Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 12:9:

• Kupsabiny: “Then he asked them, ‘Comrades, please you tell me, what can we tell these people who want me to reduce for them part of the work my father assigned them?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “He asked them, "To the people who came to me with the request, ‘Please lighten our load your father put on us’, what reply should I give? What should I do, what advice do you have?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He asked them, ‘What can you (plur.) advice that I will-answer as to what those people are-requesting? They were-requesting me that I will-lighten the heavy thing- that my father -caused- them -to-obey/fulfill.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “He said to them, ‘What should I say to the men who are asking me to reduce the work and taxes that my father required from them?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)