complete verse (Leviticus 20:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 20:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a man commits a sexual sin with a (young) man by sleeping with (him) to be a woman, both has sinned. Both those people are to be killed because they brought it on themselves.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “”’If anyone has intercourse with a man like a man has intercourse with a woman, that is a repulsive deed. They must be killed. Such a person is guilty of a great crime.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If a man has-sexual-intercourse with his male fellowman, the two of them must be-killed/be-put-to-death for what they have-done (is) destestable/abominable. They (are) responsible for their (own) death.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘If two men have sex together, they have done something detestable. They must both be executed, they will be responsible for their own deaths.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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