Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 3:12:

• Kupsabiny: “Although many others shouted aloud due to happiness, the old priests, the Levites and many clan leaders who had seen the former House of God cried.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Those who had seen the former temple, old men, priests, Levites and old family men wept bitterly when they saw the foundation laid for this temple. Others, however, sang with joy.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “(There were) many there of old priests, Levites, and leaders/[lit. heads] of the families who had-seen the first temple before. They wept aloud when they saw the foundation of the new temple. But (there were) many people there who shouted for joy.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Many of the old priests, Levites, and leaders of families remembered what the first temple was like, and they cried aloud when they saw the foundation of this temple being laid because they knew that the new temple would not be as beautiful as the first temple. But the other people shouted joyfully.” (Source: Translation for Translators)