Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 2:10:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall give to your people who cut trees twenty thousand (20,000) bags of wheat, twenty thousand (20,000) bags of barley, four hundred and forty thousand (440,000) liters of wine and four hundred and forty thousand (440,000) liters of olive oil.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “To feed the people who cut your wood I will send 2,000 tons of wheat, 2,000 tons of barley, 400,000 liters of new wine and 400,000 liters of olive oil.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-pay your woodcutters around 60,000 sacks of wheat, 60,000 sacks of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will pay your workers, the men who cut the logs, 100,000 bushels of ground wheat, 100,000 bushels of barley, 110,000 gallons of wine, and 110,000 gallons of olive oil.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 18:23:
- Kupsabiny: “Ahimaaz said that, ‘Whatever may come, I want to go.’ Then Joab told Ahimaaz that, ‘Go then.’ (Then) Ahimaaz started the journey immediately and ran quickly along the lower path. Soon after, he passed/overtook that person of Cush.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Ahimaaz said, "No matter what happens, I will go running."
So Joab said, "If so, then go." So Ahimaaz ran, going by way of the route of the fields of the Jordan, and he overtook the Cushite and ran ahead of him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He said, ‘Whatever happens, I will-go.’ So Joab said to him, ‘Alright, go! ’ So Ahimaaz ran-off, and he cut-across the plain/valley of Jordan, and he went-ahead of the man of/from-Etiopia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But Ahimaaz replied, ‘That does not matter, I want to go.’ So Joab said, ‘Okay, go.’ So Ahimaaz ran along another road through the Jordan Valley and arrived where David was before the man from Ethiopia arrived.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 8:4:
- Kupsabiny: “They appointed kings that I have not accepted
and they chose leaders without asking me.
They shaped things of silver and gold to become idols so that they worship (them)
and then they brought on themselves destruction.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “They have chosen kings without asking me,
They have chosen officials without asking me.
They have made idols from their silver and gold
for their own destruction.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They chose kings and officers whom I did- not -choose. They made little-gods/false-gods from their silver and gold. And these little-gods are-what-brought destruction to them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The Israel people appointed their last three kings,
but they did not ask me if I agreed to what they were doing.
They chose their own leaders
without asking if I would approve of them.
They used their own silver and gold to make for themselves idols,
and doing that led them to be destroyed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 28:55:
- Kupsabiny: “That man shall refuse to distribute to his people the meat of his children that he is eating because the people suffer the consequences and do not have anything to eat in those days when enemies have surrounded their cities.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Even to the point that he would not share with anyone the flesh of the bodies of his children. When the enemy besieges your cities and causes such suffering, he will have nothing else left.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He will- not -give them the flesh of his child that he is-eating for he is afraid that (he)-will-run-out-of-food/be-left-empty. That is what will-happen to you (plur.) at the time that your (plur.) enemies will-besiege all your (plur.) towns.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When your enemies have surrounded your towns, even the most gentle and sensitive men among you will want food very desperately, with the result that they will kill their own children and eat their flesh, because they will not have anything else to eat. They will not even share any of it with their brothers or wives whom they love very much or with any of their children who are still alive.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 15:33:
- Kupsabiny: “If a person fears/obeys/respects God, (he/she) gets wisdom,
and/but for a person to be exalted/raised up, (he/she) should humble (him/her)self.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The fear of the Lord is insight.
and if one is humble, one will also be honored.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Respecting the LORD can-teach a man to become-wise, and humility can-give him honor.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “A person’s esteeming God, that is how-he-becomes-wise. A person must humble-himself before (lit. then) he will-be-praised.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “If you revere Yahweh, you will learn how to become wise,
but only after you become humble will people honor you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 8:29:
- Kupsabiny: “Moses also took the chest of the ram that was used as a sacrifice of anointing and raised it to God. This was Moses’ portion following what God had told him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Just as the LORD had commanded Moses, taking the breast, he offered it as a wave offering before the LORD. This was his share of the ram of the Ordination Sacrifice.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Moises also took the breast of the sheep and lifted- this -up to the LORD as an offering which is-lifted-up. This is his share/portion of the sheep which (is) an offering for ordination. Moises did this according-to what- the LORD -commanded him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Moses/I also took the breast of the second ram and lifted it up, as Yahweh had commanded. The breast was Moses’/my share of the ram that was sacrificed to dedicate the priests.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 4:7:
- Kupsabiny: “Huram also made ten things on which lamps were placed and he placed (them) in the House of God. Those things were (made) of gold and made according to how they should be made. He placed five of those things to the right side and the other five he placed to the left side of the Outer room.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He made ten golden lampstands according to their pattern and he placed them in the temple, five toward the south and five toward the north.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He also caused-to-make ten golden things-to-put- lamp(s) -on according to plan, and placed them in the temple, five on the south and five on the north.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They also made ten gold lampstands according to what Solomon had instructed them. They put them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 19:22:
- Kupsabiny: “David said that, ‘What thing do we have with you the sons of Zeruiah. Why do you keep on arguing with me? Why should we now kill a person in Israel? After all, I am king again.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “David replied, "O sons of Zeruiah, what do I have to do with you? [lit.: what relationship do I have with you?] Today you have become my opponent. Now I have become king of Israel so today none of the Israelites will die.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But David said, ‘You (plur.) children of Zeruya, what is your (plur.) concern? You (plur.) do- not -go-against with my decision now. I am now the king of Israel, and no man will-be-killed in Israel today.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But David said, ‘You sons of Zeruiah, what am I going to do with you? (OR, you are not the ones who should decide what to do to him). It is as though you have become my enemies today. I know that I am the one who has now become the king of Israel, so I say that certainly no one in Israel should be executed today.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
