Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 36:21:
- Kupsabiny: “That fulfilled the words that God had said through Jeremiah that their fields were to rest for seventy years without being tilled.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “To fulfill the word of the LORD which came from the mouth of Jeremiah, until 70 years have passed, as long as it was standing desolate, the land was honoring its years of rest.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So what the LORD had-said through prophetJeremias that the land will-become desolate and it will-rest within the (period) of 70 years was-fulfilled.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Moses had said that every seventh year the people must not plant their fields; they must allow the soil to rest. But the people had not done that. So after the army of Babylonia destroyed Judah, the soil was allowed to rest. That continued for 70 years, fulfilling what Yahweh told Jeremiah and what Jeremiah had predicted/prophesied would happen.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Micah 7:6:
- Kupsabiny: “Because a son despises his father
and a (young) daughter hates her mother.
Also a daughter-in-law gets up
to refuse (reciprocally) her mother-in-law.
People who are relatives hate one another.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The son despises his father
and the daughter treats her mother badly.
The daughter-in-law rebels against her mother-in-law.
People’s enemies are the people in their own households.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For this time, a son is not respecting his father, a daughter is fighting-against her mother, and a daughter-in-law is fighting-against her mother-in-law. Therefore a member itself of a family of a man is her/his enemy.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 16:11:
- Kupsabiny: “After Zimri had taken hold of the kingship, he killed all the people of the house of Baasha without leaving even one man. He also killed the friends of Baasha.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “As soon as he sat on the throne, Zimri killed Baasha’s entire family line. Among the friends and family of Baasha, he did not even spare a single man.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “As soon as Zimri began to reign, he killed all the household of Baasha. He did- not -leave any male even from the blood-relatives and friends of Baasha.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “As soon as Zimri became king , he killed all of Baasha’s family. That included every male in Baasha’s family and all of Baasha’s male friends.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 40:7:
- Kupsabiny: “The message reached the leaders of the soldiers that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam to be leader of the area/land. He was in charge of (older) men, women and children who were weak in the land. Those people were the ones that were not taken along to Babylon when the others were taken.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “There were some officials and soldiers of Juda who were in the mountains who did- not -surrender to Babilonia. They heard-the-news that the king of Babilonia made Gedalia governor of all the people of Juda who were the poorest, who were- not -taken-captive to Babilonia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The Israeli soldiers who had not surrendered to the army of Babylonia were roaming around in the countryside. Then their leaders heard someone say that the King of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah to be the governor of the very poor people who were still in Judah, who had not been taken to Babylon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 24:13:
- Kupsabiny: “I gave you land you had not struggled (to farm), living in cities you had not build and eating the food of vineyards and olive groves which you had not planted.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In this way I gave you fields to which you did not have to do anything, and cities you had not built. Now you are living there. You are eating from vineyards you did not plant and the fruit of olive trees you did not plant.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I gave you (plur.) land on-which you (plur.) did-not work-hard/toil. I had- you (plur.) -live in cities which you (plur.) did- not -build/establish. You (plur.) are- now -eating grapes and olives which you (plur.) did- not -plant.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So I gave you a land that you had not tilled/planted, and I gave you cities that you did not build. Now you live in those cities and you eat the grapes from the grapevines that you did not plant, and you eat olives from trees that you did not plant.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 29:3:
- Kupsabiny: “A person who loves wisdom makes his/her father happy,
but (he) who follows/joins with prostitutes/adulteresses, is destroying/wasting his wealth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The one who pursues wisdom
makes his parents glad.
The one who goes to the place of prostitutes,
will lose his property.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A man who wants wisdom gives joy to his father.
A man who keeps-on joining with the women who sell their body only wastes his money.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The child who esteems wisdom, he makes-happy his father, but the one who spends on prostitutes, he merely uses-up in foolishness/senselessness his wealth.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Those who are eager to become wise cause their parents to be glad;
those who spend their time with prostitutes will end up giving all their money to them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 4:24:
- Kupsabiny: “These are the things that the house of Gershon are to carry:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “This is the work that the men of the Gershonite clans must do and these are the loads they must carry — ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘The work/doings of the descendants of Gershon is to carry the following(s):” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘his is the work that they must do and the things that they must carry when you move to a new location:” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 2:19:
