Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 19:18:
- Kupsabiny: “That person replied to the man, ‘We are coming from Bethlehem in Judah and we are going home to there in the highlands of Ephraim. There is not even one person who has welcomed us to go to his house.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He replied — "We are going from Bethlehem of Judah, to a place of the hill country of Ephraim that is very difficult to reach. I am a person of that place. I have gone to Bethlehem of Judah [and] now I am going home to my own house, But no one has given us shelter in his house.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The Levita said, ‘We (excl.) came from Betlehem which is part of Juda and we (excl.) are-going-home to our (excl.) house in the mountains of Efraim. No one invited us (excl.) to stay-in in his house.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He replied, ‘We are traveling from Bethlehem to my home in the hilly area where people of the tribe of Ephraim live. I went from there to Bethlehem, but now we are going to Shiloh where Yahweh’s Sacred tent (OR, my house) is. No one here has invited us to stay in their house tonight.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
