Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 6:2:
- Kupsabiny: “He led those people to go to the town of Baalah in Judah so that they bring the Covenant Box where God of power rules from/in the middle of (the) cherubim.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then David went with those men to get from Baalah of Judah the Ark of God. That Ark belongs to the LORD most powerful one who dwells between the cherubim of the Ark.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They then went to Baala which is part of Juda to-get there the Box of God, where the presence of the LORD Almighty is there. The LORD dwells between the cherubim which there on top of the Box.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He led them to the place in Judah formerly called Baalah, now called Kiriath-Jearim. They went in order to bring from there to Jerusalem the sacred chest, which had the name of Yahweh, the leader of the armies of the angels in heaven, written on it, and which had the statues of the winged creatures on top of it. Between those statues was where Yahweh spoke messages about ruling his people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
