complete verse (Numbers 14:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 14:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘I, God, do not quickly get angry. I show a very big love and I forgive people for their sins and their rebellion. But I shall punish the people who hate me and that punishment shall be inherited until their grandchildren and it shall go like that until the descendants.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’The LORD is slow to anger, great mercy, one who forgives sins and transgression. Nevertheless, But he does not excuse the guilty, He punishes not only that one but even his third and fourth generation.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “you (sing.) are loving and slow to anger, and forgiving of sins and rebellion of man. But you (sing.) punish the ones-who-sin up to their third and fourth generation.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘I do not quickly become angry; instead, I love people very much, and I forgive people for having sinned and having disobeyed my laws. But I will always punish people who are guilty of doing what is wrong. When parents sin, I will punish them, but I will also punish their children and their grandchildren and their great-grandchildren and their great-great-grandchildren.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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