complete verse (Deuteronomy 31:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 31:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “It is like that, because I am making them arrive in that land of milk and honey that I vowed and promised to your grandfathers. They will become prosperous in that place and eat to their satisfaction, but they shall follow and worship the gods of other communities. They shall despise me and break my covenant.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “I will bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey that I promised with an oath to their ancestors. And there, when they get fat, having eaten so that their stomachs are full, they will go following other gods and they will do puja to them. Then, abandoning me, they will break my covenant.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-take them to a good and productive land which I swore to their ancestors. There they will-live abundantly; they will-eat all the food they like, and they will-be- very -full/satisfied. But they will-leave me and will-worship other gods. They will-disobey my covenant.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I am about to take them into a very fertile land, a land that I solemnly promised their ancestors that I would give to them. There they will have plenty to eat, with the result that their stomachs will always be full and they will become fat. But then they will turn to other gods and start to worship them, and they will despise me and break/stop obeying the agreement that I made with them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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