complete verse (2 Chronicles 6:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 6:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “God, I ask that you make a second matter that you promised my father come true. You said to him, ‘If your descendants guard how they live and trust completely in me and obey/follow my laws as you have done, the rulership of your house shall stand fixed/firm in Israel forever.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Now, O LORD God of Israel, fulfill also this promise that you gave to my father David –‘If your sons also obey my commands like you [have done], there will always be a person of your family to sit on the throne of Israel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “And now, LORD, God of Israel, fulfill indeed what you had-promised to your servant David my father when you said to him, ‘You will- not be-lost-of a descendant that will-succeed you as king of Israel if only your descendants are careful/(lit. good) to follow my commandments like what you have-done.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘So now, Yahweh, the God we Israelis belong to, please do the things that you promised to my father David that you would do. You said that there would always be some of his descendants to rule Israel, if they faithfully conduct their lives as he did.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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