Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 8:48:

• Kupsabiny: “If they throw their sins out completely while still in the country of their enemies, and they pray to you as they face their land which you gave their ancestors, this city which you have chosen and this house that I built for you,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “if, in the land of their enemy, those who had been captured and taken away come back to You once more and look towards the land that you gave to their ancestors and towards this city that You have chosen and towards this temple that I have built for Your name and pray to You from their inmost hearts,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “hear/listen-to their prayers. If they will-turn-back to you with all their heart and mind there in the place of their enemies who took- them -captives, and they will-pray to you facing this land that you gave to their ancestors, in this city that you have-chosen, and in the temple that I have-built for your honor,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “if they very sincerely repent, and turn toward this land that you gave to our ancestors, and toward this city that you have chosen to be the place where we should worship you, and toward this temple that I have caused to be built for you, and if they pray,” (Source: Translation for Translators)