complete verse (Leviticus 20:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 20:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a man turns to (and sleeps with) the wife of his son, that man has committed a sexual sin. So, he and the woman is to be killed because they brought it on themselves.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’If anyone has intercourse with his son’s wife, they must both be killed. They have committed a perversion. Such a person is guilty of a great crime ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If a father has-sexual-intercourse with his female child-in-law/(daughter-in-law), the two of them must be-killed/be-put-to-death. For what they have-done (is) evil. They (are) responsible for their (own) death.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘If a man has sex with his daughter-in-law, both of them must be executed. What they have done is very perverse; and they will be responsible for their own deaths.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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