Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 15:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Asa sent those servants to go and say to that king, ‘Let us renew the treaty that my father made with your father. See, I have given you silver and gold as a presents/gifts. So, you break the treaty you made with Baasha, so that he leaves my country.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Let’s you and me make a treaty like the treaty that your father and my father made. I have sent you gold and silver. Now please break your treaty with Baasha, King of Israel. That he might have to take his army back from my land.” ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This is the message of Asa to Ben Hadad: ‘Let us (incl.) make a covenant that we (incl.) will-take-side-with-each-other, like what our (incl.) parents had-done. Accept my silver and gold gift to you, and I am-requesting you to now stop your taking-side with King Baasha of Israel so-that he will-leave me -alone.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘I want there to be a peace treaty between you and me, like there was between your father and my father. For that reason, I am giving you this silver and gold. So now please cancel the treaty that you made with Baasha, the king of Israel, in order that he will take his soldiers away from attacking mine, because he will be afraid of your army.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
