Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 21:4:
- Kupsabiny: “The wicked boast of themselves and are angry with people.
But what they focus on is only evil/sin.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Proud eyes, an arrogant heart,
and the evil work of defamation are sin.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Boasting and thinking-of-oneself-high are sin. You (sing.) will-recognize wicked people by that behavior.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Bad people, they are proud (lit. raise their bodies), but there-is-no outcome of their lives except (lit. if not) sin.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Being proud and arrogant is like a lamp that guides wicked people;
being proud and arrogant characterizes wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 22:5:
- Kupsabiny: “The way/path of sinner is hard/difficult/with many obstacles),
but a person who guards himself keeps away from there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In the path of the wicked
there are only thorns and obstacles,
People who love life will stay far away from this path.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The wicked walk on the thorny road and has traps/snares. [You (sing.)] avoid/stay-away from that road if you (sing.) keep/guard/value your (sing.) life.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who values his life, he goes-far-from the path of those whose thoughts are bad, because there-are-many pricking/poking-things and snares there.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Because of the things that wicked people do, they have difficulties/troubles that will be like thorns and traps on the roads that they walk on ;
people who are careful/cautious will be able to stay away from those difficulties.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 23:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Those words/matters upset your stomach/mind and you do not want to give thanks again/still.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You will vomit up all you have eaten.
And all your praise will have been wasted.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore you (sing.) spit-out what you (sing.) have-eaten and your (sing.) praising/flattering him has no value.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You (sing.) will vomit all that you (sing.) ate and your (sing.) good words will-be-wasted.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 24:5:
- Kupsabiny: “Understanding/experience brings strength, and wisdom brings power. It is better to use wisdom than strength.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “A wise man is more powerful than a strong man.
Wisdom is more important than strength.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The wise men could help very much to increase the strength/ability of the fighters/warriors,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The wise person, larger is his power than the strong-(person). Skill/intelligence is also more-valuable than strength of body.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:3:
- Kupsabiny: “There is no person who knows all things perfectly in heaven/up or here on earth, and there is no other who knows perfectly what the king thinks.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “No one is able to know what is in the heart of a king.
His thoughts [are] high as the heavens
[and] deep as the ocean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “As the heights of heaven and the depths of the ground can- not -be-measured, the thinking of the kings can- not also -be-fathomed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Nobody can-know the thoughts/mind of a king, because it is high like the highness of the sky and like the innerness (i.e., depth under ground) of the earth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “It is not possible for anyone to measure how high the sky is or how deep the earth/ocean is;
likewise , it is not possible for us to know all that kings are thinking.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 26:7:
- Kupsabiny: “If/When a foolish person has used a proverb,
it is like a lame person has stood up to walk.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “For a fool to tell a proverb
is like a cripple trying to run.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A proverb which the fool-ones are-saying has no value like a foot of a lame man.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The advice of a foolish-person is like a leg that is lame that hangs-limply.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “A lame man cannot use his legs,
and similarly it is useless for a foolish person to speak proverbs/wise sayings.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 27:11:
- Kupsabiny: “My child, you ought to be wise so that I can be happy,
and/but if you do like that, we shall not be put to shame.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O my son, get wisdom and I will rejoice.
And I will be able to give answer
to those who criticize me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Child, [you (sing.)] be wise so-that I will also be happy, and so-that I have something-to-answer to the one-who-puts- me -to-shame.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “My child, show (sing.) that you (sing.) are wise so-that I will-be-made-happy and I will-have something-to-answer even anyone who criticizes/insults me.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “My child/son, cause me to be happy by becoming wise,
in order that I will know how to reply to those who would criticize me about your behavior.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 28:16:
- Kupsabiny: “An arrogant king is not wise,
but the one who hates corruption will live to a ripe old age.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “A ruler that lacks discernment
is foolish and hard-hearted.
Anyone who does not become rich by harming others,
he will have a long life.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A ruler who has no understanding is very cruel.
A ruler who does not want to become-rich through a bad way his life will-be-prolonged/long.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “One who is not wise to rule has no mercy/kindness, but the life of one who refuses to cheat so that he can become-rich will-become-long.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Rulers who do not have good sense cruelly oppress the people they rule,
but rulers who do not want to become rich by cheating/deceiving people will live (OR, rule) for a long time.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
