Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 21:3:
- Kupsabiny: “God loves that truth/right is done to/for him,
rather than when sacrifices are burned to/for him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Doing what is right and good
is more pleasing to the Lord
than the offerings that we sacrifice.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD is more pleased if a man will-do right and just than him offering sacrifices.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “God is more pleased with (one’s) doing what is right than with (one’s) making-offerings/sacrifices.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Doing what is right and fair is more acceptable to Yahweh
than bringing sacrifices to him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 22:4:
- Kupsabiny: “When a person humbles himself in obedience to God,
he will be honored and will live well.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If one fears the Lord and if one is humble
one will have a life with honor and wealth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Respecting the LORD and humility/[lit. putting-oneself-low] can-give you (sing.) wealth, honor, and long life.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The reward of one who is humble and who esteems God is wealth, honor and long life.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “The reward that Yahweh gives to those who are humble and who revere him
is that he causes them to be rich and honored and to live for a long time.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 23:7:
- Kupsabiny: “It is like that because a person who cries over his things (is a miser), calls to you, ‘Come let us eat and drink,’ but in reality he hides a black stomach (envy) in him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “As for talking, he will say, "Please eat!"
But in his heart he is not saying that at all.
They are always thinking about the cost.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For a man like that watches how much you (sing.) eat. He says, ‘Okay/Come-on, eat more.’ But in-fact/(surprise particle) what he said is not heartily/sincere.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “because he is thinking only about his expenses. Even though he says that you (sing.) should eat-and-eat yet it is not sincere (lit. hearted).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 24:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Wisdom makes that house to be filled with wealth/riches.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “A house where there is insight has rooms
with various kinds of precious and beautiful things.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) are wise, you (sing.) can-establish and cause- your (sing.) household -to-prosper.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “By-means-of skill/intelligence, its rooms will-be-full of valuable possessions.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:2:
- Kupsabiny: “God has authority to hide/conceal things/words, and the king has authority to check into things.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “We honor God in His concealing things.
and we honor kings as they open the meaning
by unveiling these things.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “We (incl.) honor God because of the things which he has- not -revealed to us (incl.); we (incl.) honor the kings because of the things which they have-revealed to us (incl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “God is praised because of not understandable-things that he does not make-known, but kings, they are praised by their explaining what is difficult to understand.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “We consider God to be great because he acts in mysterious ways/does things that we cannot understand;
we consider kings to be great because they explain things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 26:6:
- Kupsabiny: “If/When you have sent a foolish person to go and tell news,
it is like you have cut off your legs/feet and brought yourself calamity.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Sending a message by the hand of a fool
is like cutting one’s own foot off with an axe,
or asking for trouble.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) send your (sing.) message through a foolish-one, (it is) just like you (sing.) are-cutting your (sing.) feet; you (sing.) are- just -looking for pain.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It’s as-if you (sing.) cut-off your (sing.) foot and as-if you (sing.) drank poison if you (sing.) send a foolish-person to make-known a report.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Anyone who asks a foolish person to take a message to someone
is himself doing something as foolish as cutting off his own feet
or drinking poison.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 27:10:
- Kupsabiny: “When your relatives are far away your neighbors help you,
so, do not neglect/dismiss the friends of your homestead.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Don’t abandon your friend or your father’s friend.
When trouble happens to you
Don’t go to your brothers to beg for help.
Neighbors who live close by will help [you better]
than brothers who live far away.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Do- not -forget your (sing.) friend, or the friend of your (sing.) father. And if you (sing.) are in difficulty, you (sing.) no-longer ask help from your (sing.) sibling who is there in a far-(place). A nearby neighbor is better than a distant sibling.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Do not (sing.) turn-your-back-on original friends of your (sing.) family. Do not (sing.) go-to your (sing.) companions far-away if you (sing.) have difficulty because your (sing.) neighbors will-have-more with-which-to-help than they.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Do not neglect your friends or your parents’ friends;
and at a time when you are experiencing a disaster, do not go to a relative who lives far away to request his help;
someone who lives near you can help you more than relatives who live far away.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 28:15:
- Kupsabiny: “A king who is a sinner doesn’t care about a weak person
(he) is fierce like a hungry lion.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “An evil ruler who oppresses the weak
is frightening like a loudly roaring lion
or an attacking bear.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A wicked man who rules-over the poor-ones is like a roaring lion or bear who looks for a victim.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The bad ruler who causes-hardship to the poor is like a growling lion and a wild animal called bear (loan oso).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Wicked people who mistreat poor people whom they rule
are as dangerous to them as a lion roaring at them or a bear springing up to attack them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
