Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 22:27:
- Kupsabiny: “because if you cannot pay that debt, your bed might be taken from you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If anything happens and you are not able to pay,
even the bed on which you sleep
will be picked up and taken away.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “For if you (sing.) could- not -pay, they will-take-away even your (sing.) something-to-lie-down-on.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “because if you (sing.) have nothing to use-as-payment, they will take your (sing.) very sleeping-place (i.e. bed/mat).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “First, do the work that needs to be done outside your house,
and prepare your fields, and then plant things,
and after you finish doing that, build your house.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
