Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 26:1:
- Kupsabiny: “Do not make for yourselves idols to be worshipped. Do not raise up stones or shape something that you intend to worship in your land. I am your God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “’I am the LORD your God, so it is not OK for you to make idols for yourselves. And it is also not OK to Idol, carved wooden image, stone pillar, carved stone for you to worship. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] do- not -make little-gods/false-gods just-like statues/images, stones of remembrance, or stones that have a picture/figure, in-order to-worship (it), for I (am) the LORD your (plur.) God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh also said this to Moses/me on Sinai Mountain: ‘Do not make idols or set up statues of false gods or sacred stones to worship other gods. And do not put on your property a stone that has been shaped to resemble a false god and bow down to worship it. You must worship only me, Yahweh, your God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
