Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Proverbs 1:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 1:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “And there/then, people will know what these proverbs, stories/parables, words of wisdom and riddles show/reveal/mean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Because of this they will be able
    to understand the hidden meanings
    of the proverbs
    and they will also be able
    to understand the riddles of the wise.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “so-that they will-understand the meaning of the proverbs, comparisons/parables, and riddles of the wise-ones.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “to understand the advice, sayings, illustrations/examples and riddles of the collective-pl-skillful/intelligent.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
  • English: “Then they will be able to understand the meaning of proverbs and parables/metaphors,
    these wise sayings and riddles/sayings that are difficult to understand.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Proverbs 2:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 2:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “If you (sing.) do like that, you will know the goodness which exists when someone obeys God and knows him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “[then] you will understand what the fear of the Lord is,
    and [you] will find the knowledge of God.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) do this, you (sing.) will-know what it means to respect the LORD, and you (sing.) will-understand about him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “If you (sing.) do that, you (sing.) will understand the way to esteem God and you (sing.) will-come-to-know him properly.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 3:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 3:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “This wisdom is of value/benefit more than stones that buy much money (are expensive), and there is nothing that can be compared with wisdom.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Wisdom is more precious
    than diamonds or pearls,
    There is nothing you can compare with it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “and more precious than jewels. And there is nothing ever you (sing.) desire which can-equal/level to-it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “It is more-valuable than even any expensive decoration of the body (e.g. jewelry) and nothing can-equal (it) among even anything that you love/strongly-desire.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 4:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 4:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “so that you may not get/meet (a) stumbling block.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When you go walking your steps will not be tangled;
    Even if you run, you will not fall.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore if you (sing.) follow it, no one can-hinder in your (sing.) living, and you (sing.) will- not -be-harmed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “If you (sing.) walk there, nothing/nobody will block you (sing.) and you (sing.) will not stumble if/when you (sing.) run.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 5:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 5:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “Let that water be yours alone which should/must not be shared with any other person.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “May it be yours alone.
    Don’t share it with others.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “She must be yours only; she should not lie-down-beside/(have-sexual-relations-with) other men.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Your (sing.) well, it is for you (sing.) only which others may-not join-in-sharing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 6:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 6:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “An adulterer or another man’s wife will make you lose/spoil your life.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “A whore can be bought
    for the price of a piece of bread.
    But you cannot make
    an adulterous woman your own
    even if you pay everything you own.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Having-sex with a woman who sells her body can-be-paid with the price of bread, but having-sex with the wife of others you (sing.) will-pay by your (sing.) own life.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Because the value of bread is what-you (sing.)-will-pay to a prostitute, but your (sing.) life is precarious with a woman who has a spouse.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 7:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 7:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “waiting for an arrow to pierce (his/its) heart. That man will be likened to a bird which has fallen into a trap/snare. He does not know that he is condemning/destroying himself.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Like a bird running ahead into a place
    where a net had been spread out,
    he went following that woman.
    He had no idea that he would lose his life.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “where he will-be-killed through/by an arrow. He is also like a bird that hurries toward a trap who does not know that death indeed is his place-of-going.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “to die by-means-of an arrow. He is like the bird who is quick to go into the snare not knowing that that will-be-the-cause-of-his-death.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)

complete verse (Proverbs 8:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 8:28:

  • Kupsabiny: “I was there when he put the clouds in the sky and even when he opened the water holes in the earth/world below/down.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “When He created the clouds
    in the heavens,
    When He created the springs
    of the ocean, I was there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “when he created the clouds,
    when he caused- the springs in the depths -to-flow,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • Kankanaey: “Likewise also when he put the clouds in the sky and when-he-created the springs that are the source of water in the ocean.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)