Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 26:6:
- Kupsabiny: “That city is being trampled on.
People who were oppressed shall trample on (it)
and people who have nothing.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Those who lived under [oppression] [it] will now walk, being above [it],
and the feet of those who fell into trouble and suffering will trample [it].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This was-trampled-down by the persecuted poor-ones.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When that happens, poor and oppressed people will trample on the ruins.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 12:23:
- Kupsabiny: “I will be praying for you always and teaching you what God desires from you because I would be doing sin/bad if I did not do like that.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “As for me, May the day of my sinning before the LORD, by abandoning my prayer for you, be far from me. What is right to do and what is good to do I will teach you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘As for me/[lit. concerning me], I always pray to the LORD for you (plur.), for if not, I sin-against the LORD. And I will-teach you (plur.) to-live rightly and just.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But as for me, I have solemnly promised that I will not sin against Yahweh by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you what things are good and right for you to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 31:12:
- Kupsabiny: “They wanted to bring (them) to Moses and the priest Eleazar who was together with all the people of Israel where they had set up their tents in the valley of Moab which was on the other side of Jordan looking towards Jericho in the distance.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then they brought the people, the animals and plundered goods that they had captured to Moses, Eleazar the priest and whole community of Israel to the camp on the plains of Moab by the Jordan River across from Jericho town.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “to Moises, Eleazar the priest, and to the community of Israel there in their camp in the valleys/plains of Moab, beside Jordan near Jerico.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They brought all these to Eliezer and Moses/me, and to the rest of the Israeli people who were at their/our camp on the plains where the Moab people-group lived, near the Jordan River, across from Jericho.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 5:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Their children have no peace,
they are pressured in court.
so that no one will fight for those children.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “His children will never be safe,
I have seen them pressed in the court,
in the court no one is seen there who can save them,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “His children have- nothing -to-go-to that can-help them, and no one will-defend them in the court.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 19:10:
- Kupsabiny: “Your mother was like a vine in your field
that was planted besides a river.
That tree grew many leaves and produced fruits,
because it received much water.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Your mother is also like grapes planted beside the water. It has many branches and fruits because the water is abundant.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘It is as though your mother was a grapevine
that was planted along a stream.
There was plenty of water,
so it had lots of branches and produced a lot of grapes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 16:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Moses again said that, ‘If/When God gives meat for you to eat this evening and gives you tomorrow morning food that you want/need, you will know from this that it is God who has these things, because he has heard that you are murmuring/complaining against him and certainly not us.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Moses again said, ‘when the Lord gives you meat to eat in the evening and bread in the morning then you will know that it is the Lord who has done all these. Because He has heard your complaints against Him, who are we? You are not grumbling against us but against the Lord.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Moises also said, ‘The LORD will-give you (plur.) meat that you (plur.) will-eat in the evening and bread that you (plur.) can- eat -as-much-as-you-want in the morning, for he has-heard your (plur.) complaints to him. Then you (plur.) will-realize that you (plur.) are- not -complaining to us (excl.) but-rather to the LORD. Who are we (excl.) that you (plur.) complain to us (excl.)?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And Moses spoke again like this, ‘When the Chief gives you food in the afternoon and gives you food in the morning sufficient to your wanting, then you will know that he alone brought you so that you left Isip. For he listened to your complaining to him. The two of us are insignificant people. You didn’t complain to us, but really you complained to the Chief.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And Moses also said «By day by day, Yahweh will give you meat at evening, will give you bread which be sufficient in the morning, because he heard grumbling your which you grumbled against him. And we (excl.) be who that you grumble for it us (excl.)? you grumble Yahweh, do not us (excl.) grumble!»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Then Moses/I also said, ‘From now on, each evening Yahweh will give you meat to eat, and each morning he will give you something that will take the place of bread, because he has heard what you have complained about. Yahweh is the one to whom you have really complained, not us. We are just his servants.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 25:13:
- Kupsabiny: “Before the House of God was burned, the soldiers of Babylon broke the bronze pillars which were at the House of God together with the tables which were being pushed and the big thing of water which was made from bronze and (they) brought (them) to Babylon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The Babylonians broke to pieces the bronze pillars and the bronze carts and the big bronze tank that were in the temple of the LORD and They took all the bronze away to Babylon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Those from/of-Babilonia destroyed these things in the temple of the LORD: the bronze pillars, the carts that were-used to get/carry some water, and the big bronze container of water which is-called Sea. And they carried the bronze to Babilonia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The Babylonian soldiers broke into pieces the bronze pillars, the bronze carts with wheels, and the huge bronze basin, all of which were in the temple courtyard, and they took all the bronze to Babylon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 28:4:
- Kupsabiny: “The beauty of that city is finished
which is in a fertile valley.
It shall be like a fig tree
that has ripened early.
When a person sees that fruit, (he/they) pluck (it)
and eat (it) right away.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “That crown which is made by fading flowers,
before it was very beautiful!
It is a city up a fertile valley,
and will be like the first figs of the spring season
which will be eaten by people
as soon as they see them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This city is located in the fruitful plains/valley, but its beauty will-fade-away like a flower that withers. It will-be-destroyed right-away like the first fruits of fig which is-taken and eaten immediately by each-one who sees (it).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
