complete verse (Leviticus 19:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 19:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a man sleeps with a woman who is a slave who has been promised to another man and is not free/released, that person is to be punished instead of both being killed because that woman is still a slave.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’If anyone has intercourse with a female slave whose marriage has been agreed upon but the man has not yet paid the price necessary to make the slave girl his own or who has not been set free by her master, they must be punished, but they are not to be killed, however, for she is a female slave, not yet set free. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If a man has-sexual-relations with a servant girl who (is) to-be-married to another man, but this woman has- not yet -been-redeemed or given (her) freedom, they must be-punished. But they are- not -to-be-put-to-death for that woman has- not yet -been- freed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘If a man has sex with a slave woman who has been promised to marry some other man, but she has not been bought by that man and is still a slave, the man who had sex with her must be punished. But because she is still a slave, she and the man who had sex with her must not be killed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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