Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 42:16:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall go ahead of my blind (people) to go on a road that they have not gone before
and I shall lead (them) on a path that they have not reached/travelled on.
I shall turn the darkness they have to become light,
and smoothen where it is rough to be a level/spread out land.
This is what I shall do
and never abandon (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “I will take my blind people on a path they have never gone [on].
Showing and showing them the path, I will take them along a path they do not know.
I will [cause] the dark [to become] light for them
and I will cause the places having ditches to become level.
These deeds I will do.
I will not abandon them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “I will-lead my people who are blind of the truth to the way they have- not -gone yet. I will-light/shine their dark way, and I will-level the rough places which they will-travel/[lit walk-on]. I will-do these things, and I will- not -reject them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
