Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 16:18:
- Kupsabiny: “Choose judges and leaders coming from your clans in your cities that your God will give to you. They are the ones who shall judge people in truth/justice.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In each of the cities the LORD your God is giving you choose judges and other officials according to their tribes. They must judge men correctly.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘You (plur.) appoint/[lit. place] judges and officers in each of your (plur.) tribe in all the towns that the LORD your (plur.) God is-giving you (plur.). They shall-judge the people without showing-partially.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Appoint judges and other officials throughout your tribes, in all the towns in the land that Yahweh our God is giving to you. They must judge people fairly/justly.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
