Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 24:13:
- Kupsabiny: “My child/son honey is eaten because it is sweet.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O my son, eat honey, for it tastes so good.
The honey in the beehive is sweet.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Child, as the honey is sweet and good for you (sing.), likewise is wisdom. For if you (sing.) are wise, you (sing.) have a good future and what your (sing.) desires for will- not -be-dismayed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “My child, eat honey, because it has benefit and is sweet/delicious.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:11:
- Kupsabiny: “A word which is spoken at the right/suitable time is good, like food which gives life/well-being.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Speaking according to the need on the needed occasion
is like gold inlaid in silver.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If what you (sing.) say is-fitting to the occasion, this is beautiful like golden apples in a silver container.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The right word at the right time, it-can-be-compared to silver which is decorated with gold.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Something that is said that is very appropriate
is as delightful as seeing gold apples/ornaments in a silver bowl.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 26:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Some people are very lazy,
so they are not even able to bring food to the mouth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Lazy people put their hands in the dish,
but they feel that it is too difficult
to lift their hands to eat.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “There are people who are very lazy that even to eat [they] are- still -lazy.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There-are others (each of) whose laziness is excessive and he is (too) lazy to feed himself (lit. his body).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Some people are extremely lazy;
they put their hand in a dish to get some food but do not even lift the food up to their mouths.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 27:19:
- Kupsabiny: “A mirror shows how the appearance of a person is,
like when the life/soul of a person is seen from how his behavior is.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Like a person’s face is reflected in water
a person is known by his heart.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “As you (sing.) can see your (sing.) face in the water, you (sing.) can also see your (sing.) being in your (sing.) heart.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Like water in-which-you(sing.)-can-see your (sing.) face face-to-face, likewise also the thoughts of a person that can-be-seen in his fellow person.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “When a person looks in the water, he sees his own face;
similarly , when we look at a person’s behavior, we know what he is thinking.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 28:24:
- Kupsabiny: “A person who steals form his parents and forces them.
is a sinner.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The person who robs his parents
and does not think it is wrong
is like a thief.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A man who steals from his parents and says that is not a sin, he is a companion of the criminals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who cheats his father and his mother then says it is not a sin/crime, he will-be-counted as a criminal.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Anyone who steals things from his father or his mother
and says ‘That is not sinful’
is as bad as a bandit.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 30:1:
- Kupsabiny: “These are words which Agur son of Jakeh said. He said to Ithiel and Ucal:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “These are the proverbs of Jakeh son of Agur
God is not with me, God is not with me.
I am not able to do anything.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “These are the proverbs of Agur the child of Jake of/from-Masa. He said these to Itiel and Ucal:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “These are the words of God that Agur the child of Jakeh told. He said: Lord God, I am extremely tired, I already have-no strength.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “These are sayings/messages that God gave to Agur, the son of Jakeh.
Agur wrote them for Ithiel and Ucal.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 30:33:
- Kupsabiny: “If you shake milk, you get cheese/butter. And/or if you hit a person on the nose, it bleeds. But/And again if you disrupt/disturb people until they become angry, you will bring trouble/disaster.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When milk is churned there will be ghee,
When the nose is hit, blood will come out,
In just the same way, when anger is expressed,
there will be disputes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “(Is it) not so that if you (sing.) keep stirring the milk it will-produce butter? And (is it) not so that if you (sing.) punch the nose of a man it will-bleed? Therefore if you (sing.) provoke-to-anger a man, that will-start-up trouble.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Because if one shakes-back-and-forth and squeezes milk, there-will-be butter. If you (sing.) also hit/box the nose of your (sing.) fellow, blood will-come-out. Likewise also if you (sing.) make-worse your (sing.) anger, you (sing.) will-cause-there-to-be a quarrel/fight.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 1:1:
- Kupsabiny: “This is the word/message that God gave to Hosea son of Beeri. The people who ruled the land of Judah in those days were: Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah. Jeroboam son of Joash was at that time ruling the country of Israel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “During the reign of the kings of Judah — Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah and during the reign of the king of Israel, Jeroboam son of Jehoash, the word of the LORD came to Hosea, son of Beeri.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This is the message which was-revealed by the LORD to Hoseas the child of Beeri during the time that Uzia reigned in Juda, then Jotam, Ahaz, and Hezekia, and during the time that Jeroboam the child of Joash reigned in Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There-is that which God caused-to-be-told-by Hosea the child of Beeri in the time of Uzzias, Jotam, Ahaz and Hezekias who were kings in Juda. At that time, Jeroboam also who was child of Joas was king in Israel.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “I am Hosea, the son of Beeri. Yahweh gave me these messages at various times during the years that Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah were the kings of Judah, and Jeroboam the son of Jehoash was the King of Israel.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
