Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 4:16:
- Kupsabiny: “They have come to tell people and announce to Jerusalem that enemies have started a raid from a distant land. They are preparing to fight in a bad way the cities that are in Judah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They were-commanded to warn the nations and Jerusalem that there are soldiers who are-attacking from a distant place who are-provoking/challenging war against the towns of Juda.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Tell this to the people in other nations
but also announce it in Jerusalem:
Yahweh says, ‘An army is coming to Jerusalem from far away;
they will shout a battle-cry against the cities in Judah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
