complete verse (Nahum 3:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 3:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “Oh, how you will be punished, city of Nineveh. You were like a prostitute with (magical) charms. You sedated communities with your charms until they became slaves.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “All this is due to the abominable act of a harlot,
    a mistress of sorceries,
    who enslaves nations by harlotry
    and clans by magic.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This will-happen to Nineve because she is like a woman who sold her body many-times, who is alluring and enchanting. Therefore she was-able-to-entice the nations to be-under- her -jurisdiction.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “All that will happen because Nineveh is like a beautiful prostitute
    who lures men to where they will be ruined;
    Nineveh is a beautiful city
    which has attracted/enticed people of other nations to come there.
    The people of Nineveh taught those people of other nations rituals of magic,
    and caused them to become their slaves.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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