complete verse (1 Samuel 25:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 25:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “she laid at David’s legs/feet and said that, ‘My lord/master, let me take the sins of my husband on me. Lord/Master, I am requesting you to listen to what I am going to tell you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “[and] falling prostrate at his feet spoke like this, "Oh my Lord, may the guilt fall on me. Allow your maid servant once to speak, listen, my Lord, to my words.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When Abigail saw David, she hurriedly got-down from her donkey and knelt-down to David as respect to him. She said, ‘Please, sir, listen to me. The blame (is) on me only.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then she prostrated herself at David’s feet and said to him, ‘Sir, I deserve to be punished for what my husband has done. Please listen to what I say to you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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