Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 5:14:
- Kupsabiny: “The advice/council of the elders is gone/finished
and the young men do not sing/dance.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Elders have stopped gathering at the city gates.
Young people have stopped singing together.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “The old-ones were no-longer sitting at the gate of the city to give counsel, and the young men no-longer play-music.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Our elders no longer sit at the city gates to make important decisions;
the young men no longer play their musical instruments.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
