Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 19:9:
- Kupsabiny: “The sewers of clothes shall stand idle/stop,
because there is nothing to make clothes from.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Those who work combed flax will despair.
and fine linen will be hopeless.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “and the ones-who-make linen cloth will-mourn.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Those who weave cloth from flax will not know what to do,
because there will be no thread for them to weave.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 26:64:
- Kupsabiny: “There was not even one person among these people who was counted when Moses and Aaron counted the people in the wilderness of Sinai.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “There was not even a single one [among them] whom Moses and Aaron the priest had counted in the wilderness of Sinai.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “No more were-left among (those) were-included in the first census which Moises and Aaron the priest did at the desert/desolate-place of Sinai.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “None of the men whom they counted were on the lists that were made by Aaron and Moses/me when the Israelis were in the Sinai Desert,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 8:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Then Mordecai left the king’s home and went out. He had put on the clothes of leadership/royal clothes. He had a blue cloth and a white one, and he wore the purple cloth on top (outer garment) and it was very beautiful and cost a lot of money. He also wore a great/wonderful hat made of gold. When the people of that town of Susa saw like that, they were very happy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then Mordecai went out of the palace wearing the blue and white clothing of a king, a large gold crown, and a purple velvet upper garment. And there was much joy and happiness in the city of Susa.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Mordecai came-out of the palace wearing a blue and white kingly garment/clothes, and a purple linen outer garment. He has a huge golden crown on his head. The people were shouting gladly in the city of Susa because of the command.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru: “Then Mordecai went out from the presence of king Xerxes. He wore a blue and white robe of the king. And he wore a cloak on top of that of purple linen. And he wore a beautiful gold crown on his head. So the people along the roads in the town of Susa, clearly loudly and happily.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- English: “Before Mordecai left the palace, he put on the blue and white robe and a large gold crown that the king had given him. He also put on a coat made of fine purple cloth. When the people in Susa heard the new law, they all shouted and cheered.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 12:16:
- Kupsabiny: “You must be meeting on that first day and on the seventh (day) to pray/worship. Do not let anyone do any work on those days, but only prepare something to eat.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On the first day and the seventh day of a week hold a sacred assembly to worship God. On these two days you are not to do anything except prepare food for everyone to eat.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “On the first day and on the seventh day, you (plur.) are-to-gather to worship me. You (plur.) should- not -work on those days, except only in the preparation of food for you (plur.) to-eat. That is only what you (plur.) may-do.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And on that day which goes first, and also on the seventh day, you (pl.) will come together to lift up my name. And you can’t/mustn’t do any work on these two days, because my taboo is existing on [them]. Just one work you are allowed to do, it’s the making of your food.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “On day of first and seventh day, you shall gather for gathering which be holy. you shall not work do inside of those days. It is preparation of bread only that I permit that you will do on that day.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “On the first day of that week, you must have a holy meeting/gather together to worship me. You must do the same thing on the seventh day. People must not work on those two days. The only work they may do is to prepare food for you to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 20:14:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, Isaiah got up and went to ask Hezekiah, ‘What did those people want and where did they come from?’ Hezekiah replied, ‘They came from the far country of Babylon?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then Isaiah, the prophet came to king Hezekiah and asked, "Those men, what did they say? From where did they come to you?"
Hezekiah said, "They came from the distant land of Babylon."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, the Prophet Isaias went to King Hezekia and asked, ‘Where did- those men -come-from, and what did they need?’ Hezekia replied, ‘They came-from far-away place, in Babilonia.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then the prophet Isaiah went to Hezekiah and asked him, ‘Where did those men come from, and what did they say to you?’
Hezekiah replied, ‘They came from a country very far from here. They came from Babylonia.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 16:6:
- Kupsabiny: “But when I came passing by that place on my way, I saw you rolling in your blood but I did not want you to die.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘But when I passed-by you which rolling in your blood, I told you that you would- surely -live.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then it was as though I passed by and saw you lying in your own blood and kicking. And while you lay there kicking in your own blood, I said to you, ‘I want you to remain alive!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 9:1:
- Kupsabiny: “There was a rich man from the clan of Benjamin who was called Kish. The father of Kish was Abiel the son of Zeror, and the father of Zeror was Bekorath who was the son of Aphiah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “There was a man from the tribe of Benjamin who was honorable and rich. His name was Kish. He was son of Zeror, grandson of Becorath, [and] great-grandson of Aphiah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “There-was a mighty man from the tribe of Benjamin. His name (was) Kish, and he (was) the child/(son) of Abiel. Abiel (was) the child/(son) of Zeror. Zeror (was) the child/(son) of Becorat. And Becorat (was) the child/(son) of Afia the descendant of Benjamin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “There was a rich and influential man whose name was Kish. He belonged to the tribe descended from Benjamin. Kish was the son of Abiel and the grandson of Zeror. He was from the family of Becorath and from the clan of Aphiah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 21:10:
- Kupsabiny: “Please, you my people who have been threshed
and sifted like wheat!
I have told you what I have seen,
the matters that the God of Israel who has authority has shown to me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O my people, winnowed on the threshing floor!
from the LORD Almighty, God of Israel
what I have heard,
that I will tell you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then I said, ‘My fellow Israelinhon, who were like treaded wheat, I am telling to you (plur.) the things which I have-heard from the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “My people in Judah, the army of Babylon has caused you to suffer greatly
as though you were grain that was threshed and winnowed/thrown up into the air for the wind to blow away the chaff.
But now I have told you what the Commander of the armies of angels the God whom we Israelis worship, told me about Babylon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
