Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 8:19:
- Kupsabiny: “and said to me, ‘I am telling you about the last days of God’s punishment to mankind.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I am about to tell you what will happen as a result of God’s anger. This vision shows the end time. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He said, ‘I will-tell you (sing.) what will-happen in the future when God will-show his anger, for that end time has- already -been-determined.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then he said, ‘I have come here to tell you what will happen because of God being angry. These things will happen near the time when the world will end.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 22:2:
- Kupsabiny: “He sang like this,
‘God is my shield,
and my cave where I hide.
He is the one who rescues me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD is like my big rock,
He is my fortress and the one who saves me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This is his song:
‘You (sing.), LORD, are my rock/stone of refuge,
my strong/firm place-of-hiding and the-one-who-delivers.
As a rock/stone of refuge, I can-hide in you (sing.).
You (sing.) are my shield and powerful/mighty savior.
You (sing.) are my place-to-take-refuge and place-of-hiding.
You (sing.) are the one-who-saves me from cruel people.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “This is what he sang:
Yahweh, you are like a huge overhanging rock under which I can hide ;
you are like my fortress, and you rescue me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 12:8:
- Kupsabiny: “The people I chose have turned against me
like a lion in the forest.
They have roared against me
therefore, I hate them, too.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They fight-back against me like a roaring lion in the forest, so I hate them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “My people have become to me like a lion in the forest.
It is as though they roar at me like a lion,
so now I hate them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 32:40:
- Kupsabiny: “I throw my hands up (giving up)
and I swear that,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Lifting up my hand to heaven I will say–
I am alive forever.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, I will-raise-up my hands and swear,
‘As I live forever/without end,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly declare
that just as sure as I live forever,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 5:20:
- Kupsabiny: “And you oh my son, why let an adulterous/immoral woman make you happy or desire another person’s wife?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O my son,
Why should you be attached to an adulterous woman?
Why should you be entangled in the trap of a dishonorable woman?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Child, you (sing.) be- not -carried-away by an evil woman. You (sing.) should not have-a-relationship with the wife of others.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “My child, why will- you (sing.) -be-persuaded by the spouse of another so-that you-will-be-made-happy with her breasts?” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:25:
- Kupsabiny: “it is necessary for the priest to examine (it). If the hairs of that place/area have turned white and the wound has dug down, it is clear that a serious wound has developed from that place and the person is unclean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The priest must examine him/her. And if the fine body hair sprouting in that wound seems to be turning white, and if it looks like the wounded place is more than skin deep, the priest must declare him/her unclean. The disease that came from the injury of being burned is contagious.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “this must be-shown it to the priest. And if the skin forms-a-depression and its body-hairs has-become-white, he has a disease on the skin which has-started in the burn. And the priest will-let-it-be-known/will-pronounce that he is dirty/unclean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “the priest must examine the spot. If the hair in that spot has turned white and it seems to be deeper than just on the surface of the skin, it is a contagious skin disease that has appeared where the burn was, and that person must stay away from other people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 8:10:
- Kupsabiny: “He appointed 250 leaders who were overseeing the people who were building.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “King Solomon chose 250 people as foremen to supervise the work.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The 250 of them King Solomon made as officials that supervise the ones who-work his projects.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They were also King Solomon’s chief officials. There were 250 of them, and they supervised the workers.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:24:
- Kupsabiny: “God has set a period of seven multiplied by seventy years concerning your people and this holy city. Then rebellion will be finished, sin will be destroyed and forgiveness will come and then, everlasting righteousness will follow. This will fulfill the vision and what the prophets said. Then the House of God will be renewed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In order to set your nation and the holy city free from sin and evil, in order to pardon sin, and in order to establish righteousness forever, God has decreed 70 weeks. So the vision and prophecy will be fulfilled, and the holy temple will again be anointed. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘God decreed/declared/destined/willed 490 years for the holy city and your (sing.) fellow-people will-be-stopped their rebelling to God so-that they will-be-redeemed from their sins, so-that God can-establish righteousness forever/[lit. until whenever], so-that the vision and prophecy will-be-fulfilled, and so-that the temple of God will-be-dedicated again.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “God has determined/declared that there will be 490 years until he frees/saves your people from the guilt of their sins and to atone for the evil things that they have done. Then God will rule everyone justly, and he will do that forever. And what you saw in the vision and what Jeremiah prophesied will come true/be fulfilled, and the sacred temple will be dedicated to God again.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
