Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 6:5:
- Kupsabiny: “Then those servants replied to the king, ‘It is Haman who is outside alone, and he wants you to eat/share news/discuss together.’ The king said, ‘Tell him to come inside.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then the king’s attendants answered, "Oh Great King, Haman is there."
The king said to them "Bring him in."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The servants replied, ‘(It is) Haman.’ Then the king said, ‘[You (plur.)] cause- him -to-enter here.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru: “But the slaves said to the king: "There is Hama in this place. He is waiting to meet you."
The king said: "Tell him to come in here."” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- English: “His servants replied, ‘That is Haman standing there in the courtyard.’ The king said, ‘Bring him in here!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 10:21:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, God said to Moses that, ‘Stretch your hand towards the sky/up, so that darkness may cover and bury the land of Egypt.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The Lord said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand toward the sky. Then may it be dark all over Egypt. It will be such a dense darkness that it seems one can touch it with the hand.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD said to Moises, ‘Lift-up/Raise-up your (sing.) hand toward the heaven/sky so-that extreme darkness will-cover the whole-of Egipto.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “It came about that the Chief spoke to Moses like this, ‘Lift up your hand and then point it toward the sky, and so it will be possible for every area of Isip to become dark. This darkness will become very different, like a thing which goes up onto people’s skin and they feel [it].’” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And The Lord said to Moses «Lift hand up, in order that country of Egypt all, [that] it might darken earth intensely.»” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh said to Moses/me, ‘Reach your hand up toward the sky, in order that there will be darkness over all the land of Egypt, a darkness so complete that people will have to grope around to know where to walk.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 19:17:
- Kupsabiny: “Oh, please, God, truly, the kings of Assyria have destroyed communities and lands.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O LORD, the report that the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands is certainly true. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “(It is) true, LORD, that the kings of Asiria destroyed the many nations” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Yahweh, it is true that the armies of the kings of Assyria have completely destroyed many nations, and ruined their land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 14:3:
- Kupsabiny: “‘Ezekiel, these people trust in these idols giving themselves a stumbling block that brings them into sin. Do these people think that I will respond to what you ask me?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Man, they love their little-gods/false-gods which are the ones-who-brought them to sin, therefore why do- I -will-allow them to ask for a message from me?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘You human, these men want to worship idols, and they are allowing idols to induce them to sin. So I will certainly answer them if they ask me for advice.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 7:6:
- Kupsabiny: “So now, all the Israelites came to Mispa. Those people fasted throughout the day and repented saying that, ‘We have committed sin before God.’ Then, they fetched water and poured (libation). Mispa was where Samuel started becoming the ruler/leader of the people of Israel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So they all gathered in Mizpah, and, drawing water, they poured it out as an offering before the LORD. That day, confessing, "We have sinned against the LORD" they fasted the whole day. And Samuel became the leader of the Israelites in Mizpah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When they had-assembled/gathered-together everyone at Mizpa, they took water and they poured- (it) -out in the presence of the LORD. On that day they fasted and confessed their sins that they made against the LORD. Samuel led/ruled the Israelinhon there at Mizpa.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So they gathered at Mizpah, which was the town where Samuel previously was the leader of the Israeli people. They had a big ceremony there. They drew water from a well, and poured the water on the ground while Yahweh watched. To show that they were sorry for having worshiped idols, they did not eat any food on that day, and they confessed that they had sinned against Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 19:7:
- Kupsabiny: “The bank of the Nile shall become dry
and the crops that were planted there shall wither.
They shall dry up like grass
and then the whirlwind shall blow (them) away.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “And on the banks of the Nile River,
those crops that have been planted down to the Nile River join the sea will dry up.
The wind will blow it all away and none of it will remain.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “including the plants beside the Nile River. All the fields/farms near the Nile River will-become-hardened, and its plants will-die.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “All the plants along the river and all the crops will dry up;
then they will blow away and disappear.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 26:62:
- Kupsabiny: “All the men of the clan of Levi from one month going up were 23,000. The clan of Levi was not counted to be added to the people of Israel because there was no land that were to be distributed to them when the land was distributed to the people of Israel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The number of Levites one month [of age] or above was 23,000 men. They were not counted with the other Israelites, because they were not given any inheritance among the Israelites.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The number of male descendants of Levi who were one month of-age above was 23,000. They were- not -included in the total number of the Israelinhon for they were- not -given-a-portion of the land which the Israelinhon had-inherited.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The leaders counted 23,000 men from the descendants of Levi who were at least one month old. But these men were not counted when the rest of the Israeli people were counted, because they were not given any land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 8:13:
- Kupsabiny: “The information in those letters was to be sent/supposed to reach every province in that country so that everybody could hear (it) and it became a word of power. It was supposed to be done like that so that when that day reaches, the Jews would be prepared to defend themselves.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “One copy of this letter was issued as a decree in every province and was proclaimed to all people. In this decree it was also written that on that day the Jews should be ready to take revenge on their enemies.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This letter will-be-sent as a command to every province, and will-be-proclaimed to all people, so-that the Jews will-be-ready to take-revenge against their enemies on that day.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru: “This law they proclaimed for every person in every country to know, on that day the Jews were allowed to fight back against those who wanted to kill them.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- English: “Copies of this law were to be nailed to posts in every province and read to all the people, in order that the Jews would be ready to get revenge on/fight against their enemies on March 7th.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
