Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 16:19:
- Kupsabiny: “He shall immerse his finger in the blood and sprinkle it on the altar seven times. That is how he is to clean the altar from the sins of the people of Israel and set it apart/dedicate it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Sprinkling a little blood above it with his finger seven times, he must cleanse the altar from the unclean deeds of the Israelites and make it holy.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then he will-dip his finger in the blood and sprinkle seven times the altar for offer this to the LORD and to cleanse this because of the dirtiness/uncleanliness of the Israelinhon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Aaron must dip his finger into the basin of blood and sprinkle some of the blood over the altar seven times. By doing that, he will cleanse it from being unholy because of the sins of the Israeli people, and it will become holy again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 15:9:
- Kupsabiny: “Then Asa gathered all the people of Judah and Benjamin. He also gathered those who lived together with them and came from the communities of Ephraim, Manasseh and Simeon. Many people had earlier fled from Israel of the North when they saw that God was with Asa.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “After that he gathered all the people of Judah and Benjamin. He also summoned the people of the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who had settled among them. For, seeing that the LORD, his God was with him, many people from Israel came to Judah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then he had-gathered/assembled all the people of Juda and Benjamin, and the people from Efraim, Manase, and Simeon who lived with them. Many had-moved to Juda from Israel when they saw that Asa is being-accompanied by the LORD his God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then he gathered all the people of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin and many people from the tribes of Ephraim, Manasseh, and Simeon who were living among them. He was able to do that because many people from those tribes in Israel had come to me to Judah when they realized that Yahweh, the God that Asa worshiped, was helping him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 5:3:
- Kupsabiny: “I know the people of Ephraim
and those of Israel are not lost to me.
You have committed so much adultery, oh, Ephraim
and put on yourselves dirt, oh, people of Israel.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I know everything about Ephraim,
Israel is not being hidden from me.
You, O Ephraim, have been committing prostitution.
Israel has defiled itself.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I know all about you (plur.) who come-from-Israel; you (plur.) can- not -hide- (anything) from me. You (plur.) worship little-gods therefore you (plur.) became unclean/dirty.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I know everything about the people of Israel;
nothing that they have done is hidden from me.
Because the people of Israel have given themselves to worshiping idols
like prostitutes give themselves to the men they sleep with,
they have become unacceptable to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 2:9:
- Kupsabiny: “But at this moment, do not say that he is innocent. Be wise and know what should be done to this person. Make sure that you kill him before his old age.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “But you are not to refrain from punishing him. You are man who has wisdom, you will know quite well what has to be done to him. Must this white hair go to the Sheol with blood."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But now, you will-be- the one -to-punish him. You are wise, and you knew what should be done. Even (if) he is old now, have- him -killed.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But now you must surely punish him. You are a wise man, so you will know what you should do to him. He is an old man , but be sure that he loses/sheds a lot of blood when you kill him.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 20:10:
- Kupsabiny: “I hear everybody whispering,
‘There is terror on every side/everywhere.
Let us go and tell it to the leaders!’
Even/also my friends are waiting
for me to trip over a word, saying,
‘Maybe he can be tricked
so we can catch him and we can also
repay him/take revenge.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I have-heard the mockings of the people. They follow/repeat what I say which (is), ‘What surrounds us (incl.) (is) terrifying!’ They still/also say, ‘Let- us (incl.) -tell/report his lies.’ Even all my friends are-waiting for my destruction. They say, ‘Perhaps he will-be-deceived. Then we (incl.) will-win-over/beat him and take-revenge.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I hear many people whispering about me,
saying ‘He is the man who proclaims that there will be things that cause us to be terrified everywhere.
We must tell the authorities what he is saying! We must denounce him!’
Even my best friends are waiting for me to say something that is wrong.
They are saying, ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong,
and if he does, we will be able to discredit him.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 6:24:
- Kupsabiny: “The people of Israel burned that city destroying everything inside it. But they kept the silver, gold, utensils of bronze and iron in the treasury of the Tent of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then they burned that city and everything that was in it. The utensils of gold, silver, bronze and iron, however, they put into the treasury of the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They burned the entire city and all in it except the things made of silver, gold, bronze, and iron. They took them to be-placed in the-place-to-keep/treasury of the wealth/riches of the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So those two spies/men went into Rahab’s house and brought her out. They also brought out her father and mother and her brothers, and all the rest of her family. Joshua’s men spared Rahab the prostitute. They also did not kill all her relatives, because she had hidden and protected the spies/men whom Joshua had sent to Jericho. The two men brought them all out and put them in a place outside the camp of the Israelis. Rahab still lives among us Israeli people. Then the soldiers gathered the articles made from silver, gold, bronze, and iron that they found and they put them all into Yahweh’s treasury. But they burned everything else that was in the city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 11:24:
- Kupsabiny: “If a person uses what (he) has to help others,
God supports/adds to (him) something else/more,
And/But the one who is mean (a miser),
becomes poor.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “One who gives with an open heart
will get much more,
another, who could give but doesn’t,
will become a beggar.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “There are people who are generous but their wealth increases more; there are also those-who are greedy but [they] even become-poorer.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “There-is someone-who-is-eager to give, but he keeps-getting-richer nonetheless. There-is someone-who-is-stingy and he increasingly-worse keeps-getting-poorer.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Some people give their money generously to poor people, but they become richer in spite of that,
and some people hold tightly to their money, but they still become poor in spite of that.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:1:
- Kupsabiny: “God told Moses,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD said to Moses –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD commanded Moises” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh also said to Moses/me,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
