complete verse (Leviticus 25:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 25:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “It is like that because this is a year of release and it has been set apart/sanctified. But you are allowed to eat the food fields have produced.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “This year is a holy year for you. In this year of Jubilee you are only to eat the grain in your fields that sprouts by itself.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “In this Year of Freedom and Returning, [you (plur.)] do- not -plant, and [you (plur.)] do- not also -harvest or pick the fruits of the plants which just grow (by themselves), but you (plur.) may take for only to-eat. This (is) a holy year for you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “It will be a Year of Celebration, so eat only what grows in the fields by itself/without any work being done to produce anything.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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