Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 1:22:
- Kupsabiny: “There was on top of/above the heads of the animals something like an upside down bowl and it was shining brightly.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “There was something-that-covers above the living creatures as-if-like sparkling crystals, and it was amazing to-look-at.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Above the heads of the creatures there was something that resembled a dome. It shone like ice (OR, crystal) shines, and it was awesome.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 19:1:
- Kupsabiny: “In those days there was no king in Israel. There was a man of the house/family of Levi who lived in the highlands of Ephraim where no person lived nearby. That man had chosen/picked a co-wife from the town of Bethlehem in the country of Judah and come with her.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “At that time there was no one in Israel that we would call a king.
One day, A Levite who lived in a place that was very difficult to go to in the hill country of Ephraim, brought a concubine from Bethlehem of Judah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “At that time that Israel has no king yet, there was a Levite who lived in a far part of the mountains of Efraim. This Levite was able-to-marry a servant who comes-from-Betlehem in Juda.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “At that time the Israeli people had no king.
There was a man from the tribe of Levi who lived in a remote place in the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim lives. He had previously taken as a wife a woman who was a slave. She was from Bethlehem, in the area where the tribe of Judah lives.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 5:24:
- Kupsabiny: “So, like fire burns chaff,
(he) shall prepare that for you (plur.).
Your things will be finished,
being like dust that the wind blows away,
because you refused the laws of the God of power
and you despised his word.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So, just as fire will reduce anything to ashes,
so a flames of wheat straw will reduce dry grass to ashes [and]
they will dry up completely along with their roots.
Then their blossoms [lit.: flowers] will get blown around like dust.
For they have rejected the law of the LORD Almighty,
and have scorned the word of the holy God of Israel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore as the straw and (the) dry grass that easily-kindled and burned-to-ashes by fire, you (plur.) will-be-destroyed immediately. You (plur.) will-become like a plant whose roots were-rotten and its flowers were-blown-away seemed-like dust, because you (plur.) rejected the Law of the LORD Almighty, the Holy God of Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 19:14:
- Kupsabiny: “This is the law for when a person has died in a tent: Any person who has entered the tent or is in the tent, is unclean for seven days.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If any person dies in a tent, here are the rules: — The people who came into the tent and were inside the tent will be unclean for seven days. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘This is the regulation when someone died inside the tent: Whoever enter the tent that someone had-died or he/she is already there inside at the time of death, will-be-considered unclean/dirty for a period/[lit. inside] of seven days.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘here is another ritual that must be performed when someone dies inside a tent. All those who were inside that tent when that person died or who enter that tent will be unacceptable to me for seven days.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 10:33:
- Kupsabiny: “That money will provide for us bread for offering, food for giving and the sacrifices to be burnt completely, those of the Sabbath day, those of the new moon and the feasts in every year. That money will also provide for us the dedication sacrifices and those for wiping away sin so the people of Israel can be reconciled with God. That money also makes it posible to get other things necessary for work in the House of our God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This is for the something-to-spend for the bread which is being-offered in the presence of God, for the burnt offerings and gift offerings which are being-offered every day, for the offerings for the Day For-Resting, for the Feast of the Beginning of the Moon, and for the other feasts; and for the other holy offerings like the offering of becoming-clean which is being-offered so-that the people of Israel will-be-redeemed from their sins. Those money were also used for the other needs in the temple of our (excl.) God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “With that money they can buy these things: The sacred bread that is placed before God, the grain that is burned on the altar each day, the lambs that were completely burned on the altar, the sacred offerings for the Sabbath days and for celebrating each new moon and other festivals that God told us to celebrate, and other offerings that are dedicated to God, the animals to be sacrificed to atone for the sins of the Israeli people, and anything else that is needed for the work of taking care of the temple.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 3:3:
- Kupsabiny: “So Moses thought in himself/his stomach that, ‘This thing is strange. How come the fire is burning/shining but the bush is not burning (up)? Let me go near to see well.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So Moses thought, ‘I’ll go near and see such a strange fire. Why is nothing happening to the bush?’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He said, ‘Amazing! Why does- that bush not -burn-up? I will-go-closer and look-at-(it).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And then he said, ‘How is this thing? Why is it that the fire doesn’t cook that tree? I will go close to see.’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Therefore, Moses say «I will go see that which fire not for it tree consumes!»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Moses/I thought, ‘I will go closer and try to see this strange sight! Why is the bush not burning up?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 12:12:
- Kupsabiny: “They also paid the people who built with stones and those who cut the stones. Some of the money was used to buy timber and stones for building. The money was used to complete all the work of renewing the Homestead of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “masons and stone cutters. They paid for the wood and cut stone and for other needed items and expenditures to repair the temple of the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then they would-give the money to the people who were-leading/overseeing the repair of the temple. And they paid it to those who work in the temple of the LORD — those who prepare the wood/timbers and stones, and those who repair the temple and its stone-wall. With the other money they purchased wood/timber and stones which were- already -trimmed, that were-needed for the repair of the temple. And they paid the other expenses for the repair.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “and the masons and the stone cutters. Also with some of that money they bought timber and stones that had been cut to be used in the repair work, and to pay all the other expenses for the repair work.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 3:16:
- Kupsabiny: “And when those seven days had passed, God spoke to me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “After the seven days, the LORD said to me,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “After those seven days had ended, Yahweh gave me this message:” (Source: Translation for Translators)
