Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:34:
- Kupsabiny: “Weep you leaders who take care of my people
wail and roll around in the dust mourning.
The days when you will be slaughtered are coming
and you will be crushed and broken into pieces like clay pots.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) leaders/[lit. heads], [you (plur.)] cry loudly and roll in-the dust to show that your (plur.)mourning. For the time has now come to kill you (plur.) like the slaughtering of sheep. You (plur.) will-be-destroyed like a special clay-pot that broke.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You evil leaders, weep and moan!
You who should take care of my people, fall down and roll in the dust/dirt.
It is time for you to be slaughtered;
you will fall down and be shattered like a fragile vase shatters when it falls to the ground.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
