Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 25:14:
- Kupsabiny: “Then a certain servant from Nabal told Abigail that, ‘You should know that David sent his servants from the wilderness to come and greet our master, but the master abused them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “One of Nabal’s servants said to Abigail, Nabal’s wife, "David humbly sent his men to speak salutations to our master in the desert.’ But he scoffed at them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, one of the servants of Nabal said to Abigail the wife of Nabal, ‘David sent messengers here from the desolate-place, and they greeted Nabal our (excl.) master, but he only insulted them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “One of Nabal’s servants found out what David and his men were planning to do, so he went to Nabal’s wife Abigail and said to her, ‘David sent some messengers from the desert to greet our master Nabal, but Nabal only yelled at them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
