Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 12:16:
- Kupsabiny: “There were other money which were given for sacrifices for forgiving mistakes and for sweeping away sin. Those were not used for the Homestead of God, but they belonged to the priests.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The money that came from guilt offering and purification offering was not brought into the temple of the LORD, it belonged to the priests.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The money that was-given together with the offerings as payment for sin and offerings for cleansing were- not -put inside the box there in the temple of the LORD, for that was only for the priests.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But the money that people gave to pay for the wrong things that they had done and the money they gave to purify themselves because of the sins that they had committed was not put in the chest. That money belonged to the priests.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
