Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 10:26:
Kupsabiny: “Laziness of a person who drags his feet pains the one who sends him like how smoke disturbs the eyes, or like when bitter fruits are eaten.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Getting lazy people to work is like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “As vinegar can-cause- the teeth -to-set-on-edge and smoke can-cause- the eyes -to-become-bitter, the lazy man can-cause-vexation to the one who commands him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “The lazy-one in the viewpoint of his master can-be-compared to vinegar that tastes-sour/tart and smoke that is-sour/bitter to the eyes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Shilluk: “Sending a lazy person is bad like chewing boiled sorghum that has small stones in it, it is like smoke in the eyes of the person who sent him.” (Vinegar is not known in the culture so a substitute had to be found. “Small stones may get into the sorghum flour during the harvesting process. Biting on a stone while eating the porridge is a very painful experience.” — Source: Cynthia Miller in The Bible Translator 2005, p. 129ff. )
English: “We do not like a lazy person who refuses to do the job that he is given to do, just like we do not like vinegar in our mouths or smoke in our eyes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 11:26:
Kupsabiny: “Cursed is a person who hides food/crops that ought to be sold, but blessed is the one who accepts to sell his.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Whoever hoards [Lit.: hides] grain, everyone will curse him, Whoever gives out grain, [everyone] will bless him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “People curse the-one-who keeps his something-for-sale in-order to sell it when the price is now high, but people praises the one-who does- not -keep.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “If you store-away pounded-rice so that you (sing.) will then make-very-expensive its price, they will curse you (sing.), but if you (sing.) sell (it) at its proper value, they will praise you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
English: “People curse/despise someone who hoards his grain and does not sell it, waiting to get a higher/bigger price for it, but they praise someone who sells it when people need it, even when the price is not high.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 12:27:
Kupsabiny: “A lazy hunter does not follow and kill an animal, but a person who struggles gets wealth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “The lazy ones will not obtain what their hearts long for. But those who work hard will have great wealth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “A lazy man can- never -obtain what he desires-for, but a diligent man becomes-rich.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “The lazy-one gets-hungry because he does not roast what he hunted, but the industrious-one, valuable wealth is what he gains/obtains.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
English: “Lazy people do not even cook the meat of the animals that they catch/kill, but those who work hard will acquire (OR, are like) a valuable treasure.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 14:6:
Kupsabiny: “If a person who despises things/words tries to seek for wisdom, he will not get it, but he who understands, gets it quickly.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “With a mocking attitude one will never be able to find insight. With sincere purpose, one will find it easily.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “A man who mocks can- never obtain/possess wisdom even how hard he tries, but a man who has understanding can-learn easily.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “It is difficult for a mocker to become-wise, but it is easy for the thinking-reflective-person to-become-intelligent/wise/skillful.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
English: “Those who make fun of being wise will never become wise, but those who understand what is right learn things easily.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 15:3:
Kupsabiny: “There is no person who can hide from God, because God sees/watches on sin/evil and good that a person does.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “The eyes of the Lord see everything everywhere He has been watching both groups, the good and the wicked.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “The LORD sees all, in every/[lit. wherever] place. He looks what the wicked and the righteous are-doing.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “God keeps-seeing all places and he keeps-seeing all who do good and evil.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
English: “Yahweh sees what is happening everywhere; he observes what bad people do as well as what good people do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 16:2:
Kupsabiny: “A person may think that what he is doing is of truth/right, but God is the one who knows the life/soul of a person.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “People’s works all seem correct to them. But the Lord tests their intentions.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “(It is) possible that we (incl.) think that all we (incl.) do is surely right, but only the LORD can-judge what is really our (incl.) motive.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “All that they are doing is as-if correct in the viewpoint of people, but it is God who knows their motives/purposes.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
English: “People may think that their actions are right, but Yahweh really knows why people do what they do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 17:1:
Kupsabiny: “It is better for a person to eat left over food in peace, than eating much food with strife/chaos.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Better to be eating plain bread [in peace] than to be eating a feast in a house full of quarreling.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Much better to eat bread only with peace inside the house than to have a feast with fighting-(each-other)/trouble.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “It is better to eat cold-leftover-rice when (lit. and) they who are-in-the-household have peace and orderliness than to eat all-delicious-things but they are quarrelling.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
English: “It is better to eat a dry piece of bread and not have strife/quarrels than to have a big feast in a house where everyone is quarreling.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 18:5:
Kupsabiny: “It is not good to release a guilty person, or to arrest a person who is innocent.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “It is not right to side with sinners and accuse him who has no guilt.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “(It is) not good to take-side/depend with the one-who-has-sinned and not giving justice to the one who has no sin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “It is bad if the sinner is caused-to-win and the rights of someone with no sin/crime are not defended.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
English: “It is not good for a judge to decide matters in favor of those who are guilty/have done wicked things and to not do what is just for those who are innocent/have not done what is wrong.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
