Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 19:9:
- Kupsabiny: “A person who lies in court will not escape punishment.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “It is not true that those who give false witness
will not be punished.
Those who say things that are not true
will be destroyed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A lying witness will-be-punished, and whoever lies will-be-destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “For-sure the one who is a habitual-liar and testifies what is not true will-be-punished.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Those who tell lies in court will certainly be punished ;
they will be ruined.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 20:12:
- Kupsabiny: “These eyes and ears that you have,
is it not God who gave (them) to you?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Ears to hear and eyes to see,
the Lord has given them both.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD has-given us (incl.) eyes so-that we (incl.) can-see and ears so-that we (incl.) can-hear.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “God is the one who made ears for hearing and eyes for seeing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Two of the things that Yahweh has created for us
are ears to hear things and eyes to see things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 21:14:
- Kupsabiny: “A bribe subdues anger
and ends the fierceness of a person.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “A hidden gift will extinguish anger.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) give-a-gift in secret to a person who is angry with you (sing.), his anger will-vanish.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It is possible for extreme anger to-be-removed by-means-of a bribe.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “When someone is angry with you,
if you secretly give him a gift, he will stop being angry.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 22:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Children do foolish things,
but if (they) are punished/disciplined (they) will get rid of/move away from those things.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Unnecessary matters will be coming
into the hearts of children,
but by rebuking them
such matters must be removed far from them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “(It is) already the behavior of the children to do-foolishness, but this behavior can-be-straightened if they will-be-disciplined.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Already-original is the foolishness of all children, but if you (sing.) beat/whip (them), it-is-possible that it-be-changed.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Children naturally do things that are foolish,
but if you punish/spank them , they will stop doing foolish things/learn to behave as they should.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 23:18:
- Kupsabiny: “and on the day after tomorrow (in the future), there will be nothing you will lose/lack of what you hope in/for.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Because of this you will have reward.
You will not be disappointed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And very surely you (sing.) have a good future, and what you are-desiring will- not -be-dismayed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If you (sing.) do that, you (sing.) will have a good expectation in a future day (lit. addition of days) and for-certain it-will-be-accomplished.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 24:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Do not be like an evil person who plans to attack/invade the house of a gently/upright person.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Do not plot to rob good people
like wicked people do.
And do not drive them out of their houses.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] do- not -become-like a wicked man, who watches-closely to attack the dwelling-place of a righteous man.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Do not (sing.) follow-the-example-of a criminal. Do not (sing.) secretly-watch-for what you (sing.) will steal from the house of a righteous-person.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:13:
- Kupsabiny: “A messenger of/with truth makes the master happy like cold water which quenches thirst.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “A trustworthy messenger cools the heart of his master
like cold water at harvest time.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A trustworthy messenger can-make- the feeling -good of the one who sent him, like a cold water on summer-season.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The trustworthy servant, he-can-be-compared-to cold water in the dry-season that strengthens his master.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “A messenger who is reliable/tells someone else exactly what he was told to say refreshes the spirits of his bosses who sent him
like snow/cold water refreshes the ground at the time that people harvest crops.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 26:17:
- Kupsabiny: “A person who enters himself into the fight of other people,
he is like a person who takes hold of a dog which is a stranger/foreign and pulls (the/its) ears.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Putting one’s hand in a dispute among others
is like grabbing a mad dog by the ears.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “(It is) dangerous if you (sing.) get-involved with the fight of others; (it is) just like you (sing.) seized a dog by the ears.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who joins-in-taking-a-role (connotes meddles-with) in the quarrels of others, he is like a person who grabs-hold-of an ear of a passing dog.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Anyone who meddles/involves himself in a quarrel that does not concern him
is as foolish as someone who tries to grab a passing dog by its ears.” (Source: Translation for Translators)