complete verse (Ezra 2:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 2:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “King Nebuchadnezzar had long ago taken the Jews and brought them to Babylon to be slaves. The people who remained returned from slavery to come to Jerusalem and other cities in Judah. This is the list of those people:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Here is the list of the people living in their respective cities, having returned from Babylon to Jerusalem and Judah. Long ago Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon had captured them and taken them away to Babylon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The following were the Israelinhon in the province of Juda who were-taken-captives before in Babilonia by King Nebuchadnezzar. Now they had- already -left Babilonia and returned to Jerusalem and to their other towns in Juda.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “King Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers had captured many Israeli people and taken them to Babylonia. Many years later, some Israeli people returned to Judah. Some returned to Jerusalem, and some returned to other places in Judah. They went to the towns where their ancestors had lived. This is a list of the groups who returned.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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