Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 33:6:
- Kupsabiny: “Manasseh did very many bad things to cause pain to God. He even burned his children making them sacrifices in the valley of the son of Hinnom. He liked/used to do sorcery, cursing, seeking omens and he also consulted ancestral spirits. He also worked with wizards.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He sacrificed his sons in fire in the valley of Ben-Hinnom. He did sorcery and tested good and evil. He did incantations and maintained relationships with ghosts, spirits, and souls. By doing much work which was displeasing to the LORD he made him angry.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He sacrificed his children in fire in the Valley/Plain of Ben Hinom. He also did what the sorcery, consulted-mediums and psychics/witchcraft were-doing, and asked the spiritists that talk to the souls of the dead. Very extreme (was) his sinning to the LORD, and this provoked/caused- the LORD -to-anger.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He even sacrificed some of his own sons and burned them in a fire in Hinnom Valley. He performed rituals to practice sorcery. He asked fortune-tellers for advice. He performed witchcraft. He talked to people who consulted the spirits of people who had died to find out what would happen in the future. He did many things that Yahweh considered o be very evil, things that caused Yahweh to become very angry.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 4:2:
- Kupsabiny: “He grumbled telling God that, ‘Oh, God, didn’t I know earlier when you told me to come this way that you would do like this? That is what made me flee to Tarshish. I also knew that you have a white stomach (merciful, good, generous) and you have mercy on/cry for people. You do not become angry quickly and you are completely good. I know you forgive people when/if a person has changed/turned (himself) from sin/evil.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He said to the LORD — "O Lord, isn’t this what I said before I left my own land? This is why I was about to escape to Tarshish. I know that you are one who is merciful and loving, is slow to get angry, is tender-hearted, and who does not like to punish.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He said to the LORD when he prayed, ‘O LORD, I was not at-all wrong/mistaken in what I said when I (was) still there in our (excl.) place that you (sing.) would-have-mercy-upon the ones (who) come-from-Nineveh if they repented, because I know that you (sing.) (are) a God who (is) compassionate and takes-an-interest-in-the-welfare-(of others). You (sing.) (are) loving and not quick to-get-angry. And you (sing.) (are) ready to change your (sing.) mind not to-send destruction. That is the reason that I fled to Tarshish.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So he said praying, ‘Lord God, this is what I feared while I was still in my home-country (lit. in-(place name marker) country). so I hurried to escape to Tarsis, because I knew that you (sing.) are a consistently-loving and consistently-merciful God, there is no limit to your (sing.) patience and you (sing.) are prepared to repent-of your (sing.) punishing.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “He prayed to Yahweh, ‘O Yahweh, what you have done is what I thought that you would do, before I left home. That is why I decided immediately to run away, and go to Tarshish city, because I knew that you, O God, act very kindly and compassionately toward all people. You do not quickly become angry with people who do evil things. You love people very much, and you change your mind about punishing people who sin.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 13:10:
- Kupsabiny: “There and then, he started to return back home, but did not pass though the road coming from Bethel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So without going by the way he came before, he went back another way.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So he took another road when he went-home.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So he started to return home, but he did not go on the road on which he came to Bethel. He went on a different road.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 36:6:
- Kupsabiny: “So, you shall go to that house, when people are fasting while praying and you read to them what God has said to me and I have told you to write. Read to all the people of Judah who have come from their villages.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore you alone go to the temple on a day of fasting. The people of Juda will-gather there from their towns. You (sing.) read to them the message of the LORD in this rolled-up writing which you wrote while I dictated to you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So, you go to the temple on the next day when the people are fasting/abstaining from food, and read to them the messages from Yahweh that you wrote while I dictated them to you. Read them aloud to all the people who are there, including the people of Judah who come there from their towns.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 21:7:
- Kupsabiny: “The house of Merari was granted twelve cities coming from the land of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun, clan by clan.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The descendants of Merari were-given 12 towns/cities from the land[s] of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The people from the Merari clans were allotted twelve cities in the areas that had been allotted to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:14:
- Kupsabiny: “A person who promises something to another and does not give it, is like a cloud or a wind that does not bring rain at all.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “A person who promises [but] does not give,
is like thunder that gives no rain.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A man who does not fulfill his promise is like a dark-cloud and wind which does not bring rain.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one-who-promises a gift but gives nothing, he is like the (situation of) being-cloudy and being-windy and not raining.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “When someone promises to give a gift to us but never gives it,
that disappoints us as much as clouds and wind that come but do not bring any rain.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 2:9:
- Kupsabiny:
Three clans shall set up on the East side, and the clan of Judah is to be in charge. Those clans are these:
| Clan |
Leader |
How many soldiers |
| Judah |
Nahshon son of Amminadab |
74,600 |
| Issachar |
Nethanel son of Zuar |
54,400 |
| Zebulun |
Eliab son of Helon |
67,400 |
When they are all put together they are 186,400, and the community of Judah shall be leading (them) when they are migrating.
(Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “All together, the number of those who were in the camp of Judah was 186,400. Judah’s section will lead the way. [lit.: will move ahead most of all]” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “186,400 (in) all (are) the numbers of these group which the tribe of Juda is-leading. These were the-(ones-who) will-be-in the front when the Israelinhon go/travel/[lit. walk].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So there will be 86,400 troops on the east side of the Sacred Tent. Whenever the Israelis move to a new location, those three tribes must go in front of the others.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 34:13:
- Kupsabiny: “lead the people of the various jobs. Other Levites became writers, leaders and guards of gates.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “There were also workmen under their authority. These supervised those who did all kinds of work. Some Levites, for example, worked as secretaries, scribes, and door keepers.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They were-(put)-in-charge to supervise the workers who have different works/jobs. Some of the Levites served as secretaries, experts in writing documents, and guards at the gates of the temple.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “supervised all the workers as they did their various jobs. Some of the descendants of Levi were secretaries and some kept records and some guarded the gates of the temple.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
