Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 1:21:
- Kupsabiny: “See/listen, the Lord your God has already given you this land. So please, enter inside (it) and take (it) to become yours as the God of your grandfathers has told you. Do not fear, but/and do not let the stomachs die on you! (Do not lose hope.)’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Look! the LORD your God has given you this land. So go and take possession of it like the LORD, the God of your ancestors told you. You are not to be afraid, [you] are not to be discouraged [at] heart."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Look-at the land that he is-giving you (plur.)! [You (plur.)] take-possession of this according-to what said the LORD, the God of your (plur.) ancestors/[lit. old-ones]. [You (plur.)] do- not -be-afraid or discouraged/[lit. weakened].’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Note that Yahweh our God is giving this land to us. So go and occupy it as he commanded. Do not be at all/even a little bit afraid.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 14:11:
- Kupsabiny: “Like when the water of a lake dries up,
and the rivers also dry up,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Just as the water of a lake gradually diminishes,
or just as the water of a river decreases and dries up,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “As the water in the sea reduces and the river dries-up,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Just like water evaporates from the ocean,
or like a riverbed dries up,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 24:16:
- Kupsabiny: “The light/glory of God hovered at the top of Mount Sinai. That cloud covered that mountain for six days and on the seventh day, God called Moses from inside that cloud.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then the powerful presence of the LORD came-down on Mount Sinai, and within six days the cloud covered the mountain. On the seventh day, the LORD called to Moises from the cloud.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And the Chief‘s radiance descended from the cloud and went down to the mountain. For a duration of six days, that big cloud covered the mountain. And on the seventh day, God who was present in the cloud’s interior called to Moses.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And light of presence of The Lord shine on top of Mountain of Sinay. Cloud cover it [completely] with day six. On seventh, The Lord call Moses from within cloud.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “The glory/brilliant light of Yahweh came down on the mountain and covered it for six days. On the seventh day, Yahweh called to Moses/me from the middle of the cloud.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 6:18:
- Kupsabiny: “And the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The children of Kohat were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uziel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Kohath’s sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 27:7:
- Kupsabiny: “Expensive cloths from Egypt were prepared for catching the wind like a flag. The shade was made from grey-blue/purple cloth coming from the shore of Elishah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Your sail was-made from embroidered linen which is from Egipto, and as-if it is a banner to-look-at. Your tarp is blue and purple which are from the island of Elisha.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The sails for the ship were made from fine embroidered linen from Egypt,
and those sails were like flags that people could see far away.
For shade they hung pieces of blue and purple cloth
brought from people living on Cyprus island.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 20:22:
- Kupsabiny: “And/But when/if I tell that servant that, ‘Those arrows are in front of you,’ you flee because that is an indication that God wants you to flee.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “But when I say to that young man, ‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ [then] go, the LORD has sent you away.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But I say to child that the arrows (are) beyond/[lit. ahead yet] of-him, that means you (sing.) need to-flee for the LORD is-sending- you (sing.) -away.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But if I tell him, ‘The arrows are farther away’, you will know that you must leave immediately, because Yahweh wants you to run away.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 38:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Now what shall I still say?
You alone have done this.
All my sleep died from me
because of the pain I have.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “But now, what can I say?
He has talked with me and he has done like this,
by reason of the anxiety for my life
I will be humble until the end of my life.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But what can I still say? For he already answered me and he himself is the one who healed me. I will-live in humbleness because of the bitterness that I experienced.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But there was really nothing that I could say and ask him to reply to me,
because it was Yahweh who sent this illness.
So now I will live humbly during my remaining years
because I am very anguished.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 2:7:
- Kupsabiny: “I, your (plur.) God, have blessed you (plur.) in everything that you (plur.) have done. I took care of you when you passed through this big wilderness. I was with you in all those forty years but/and you did not lack anything at all.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD God has blessed you in every work done by [your] hand. He cared for you during this great wilderness journey. During these forty years of time, the LORD God has stayed with you. And you have not even lacked anything.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] remember how I have-blessed you (plur.) in all you (plur.) have-done. I, the LORD your (plur.) God, am-the-one-who has-watched-over you (plur.) in your (plur.) journey in this wide desolate-place. For 40 years I have been with you (plur.), and you (plur.) have- never -lacked anything.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Do not forget that Yahweh our God has blessed you in everything that you have done. He knows what has happened to you while you have wandered in this huge desert. But he has been with you during those 40 years, and as a result you have had everything that you needed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
