Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 4:10:
- Kupsabiny: “Shortly, the people of Judah began to complain saying, ‘The things that have collapsed from/in/at the wall are many and the people who transport stones are tired. So we are not able to complete the wall.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, those from-Juda said, ‘We (excl.) are now tired of working. There are still so much that-had-been-fallen-down portion of the stone-wall to be gathered, therefore we (excl.) can- not -able to finish it.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Whereupon there was that which the people in Juda were singing which said,
‘We are already very-tired,
Because here-now extremely many are the strewn-about rocks.
Will we indeed (RQ = no) be capable of finishing this wall of ours?’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation) - English: “Then the people of Judah started to say, ‘The men who are working on the wall are becoming very tired. There is a lot of heavy rubble that we must remove; we ourselves cannot finish the work.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
