Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 5:15:
- Kupsabiny: “(He) said to (him) that, ‘Take these things and place (them) in the House of God in Jerusalem, and rebuild the House of God at where it was.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then he said to him, ‘Take these utensils along and make them all together in the temple of Jerusalem. Then rebuild God’s temple in [its] former location.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The king said to Sheshbazar to build again the temple of God in Jerusalem where it had-stood in-the-past, and place there these articles.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘’The king instructed him to take the cups back to Jerusalem, to the place from which they had previously been taken. He also decreed that they should rebuild the temple at the place where it had been before. So Cyrus appointed Sheshbazzar to be the governor in Judah. He also sent all those things made of gold and silver, for Sheshbazzar to put in the new temple.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zephaniah 1:18:
- Kupsabiny: “Their silver and/or their gold cannot help them on that day when God is angry. The fierce anger will destroy the whole world and the people who are in it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “their silver or gold
will not able to save them
on the day LORDʼs angry.”
by the fire of His jealousy
the whole earth will be consumed,
because of He will make a sudden end all who live on the earth.
of all who live on the earth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Their silver and gold cannot save them on that day that I will-show my anger which (is) like fire that will-devour/consume the entire world. I will- suddenly -destroy all who live on earth.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 20:21:
- Kupsabiny: “So/Therefore, very many people of Syria were killed. The king of Israel defeated (them) and the horses and chariots were taken as spoil.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Ahab, King of Israel advanced. He captured the horses and chariots of the Arameans and slaughtered many Arameans.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “That was the attack of King Ahab and-company of Israel. Very many were the Arameanhon that they killed, and they took the horses and chariots of the Arameanhon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then the king of Israel went out of the city, and he and his soldiers captured all the other Syrian horses and chariots, and also killed a large number of Syrian soldiers.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 48:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Moab will be destroyed,
and children will scream painfully.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Moab will- surely be-destroyed, and children will-weep.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “All of Moab will be ruined;
even the little children will cry loudly.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 5:1:
- Kupsabiny: “And on that day, Deborah and Barak son of Abinoam sang:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “That day Deborah and Barak, son of Abinoam, sang this song –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “On-that day that they won, Debora and Barak sang. This is their song:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “On that day, Deborah sang this song, along with Barak:” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 3:3:
- Kupsabiny: “There is a day to kill and one to heal,
there is a day for tearing down and one for building.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “There is a time to kill, there is a time to heal.
There is a time to tear down, there is a time to build.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “there is a time to kill and there is also a time to bury,
there is a time to destroy and there is also a time to build,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 7:52:
- Kupsabiny: “On the seventh day, Elishama son of Ammihud from the clan of Ephraim also brought his which were like those.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “for a purification offering, one male goat.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “These were-particularly the-(ones-who) brought their offerings:
On the first day, Nashon child of Aminadad, the leader/[lit. head] of the tribe of Juda.
On the second day, Netanel child of Zuar, the leader/[lit. head] of the tribe of Issachar.
On the third day, Eliab child of Helon, the leader/[lit. head] of the tribe of Zebulun.
On the fourth day, Elizur child of Shedeur, the leader/[lit. head] of the tribe of Reuben.
On the fifth day, Shelumiel child of Zurishadai, the leader/[lit. head] of the tribe of Simeon.
On the sixth day, Eliasaph child of Deuel, the leader/[lit. head] of the tribe of Gad.
On the seventh day, Elishama child of Amihud, the leader/[lit. head] of the tribe of Efraim.
On the eighth day, Gamaliel child of Pedazur, the leader/[lit. head] of the tribe of Manase.
On the ninth day, Abidan child of Gideoni, the leader/[lit. head] of the tribe of Benjamin.
On the tenth day, Ahiezer child of Amishadai, the leader/[lit. head] of the tribe of Dan.
On the eleventh day, Pagiel child of Ocran, the leader/[lit. head] of the tribe of Asher.
And on the twelfth day Ahira child of Enan, the leader/[lit. head] of the tribe of Naftali.
Each one of them brought these offerings: one silver big-plate that weigh about one and one half kilogram, and one silver bowl that weigh about 800 grams according to the weighing-scale of the priests. Each one of them they filled with a good/fine kind of flour that was-mixed with oil for the gift offering. Each one of them also brought one golden small-cup that weigh about 120 grams that was filled with incense; one young bull, one male sheep, and one young male sheep which is one year old as a burnt offering; one male goat as an offering for becoming-clean; and two oxen/cow, five male sheep, five male goats, and five young male sheep/lambs which is one year old as an offering for a good relation.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “These are the gifts that each of the leaders brought:
—a silver dish that weighed more than three pounds/1.5 kg., and a silver bowl that weighed almost two pounds/800 grams, both of which were full of good flour and mixed with olive oil to be offerings of grain; they both were weighed using the standard scales;
—a small gold dish that weighed four ounces/14 grams, filled with incense;
—a young bull, a full-grown ram, and a one-year-old ram, to be sacrifices to be completely burned on the altar;
—a goat to be sacrificed to enable me to forgive the people for the sins they have committed;
—and two bulls, five full-grown rams, five male goats, and five rams that were one-year-old, to be sacrifices to maintain the people’s fellowship with Yahweh.
This was the order in which the leaders brought their gifts:
on the first day, Nahshon, son of Amminadab from the tribe of Judah brought his gifts;
on the next/second day, Nethanel, son of Zuar, from the tribe of Issachar;
on the next/third day, Eliab, son of Helon, from the tribe of Zebulun;
on the next/fourth day, Elizur, son of Shedeur, from the tribe of Reuben;
on the next/fifth day, Shelumiel, son of Jurishhaddai, from the tribe of Simeon;
on the next/sixth day, Eliasaph, son of Deuel, from the tribe of Gad;
on the next/seventh day, Elishama, son of Ammihud, from the tribe of Ephraim;
on the next/eighth day, Gamaliel, son of Pedahzur, from the tribe of Manasseh;
on the next/ninth day, Abidan, son of Gideoni, from the tribe of Benjamin;
on the next/tenth day, Ahiezer, son of Ammishaddai, from the tribe of Dan;
on the next/eleventh day, Pagiel, son of Acran, from the tribe of Asher;
on the next/twelfth day, Ahira, son of Enam, from the tribe of Naphtali.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 7:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Ezra arrived in Jerusalem in the fifth month in the seventh year when/while Artaxerxes was ruling.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then in the 5th month of the 7th year of that same king, Ezra arrived in Jerusalem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Ezra left Babilonia on the first day of the first month. And with the help of God, he was-able-to-arrive in Jerusalem on the first day of the fifth month, on the seventh year of the reign of Artaserkses.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “We left Babylon on April 8, which was the first day of the Jewish year. Because God was very kind to us, we arrived safely in Jerusalem on August 4 of that year.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
