Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 11:25:
Kupsabiny: “A generous person gets blessings/gifts/rewards, and the one who helps others will be helped.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “An openhearted man will become prosperous, the one who helps others will himself receive help.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “A generous man will-prosper. A man who helps others will- also -be-helped-out.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “One who is consistently-merciful/kind will be rewarded. The one who helps his fellow/companion, he will also be helped.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Southeastern Dinka (Dinka Cam): “The person who has a heart and gives to other people generously is generously given to.”
Northeastern Dinka (Dinka Padang): “The person who gives, prospers, for the bowl goes and the bowl comes.” (Here a local proverb “The bowl goes, and the bowl comes” was used, meaning “The person who gives food (in a bowl), will in turn receive food when he is in need.”) (source for this and two above: Jacobus Naudé / Cynthia Miller-Naudé in Noss / Houser 2019, p. 293)
English: “Those who give generously to others will prosper; if you help others, they/someone will help you, too.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
The name that is transliterated as “Abraham” in English means “father of a multitude,” “father of mercy,” “father of many nations.” (Source: Cornwall / Smith 1997 )
In the vast majority of sign languages, including American Sign Language it is translated with the sign signifying “hold back arm” (referring to Genesis 22:12).
In Vietnamese (Hanoi) Sign Language it is translated with a sign for that demonstrates his new destiny. Previously, he had been called to wander from his home, and the name “Abram” reflected this movement (see here). The new sign name is in one location and stays there, showing Abraham will be given a land to call his own. At this time, Abraham was in the southern part of Canaan, which is shown on the base arm by the location near the elbow. (Source: The Vietnamese Sign Language translation team, VSLBT)
“Abraham” in Vietnamese Sign Language, source: SooSL
In Tira it is transliterated as Abaram. The choice of this, rather than the widely-known “Ibrahim,” as used in the Tira translation of the Qu’ran, was to offset it against the Muslim transliteration which originates from Arabic. (Source: J.A. Naudé, C.L. Miller Naudé, J.O. Obono in Acta Theologica 43/2, 2023, p. 129ff. )
Click or tap here to see two short video clips about Abraham (source: Bible Lands 2012)
