complete verse (Deuteronomy 25:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 25:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “When two people who are brothers live in the same place, and then one of those people dies but he has not left behind a child who is a boy, then a person from outside must not marry the wife of that person. But (her) brother-in-law who is the brother to her husband should marry that woman.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If someone among the brothers living in one house dies without having had a son, the wife of that one who died must not marry outside that family circle. An elder or a younger brother of the one who died must take her as his own wife and fulfill duties of a brother-in-law her.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘If the male siblings are-living on one land only, and one of them dies without having a child, his wife should not marry other(-man) aside only from the family of her husband. The sibling of her husband will-be- the one -to-marry her. This is the duty of her brother-in-law to her.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If two brothers live on the same property, and one of them who has no son dies, the man’s widow should not marry someone who is not a member of his family. The dead man’s brother must marry her and have sex with her. It is his duty to do that.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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