Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 8:8:

• Kupsabiny: “Those people would read what was inside the book of the law of God and tell the people clearly what was being read, helping the people to know what the law says/shows.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “They read from the Book of the Law of God and explained its meaning, so-that the people could-understand.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• Kankanaey: “They translated (lit. this verb means ‘give-the-meaning’) the law, then they explained-it so-that the people would understand.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
• English: “They also read from scrolls that contained the laws that God gave to Moses, and they interpreted into the Aramaic language what they read, making the meaning clear so that the people could understand the meaning.” (Source: Translation for Translators)