Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 5:12:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people said, ‘Get up, Deborah,
and stand up, please, and sing a song of soldiers.
Get up, Barak son of Abinoam.
Go and fight and come with prisoners, please!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Get up, get up, O Deborah,
get up, get up, cause a song to be heard!
O Barak son of Abinoam get up.
Take your captives
and go!” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “‘Let- us (incl.) -go/[lit. walk], Debora, let- us (incl.) -go/walk while we (incl.) sing praises to God.
[You (sing.)] also go-with (us) Barak the child/(son) of Abinoam, and take-into-captivity your (sing.) ones to-be-taken-captive.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation) - English: “The people came to my house and shouted,
‘Deborah, wake up! Wake up and start singing!’
They also shouted,
‘Barak, son of Abinoam, get up, and capture our enemies!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
