Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 1:2:
- Kupsabiny: “This preacher is saying:
In vain and in vain,
Everything is in vain/empty/useless.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The Preacher says,
"Meaningless! Meaningless!’
Completely Meaningless,
and everything is Meaningless."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “It has no value! Everything is really of no value!” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I say that everything is mysterious;
everything is hard for me to understand;
it is difficult to understand why everything happens.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 7:7:
- Kupsabiny: “He took two carts and four oxen and gave to the house of Gershon according to their work.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He gave two large carts and four oxen to the Gershonites in accordance with their work.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He gave the two carts and four cows/oxen to the descendants of Gershon for their work/task.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He/I gave two carts and four oxen to the descendants of Gershon for their work,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 5:2:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jozadak got up and continued to build the House of God in Jerusalem. Those prophets of God encouraged them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Listening to them, Zerubbabel sone of Shealtiel and Jeshua son of Jehozadak again began the work of building the temple of God in Jerusalem. Staying with them, these prophets of God helped them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Zerubabel the child of Shealtiel and Jeshua the child of Jozadak listened to them. Therefore they continued building/[lit. cause-to-stand] the temple of God in Jerusalem. They were truly supported by those two prophets of God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Zerubbabel and Shealtiel led many other people as they started again to rebuild the temple of God in Jerusalem. And God’s prophets Haggai and Zechariah were with them and helped them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zephaniah 1:5:
- Kupsabiny: “I will finish every person who climbs onto a roof and goes to worship/kneel to the sun, moon and stars. Those people stay/live as if they worshipped me God, but they also worship Molek.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “those who worship the stars from their roofs,
those who bow down to the LORD
and swear by the name of LORD
and also swear by name of Molek,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will- also -destroy the ones- (who) -climb-up to the roof of their house to worship the sun, moon, and stars. I will-destroy the ones- (who) -worship and swear to serve me, but also swear to serve the god which (is) Molec.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 20:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Those elders answered, ‘Do not accept his words.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “All the elders and the people replied, "Do not listen to his talk. Do not grant his request."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The ones-who-rule and the people replied, ‘You should- not -agree anymore to what he is-asking-for.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The leaders and all the other people said to him, ‘Do not pay any attention to him! Do not do what he is requesting!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:26:
- Kupsabiny: “I will hand (them) over to people who want to kill them, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon and his soldiers. But people will later come to live in Egypt again as it was before.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-hand- them -over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babilonia and to his officials who want to kill them. But some-time-later Egipto will-be-inhabited like before. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will cause them to be captured by those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babylon, and his army officers. But many years later, people will live in Egypt again. That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 4:12:
- Kupsabiny: “When Sisera heard that Barak son of Abinoam had gone to the mountain of Tabor,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Sisera, having heard the report that Barak son of Abinoam had gone up Mount Tabor,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, Sisera had-been-told that Barak went-up to Mount Tabor.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Someone told Sisera that Barak had gone up on Tabor Mountain with an army.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 2:16:
- Kupsabiny: “Because a wise person will not be remembered, also a stupid person will not be remembered. Because when a stupid person dies, he is forgotten, also the wise person dies and is forgotten.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “For, like the foolish person, the wise person will also not be remembered for a long time.
In the coming days both of them will be completely forgotten.
For, like the fool, the one who has wisdom will also have to die.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “All of us (incl.), either wise or fool, will-die some-time-later, and both will-be-forgotten.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Wise people and foolish people all die.
And after we die, we will all eventually be forgotten.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
