Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 1:17:
- Kupsabiny: “Zion stretches out the hands to be saved,
and no one is there to comfort it.
God has turned the neighbors of Israel
to become its enemies.
Jerusalem has now become
something that stinks in front of those people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “Zion spreads out her hands for help,
but there is no one to comfort her.
The LORD had issued an order against Jacob that those around him become his enemies.
Jerusalem has become impure among them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Jerusalem asked for help, but no one at-all helped her. The LORD had-willed that the nations around the enemies of Jacob will-become their enemies. They will-considered Jerusalem as a filthy thing.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “We people of Jerusalem reach out our hands to get help,
but there is no one to comfort us.
Yahweh has decided concerning us descendants of Jacob
that the people in nearby nations will become our enemies;
so they consider that
Jerusalem has become like a filthy rag.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
