complete verse (Isaiah 65:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 65:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “My people shall use your name in cursing
    because I God shall destroy you.
    But I shall give those I have chosen
    a new name.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You will completely reject your [own] name as a curse for those I have chosen.
    And I, the LORD God will kill you.
    But I will give my own servants another name. [lit.: will give another name for my servants]” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They who are my chosen-ones will-use your (plur.) name to curse, and I, the Lord GOD, will-kill you (plur.). But they who are my servants I will-give a new name.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Those whom I have chosen will use your names when they curse people;
    I, Yahweh the Lord, will get rid of you.
    But I will give to those who worship and obey me a new name that they will use when they bless people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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