Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 29:15:
- Kupsabiny: “We are foreigners/visitors and we are passing by like it was with our grandfathers. When we are in this world, we are like a shadow that passes by where we do not have an abiding presence.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Like our ancestors, we are outsiders and foreigners, our day in this land is like a setting shadow, we do not have a place to stay.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) know that we (excl.) are just passers-by here on earth like our (excl.) ancestors. Our (excl.) life is like a shadow that does- not -remain.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “In this land we are like foreigners and strangers, like our ancestors were.
Our time here on this earth is like a shadow that disappears quickly;
we know that there is nothing that can enable us to escape dying.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
