complete verse (1 Samuel 6:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 6:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those leaders asked that, ‘What should we give to appease our sin?’ It was replied to them that, ‘Mold five pieces of gold like boils plus five others which are to be in form of rats to become sacrifices for you to give to the God of Israel. Count those things to correspond to the five leaders of the Philistines because this disease has also attacked the kings. When you have done like that, God will not continue punishing you, your idols (gods) and your country.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then the Philistines asked, "What kind of guilt sacrifice should we send to Him?"
    They replied, "As examples of the plagues that gave suffering to your rulers and to all of you, send five golden boils and five golden mice, according to the number of the Philistine rulers.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The Filistinhon asked, ‘What offering as payment for sin are- we (excl.) -to-send?’ The priests and the sorcerers answered, ‘[You (plur.)] form five golden images whose shape/design looks-like a tumor, and also five gold images whose shape/design looks-like a rat, according-to the number of our (incl.) five leaders/[lit. heads], because the tumor afflictions/evils and rats that harm our (incl.) nation have-reached/come-to us (incl.) and to our (incl.) leaders/[lit. heads]. [You (plur.)] offer these to-honor the God of Israel, for he might now stop punishing us (incl.), our (incl.) gods, and our (incl.) nation.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The people of Philistia asked, ‘What kind of offering should we send?’
    The men replied, ‘Make five gold models of the tumors on your skin, and five gold models of rats. Make five of each because that is the same number as the number of your kings, and because the plague has struck both you people and your five kings.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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