complete verse (Jeremiah 20:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 20:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “May the person who brought my father the news be cursed
    the one who made his stomach/heart rejoice
    saying that,
    ‘A boy has been born to you.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I curse the man who told-the-news to my father [linker], ‘Male is your (sing.) child!’ which really pleased my father.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And as for that man who brought to my father the news,
    and caused him to be very happy, by saying
    ‘You wife has given birth to a son for you’,
    I hope/desire that he also will be cursed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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