complete verse (Lamentations 1:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 1:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “And you see, oh God, how I am suffering!
    How great is not the pain that I am going through,
    which has made me so anxious,
    my rebellion caused this to come to me.
    Outside there is a stench of blood
    and inside there is only death/calamity.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O LORD, look, I am in great anguish.
    My heart is weeping.
    And my heart is disturbed
    for I have been very rebellious.
    There are killings on the roads,
    Even inside the houses, there is dying going on. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Look, LORD, how distressed I am! My pain is very severe seeming-like my heart is-being-squeezed, because I became very rebellious against you. There are killings in my streets, and even inside the house there is one-who-kills.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh, see that we are suffering very much.
    It is as though our inner beings are tormented.
    We are sad
    because we have rebelled against you.
    Our enemies kill people in the streets with their swords;
    people are dying because they have no food to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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