Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 11:21:
- Kupsabiny: “so that you may live with your grandchildren in that land for a long time as your God swore to your grandparents that he would give to you when/if up there in heaven/sky and down here on earth still stand.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then you and your children may live in the land that the LORD swore an oath to give to your ancestors for as long as the heavens and the earth exist.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “so-that you (plur.) and your (plur.) children will-live long there in the land that the LORD had-swore to give to your (plur.) ancestors. You (plur.) are-to-possess it while there is heaven above the earth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Do that in order that you and your children will live for a long time in the land that Yahweh promised to our ancestors that he would give to them. That land will belong to you and your descendants as long as there is a sky above the earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 28:4:
- Kupsabiny: “(They) go far to where a person has not reached
and go to dig out those stones from deep clefts,
dangling in ropes inside there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Very far away from the places where people are living,
or in places where people have not [yet] put their feet, he digs a hole that goes deep down into a mine.
Far away from men he hangs and swings from one side to the other.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They dig-up a path in the mines, in the place that no one dwells or (no) man passes-by. They go-down by ropes that swing.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They dig shafts/narrow holes very deep down into the ground in places that are far from where people live,
where travelers do not go.
They work far away from other people,
swinging back and forth on ropes as they descend into the mine shafts.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 34:13:
- Kupsabiny: “When you (plur.) reach there, destroy the altars, the things which have been raised up for worship and destroy the idols made to look like/represent Asherah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Break down their alters, smash their sacred stones, and fall down their poles of goddess Asherah by cutting.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Instead, you (plur.) should-break their altar, break-down their remembrance/(sacred) stones, and cut their poles/[lit. thing-like-a-pillar] that symbolizes the goddess Asherah.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “But you (pl.) must tear down their tables of offering, and break apart their stones which are signs so that they shatter, and chop down the carvings of their female god Asera.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Therefore, altar their with pillar of Kwaser their, you break it down all” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “You must tear down their altars, destroy their sacred pillars, and cut down the poles that they use to worship their female goddess Asherah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 14:14:
- Kupsabiny: “David again asked God what he should do. God answered, ‘Do not go straight for the enemies but go behind their backs and attack them quickly from the place of those trees.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So again David took [asked for?] God’s advice. And God gave him an answer, "Don’t go straight to the top, [but rather] go walking around. Then from the other side, attack from in front of the balsam trees.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So David again asked God, and God answered him, ‘You (plur.) do- not -directly attack them instead you (plur.) circle-around them and attack (them) near the balsam trees.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So again David prayed to God to ask him what he should do, and God replied, saying ‘Do not attack the army of Philistia from the front. Instead, go around them, and attack them from the rear in front of the balsam trees.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 38:19:
- Kupsabiny: “I am saying in great pain/punishment that an amazing earthquake shall come to Israel on that day.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And in my severe anger, I swear at that time the earth-will-quake strongly/greatly in the land of Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will be very furious, and to show that I am angry, there will be a great earthquake in Israel, where your armies will be.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 2:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Asahel went on chasing Abner without giving him even a small chance.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So he chased Abner relentlessly.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The three children of Zeruya who were Joab, Abishai, and Asahel (were) companions in the battle. Asahel runs fast like a deer, and he chased Abner without looking-behind.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Asahel started to pursue Abner. He ran straight toward Abner, without stopping.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 53:10:
- Kupsabiny: “God accepted to crush him severely,
to become a sacrifice that washes away sin.
He shall see his people
and he shall live for many days.
The plan of God shall go forward/succeed through him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “It was the LORD’s desire to cause him [lit.: cause him to do] grief, trouble, endurance,
Even though the LORD made his life like a restitution sacrifice,
seeing his descendants, his day will be made longer.
He will succeed in accordance with the desires of the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But (it is) the will of the LORD to hurt/harm and cause- him -to-suffer. Even-though the LORD made his life an offering so that the sin of the people will-be-paid-off, he will-see his descendants and he can-receive a long life, and through him the will of the LORD will-be-fulfilled.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 12:21:
- Kupsabiny: “The place where God has chosen to become where he is staying/living may be far away from you. If it is like that, you may slaughter all/any of your cows or your sheep/goats that God gives to you as I had told you. And after that, eat the meat that you want in your villages.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If the place the LORD your God chooses to put His name is far away from your houses, according to the command I have given, the LORD God will allow you to kill and eat as many of your herds and flocks as you like and eat them in your city.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If the place that the LORD your (plur.) God will-choose where he will-be-honored is far from you (plur.), you (plur.) can slaughter and eat your (plur.) cows or sheep in your (plur.) own places. And according to what I have-commanded you (plur.), you (plur.) can-eat the animals that the LORD gave you (plur.) as- much-as- you (plur.) -want,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “If the place that Yahweh our God chooses to be the place for you to worship him is far from where you live, you are permitted to kill some of your cattle or sheep that Yahweh has given to you, and you may eat that meat at the places where you live, just like I have told you to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
