complete verse (1 Kings 3:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 3:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “When the mother of the child which was alive heard like that, she became so disturbed. Then she said to the king. ‘Listen to me my lord, do not kill that child! It is better you give this child to this woman.’ But the other woman said, ‘None among us will go with this child. Let it be cut into two!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “As soon as the King had said that much, the mother of the living child was filled with compassion for him. And she said to the king, "Great King, do not kill the child! Please give the living child to her!"
    The other woman, however, spoke like this, "Don’t give the child to either of us, cut him in two!"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Because of the compassion/mercy of the true mother to her child, she said to the king, ‘You (sing.) have-mercy, Beloved King, do- not -kill the child. Just give her/him to that woman.’ But the other woman said, ‘Cut-into-half the child so-that none of us (excl.) can-own/claim her/him.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But the woman whose baby was alive loved her baby very much, so she said to the king, ‘No, Your Majesty! Do not allow him to kill the baby! Give her the child that is alive!’ But the other woman said to the king, ‘No, cut it in half. Then it will not be her baby or my baby.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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