Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 8:12:
- Kupsabiny: “That ruler will give some of your sons to be leading soldiers amounting to one thousand while others lead every fifty of the soldiers. Some of your sons will be digging the gardens and harvesting food/crops of that ruler/king. And others will be making weapons for war, others will be preparing things used in those war chariots.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then he will choose the leaders of the thousands and of the fifties. Then others will plow his fields and reap the harvest. Others will make weapons for war and equipment of his chariots.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Some of them he will-make officials who will-be-in-charge-over 1,000 soldiers, and others over 50 soldiers. Others he will-have-plow his field(s) and will-have-reap his harvest, and still others he will-have-make weapons-of-war for battles and equipment[s] for his chariots.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Some of them will be commanders of his soldiers, but others will work for him like slaves. He will force some of them to plow his fields and then later harvest his crops. He will force others to make his weapons and equipment for his chariots.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
