Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 11:28:
- Kupsabiny: “Ira son of Ikkesh who came from Tekoa, Abiezer who came from Anathoth,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Ira son of Ikkesh the Tekoaite; Abiezer from Anathoth,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Ira the child of Ikesh of/from-Tekoa,
Abiezer of/from-Anatot,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Ira, the son of Ikkesh, from Tekoa town;
Abiezer, from Anathoth city;” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 30:3:
- Kupsabiny: “When David and his people entered that city, they saw that the city had been set ablaze and their wives plus the children had been taken.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When David and his men reached Ziklag, they saw that the city had been destroyed, and its women and children had been taken away.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “David and his men saw that their place (was) now burned, and their wives and children were-no- longer -there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When David and his men came to Ziklag, they saw that the town had been burned, and that their wives and sons and daughters had been captured and taken away.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:51:
- Kupsabiny: “My stomach is finishing/breaking me/I am distressed
when I see what has been done to the women of this city.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I am deeply grieved to see the women of
Jerusalem in their suffering.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “My feeling hurts over the end-result of the women in our (excl.) city.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I am very grieved
because of what has happened to the women of my city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 8:9:
- Kupsabiny: “You shall go and find in that land much food where nothing is lacking. That land has metals and you shall dig out bronze/copper from the hills of that land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In that land there will be no shortage of grain. There you will not have a shortage of anything. It is a land where iron is as common as stone, and copper is abundant in the hills.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) will- not -be-without food in that land and you (plur.) will- not -be-lacking of anything. You (plur.) can-get irons in its stones/rocks, and you (plur.) can-dig copper in the mountains.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “It is a land where there will be plenty of food for you, where you will not lack anything/have everything that you need , a land which has iron ore in its rocks and from which you can dig copper ore from its hills.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 39:25:
- Kupsabiny: “When the horn is blown, it is ready to charge,
feeling the flames of the battle before it reaches
and hearing the leaders/commanders give morale to the soldiers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Hearing the sound of the trumpet, it snorts.
It understands the scent of battle, sound of battle
and the voice of the commanding general at a great distance.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They neigh joyfully when they hear someone blowing the trumpet.
They can smell a battle even when they are far away,
and they understand what it means when the commanders shout their commands to their soldiers.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 31:6:
- Kupsabiny: “I have also chosen Oholiab son of Ahisamach who is from the clan of Dan to help each other with Bezalel in doing that work. I have also given the other people of skill the power to do everything I desire from them to do” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I have chosen Oholiab the son of Ahisamach from the tribe of Dan to help him. I have given skills to craftsmen to make all things that I have commanded you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I have- also -chosen Oholiab child/(son) of Ahisamac, who came-from the tribe of Dan, to help Bezalel. I also have-given ability to all the good carpenters so-that they will-be-able-to-do/can-make all that I have-commanded you (sing.) to-do:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And yo, I chose another man for helping him, whose name is Ooliap. He is Aisamak’s son in the clan [descended] from Dan. And I gave great knowledge to other workers to do all these things as I’ve spoken to you (sing.) about.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And his second, they call him Oholiab Ahisamach who be man-of-Dan. He must be his helper. And there be others who be wise for that which I say to you [that] they must make:” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Note that I have also appointed Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, to work with him. I have also given special ability to other men, in order that they can make all the things that I have commanded you to be made.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 12:13:
- Kupsabiny: “Jeremiah, Makbannai.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Jeremiah was the tenth, and Macbannai was the eleventh.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jeremias was the tenth,
and Macbanai was the eleventh.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Next was another man whose name was Jeremiah.
The last was Macbannai.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 31:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Saul told his servant who used to carry for him the weapons that, ‘Remove your sword and stab me to death. Uncircumcised men should not come and stab me and I become shamed.’ But that man was so afraid that he did not accept to stab Saul. Then, Saul removed his own sword and threw himself down on it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then Saul said to his armor bearer, "Take out your sword and pierce me so that these, who do not obey God, who are not circumcised, may not slander and disgrace me."
But the armor bearer did not agree because he was very terrified. He did not have the courage to do that. So Saul took his own sword and pierced (himself) with it and died.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Saul said to the one-who-carries his weapons-of-war, ‘Pull-out/draw your (sing.) sword and kill me, for if not, they who do- not -know God are the-(ones-who) will-kill me, and they will-mock/ridicule me.’ But the one-who-carries his weapons-of-war (was) afraid to-kill him, so Saul took his own sword, and stabbed himself/[lit. his own self].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Saul said to the man who was carrying his weapons, ‘Take out your sword and kill me with it, in order that these heathen Philistines will not be able to thrust their swords into me and make fun of me while I am dying.’
But the man who was carrying Saul’s weapons was terrified, and refused to do that. So Saul took his own sword and fell on it. The sword pierced his body and he died.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
