Those prophets are as wicked as the people in Sodom and Gomorrah were.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
