Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 6:12:
- Kupsabiny: “I realized that he was not saying words of/from God, but he had been bought (bribed) by Sanballat and Tobiah to say that to me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I realized that God did- not -speak to him, but rather he was- -hired by Sanbalat and Tobia to say those to me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “I found-out that God had not spoken to him but rather Tobia and Sanballat had bribed (him) to frighten me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “When I thought about what he had said, I realized that God had not told Shemaiah to say that to me. I realized that Tobiah and Sanballat had bribed him to say that to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 9:18:
- Kupsabiny: “though they shaped/formed an idol like a calf and went to kneel to it while saying, ‘You are the one that brought us from Egypt!’ These people sinned and abused you terribly.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “even though they made an image of a calf, and said, ‘This is our (excl.) God who have-caused- us (excl.) -to-come-out of Egipto.’ They terribly blaspheme you (sing.)!” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “even though they made a fake cow then they said that that was the god that had led them to leave Egipto and even though they insulted you (sing.) because of the offensive-things that they were doing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “So, even though their leaders made an idol that resembled a calf and insulted you by saying about the idol, ‘This is our god, who brought you up out of Egypt,’ you did not desert them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 1:12:
- Kupsabiny: “And if (they) say again that, ‘Let’s swallow people alive as the place of the dead swallows people,’ shun (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Like Sheol swallows [them] alive,
we will swallow them completely, their name will not survive.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They are alive today and healthy/[lit. good] body but let- us (incl.) -kill/[lit. finish] them; they will-be like the ones who already went to the place of the dead-ones.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “They are strong/healthy now but we are like the grave that will swallow them alive.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 2:11:
- Kupsabiny: “It will keep you and protect/help you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Because of your insight and understanding,
you will be protected.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) know how to decide correctly, this can-protect you (sing.). If you (sing.) have-understanding, this can-keep you (sing.)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Your (sing.) carefulness/circumspection and your (sing.) understanding, it’s as if they are what protects you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 3:21:
- Kupsabiny: “My child, be a good councilor/adviser and organize/construct your words well.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O My Son, keep on grasping wisdom and discernment.
Don’t let them get lost.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Child, surely keep your (sing.) wisdom and knowledge to decide what is right. Do- not -let this lose/vanish out-of you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “My child, continually store-up in your (sing.) thoughts proper wisdom and understanding so-that they will not cease-to-be with you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 4:18:
- Kupsabiny: “The life of righteous people is like when the sun rises. (It/they) slowly shine more until daylight.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The way of the righteous is like sunlight at dawn,
As long as it is not yet evening it shines brighter and brighter.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The way-of-living of the righteous-ones is like the rising of the sun that shines even more until noon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Its becoming-lighter in the morning, that is the comparison of the path of the righteous. It becomes- continually -lighter (lit. becomes-lighter becomes-lighter) until the sun becomes-high.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 5:23:
- Kupsabiny: “That person will die with his own foolishness having killed (him) because he refused to keep/guard himself!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Not being able to control himself, he will be destroyed.
By his own foolishness he will die.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He will-lead-astray because of his foolishness, and he will-die because he would- not -cause-to-become-correct/[lit. straight] his behavior.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “He will die since he will- not -be-able-to-control himself, he will-be-lost because-of his excessive foolishness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 6:32:
- Kupsabiny: “But a person who is adulterous is very foolish. Any man/person who does such things, (he) will meet death.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “But if anyone commits adultery,
he is a great fool.
He destroys himself.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A man who is-having-a-relationship with the wife of others has no understanding. He is- just -destroying himself.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But the (man) who commits-adultery (does-woman-with) has no thoughts/mind (i.e. is unthinking), because he only destroys himself (lit. his body).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
