Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 24:20:
- Kupsabiny: “If you leave God and worship gods/idols, he will turn his back on you and punish you. He will destroy you completely, even though he was good to you in the way you were before.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If you abandon the LORD and do puja to other gods, even though He has been good to you up to now, He will destroy you. Coming back to do harm, he will reduce you to ashes."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If you (plur.) forsake/abandon the LORD and serve other gods, he will-be-angry with you (plur.) and he will-punish you (plur.). He will-destroy you (plur.) even-though from/since time-past he (has-been) good to you (plur.).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He has been good to you in the past, but if you turn away from him and serve/worship foreign/other gods, he will turn against you and he will cause you to experience disasters. He will punish you severely!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 29:10:
- Kupsabiny: “A killer/violent man hates an honest/friendly person,
but the righteous person guards/protects that friendship.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Murderers do not like good people.
but righteous people deliver them [the good people].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The ones-who kill hate and try to kill the people who live rightly and without blame.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “A murderer hates those who have no reason-to-be-criticized, but they are the ones whom the righteous protect.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Those who murder others hate people who are honest/always do what is right,
but righteous people try to protect them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 4:31:
- Kupsabiny: “These are the things that the house of Merari shall carry: The frames of the Tent of God, the horizontal poles, the posts, the things that the posts stand on,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “This is the work that they must do at the Tent of Meeting — the wooden planks of the Holy Tent, their crossbars and pillars and bases,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This is their work/doings/duty at the Meeting-Together-Place Tent: they are to carry the frames of the Tent, the crossbars of-this, the posts, and the bases.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Their work will be to carry the frames that hold up the tent, the crossbars, the posts that hold up the curtains, and the bases.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 2:26:
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nahum 2:10:
- Kupsabiny: “That city will be destroyed and demolished. People will lose heart on account of fear. The knees will shake, the power/strength will end and the faces become dark/sad.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The city of Nineveh is plundered.
It has become an empty place and ruined.
People’s hearts are melted with fear.
Their legs tremble, bodies tremble
Their faces turned pale with fear.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Nineve will- now -be-destroyed, ruined, broken-down! Therefore its residents (are) troubled; their whole bodies tremble/shake/quiver as-well-as their knees, and they become-pale.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Soon everything valuable in the city will be seized or ruined.
People will be trembling, with the result that they will not be able to fight.
Their faces will all become pale.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 17:16:
- Kupsabiny: “The flour did not get used up from the basket nor did the oil get finished from the bottle as God had told Elijah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “By word of the LORD said through Elijah the wheat flour of that bowl was not used up, and the oil in that bottle did not become less.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For the bowl was- not -left-empty of flour and the jar also was- not -left-empty of oil, according to what the LORD had-said through Elias.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “because the flour in the jar was never finished, and the jug of oil was never empty. That happened just like Yahweh had told Elijah that it would happen.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 42:13:
- Kupsabiny: “But if you say, ‘We will not stay in this land,’ and refuse to obey/respect what your God is telling you,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘But if you will- not -obey the LORD your God and you will-say that, ‘We will- not -stay/remain in this land” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But if you refuse to obey Yahweh our God, and if you say ‘We will not stay here;” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 1:19:
- Kupsabiny: “After that, God helped the clan of Judah to take the country of the hills/ridges. But that clan of Judah did not manage to chase away the people who lived in the lowlands, because those people had carts of war of metal.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD gave help to the men of Judah. They captured the hill country. But they were not able to drive out the people who lived in the plains below. because they had chariots of iron.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD helped the tribe of Juda. They subjected/brought-under-(their)-jurisdiction the mountains, but they were- not -able-to-drive-out the people who were-living in the valleys/plains because these people had iron chariots.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh helped the men of Judah to capture the hilly area, but they could not force the people who were living in the plains to leave, because those people had better weapons—they had iron chariots.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
