Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 25:12:
- Kupsabiny: “A word which a wise person says is good. When it happens that a person listens to (it), it beats earrings and other beautiful things which are made of gold.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The rebuke of a wise man
is more precious than a gold ornament.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The rebuking of a wise man to a man who likes to listen is more precious/valuable than the golden jewelries.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The listening-to good advice, it-can-be-compared to gold jewelry or earrings.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “When a wise person rebukes/warns someone who is willing to listen,
that is as valuable as a gold ring or a gold chain.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 2:7:
- 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: “Alongside them was the tribe of Zebulun. The leader of the tribe of Zebulun is Eliab son of Helon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon:
The tribes of Juda, Issachar, and Zebulun are-to-camp on the east, under the banner of their own/[lit. each] tribe. These (are) the names of their leaders/[lit. heads] and the numbers of their people/men:
| Tribe |
Leaders/[lit. Heads] |
Number |
| Juda |
Nashon son/[child] of Aminadab |
74,600 |
| Issachar |
Nethanel son/child of Zuar |
54,400 |
| Zebulun |
Eliab son/[child] of Helon |
57,400 |
(Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Eliab, the son of Helon, will be the leader of the 57,400 men of the tribe of Zebulun.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 34:11:
- Kupsabiny: “That money was given to the people who were in charge of the building of the House of God. Those people took the money and gave them to the builders and the craftsmen who were renewing that house. (They) bought stones to be shaped, timber/boards to be put together and supports that were used when the houses that the kings of Judah had abandoned to fall down/go to ruins were renewed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “They gave money to the masons and carpenters to buy cut rocks, rafters, and beams, in order to repair houses that had been abandoned without concern by the kings of Judah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The other money they gave (it) to the workers in-order to buy trimmed stones and woods for the beams of the temple which the kings of Juda had-neglected/allowed to become-ruin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They also gave some of the money to the carpenters and builders to buy the cut stones and the timber for the joists and the beams for the buildings that the kings of Judah had allowed to decay.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Micah 2:5:
- Kupsabiny: “So, none among you will be given a field
among the people of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Therefore in the assembly of the LORD
there will be no one of you, who by casting
lots will distribute land.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore you (plur.) will-have-no descendants who will-receive your (plur.) portion/share in/at the time that the community of the LORD will-divide-up the land that will-be-returned to them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So when it is the time for the land to be given back to you people who belong to Yahweh,
there will be no one who will be able to cast lots/throw marked stones to determine which land belongs to whom.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 14:6:
- Kupsabiny: “But/And when Ahijah heard the footsteps of that woman as she was about to reach at the door, he said, ‘Please come in, wife of Jeroboam. Why have you pretended to be someone else? I have been instructed to tell you bad news.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Hearing the sound of her steps at the door, Ahijah said, "O wife of Jeroboam, come in! Why are you making a pretense like this? I have bad news for you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So when Ahia heard that she is-entering the door, Ahia said, ‘Come, enter. I know that you are the wife of Jeroboam. Why are- you -disguising-yourself? I have- bad -news for you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But when Ahijah heard her footsteps as she entered the doorway, he said to her, ‘Come in, wife of Jeroboam! Why do you pretend that you are someone else?/It will not help you to pretend that you are someone else. Yahweh has given me bad news to tell you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 37:4:
- Kupsabiny: “In those days I had not yet been captured and put in prison.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “That time Jeremias was not yet imprisoned, therefore he was free to go anywhere.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “At that time I had not yet been put in prison, so I could come and go wherever and whenever I wanted to, without being hindered.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 21:37:
- Kupsabiny: “Kedemoth and Mephaath, together with where one could graze (animals).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Kedemoth, and Mephaath: four cities along with grazing land for their cattle.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They were- also -given four towns/cities from the land[s] of the tribe of Reuben. These were Bezer, Jahaz, Kedemot, and Mefaat, including their pasturelands.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Kedemoth, and Mephaath.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 26:16:
- Kupsabiny: “A lazy person takes himself to be wise
defeating (more than) seven councilors/advisers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Lazy people think they are wiser
than seven people who can give a correct answer.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A lazy man thinks that he is more wiser than the seven men who can-give a right reason.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The lazy-one incorrectly-thinks that he is wiser/more-intelligent than how-many people who are circumspect/cautious to answer.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Lazy people think that they are wiser than seven/several people
who can answer others’ questions with good sense.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
