Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 22:1:
- Kupsabiny: “Then God told me to go to the home of the king of Judah, and say to (him),” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said to me, ‘You (sing.) go to the temple and go to palace of the king of Juda and say this message:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “This is another message that Yahweh gave to me: ‘Go down to the palace of the king of Judah and say this to him:” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 7:20:
- Kupsabiny: “Achan replied, ‘Truly, I have sinned against the God of Israel. And what I have done is this:” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Achan said to Joshua, "Indeed it is true, I have sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. I did something this this,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Acan replied, ‘I truly have-sinned against the LORD, the God of Israel. This is what I did:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Achan replied, ‘It is true. I have sinned against Yahweh, the God whom we Israelis worship.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 12:16:
- Kupsabiny: “The anger of a foolish person is easily/quickly seen,
but the wise one swallows words.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Fools quickly show their anger,
but even if he is belittled,
the wise man ignores it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “A fool man immediately shows his anger if he is insulted, but a wise man does- not -pay-attention if he is insulted.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The foolish-one, he is not able-to-restrain his anger, but the wise, he remains-quiet when they (anyone) insult (him).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Foolish people quickly become angry when someone does something that they don’t like;
but those who have good sense ignore it when others insult them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:24:
- Kupsabiny: “Do not let those matters spoil/defile you (plur.) because that is this way the communities of this country defiled themselves those that I am chasing away so I can give it to you (plur.).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “’you must not have made yourselves defiled by such behavior [lit.: work], for [it was] by [just] this kind of behavior all the nations that I am about to drive out became unclean. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] do- not -dirty/make-unclean yourselves (plur.)/[lit. your (plur.) own selves] by doing any of these things, for this (is) what has-caused-to-be-dirty/to-be-unclean the people who I have-caused-to-leave the land which (is) for you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘o not defile yourselves/cause yourselves to become unacceptable to me in any of those ways, because doing those things is how the people of the nations that I expelled as you advanced became unacceptable to me/defiled.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 18:12:
- Kupsabiny: “And when the man who had been sent arrived at the home of Micaiah, he said to (him), ‘Listen, please, all the other prophets have said that the king will be victorious. So, you also come and say like that so that the king will be happy.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The messenger who summoned Micaiah said to him, ‘Look, all the prophets have agreed unanimously with the king. So your word also must be like their word, agreeing with the king.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “On the other-side/hand, the (one who) were-commanded to get Micaya said to him, ‘All the prophets said the same thing that the king will-win, so you (sing.) should also say the same thing.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The messenger who went to summon Micaiah said to him, ‘Listen to me! All the other prophets are unitedly predicting that the king will be successful in the battle. So be sure to agree with them and say that the king’s army will be successful!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 9:2:
- Kupsabiny: “But wheat and wine will not be enough for the people
Also the wine just prepared will be too little.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people
the new wine will not be enough for them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But some-time-later you (plur.) will-lack grains and wine.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But soon there will not be enough grain and wine for you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 3:18:
- Kupsabiny: “But on the third day after I had produced/born that child, she too delivered hers. We were only two in the house.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On the third day after I had my child, this woman also gave birth to a son. There were only two of us in the house, there was no one else.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “After three days, she gave-birth also. Just the two of us (excl.) in the house and there was no other-(person).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Three days after my baby was born, this woman also gave birth to a baby. Only the two of us were in the house; there was no one else there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 23:3:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall gather my people who have remained coming from all the countries where I scattered them, and then I shall return them to come to their own land. But/And then, they shall reproduce and become many.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I myself will-gather the remnant of my people from the different places where I had- them -scattered, and I will-bring- them -back to their land, and there they will- greatly -increase.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But later I will gather those who are still alive, from the countries where I have forced them to go. I will bring them back to their own country, where they will have many children, and their number/population will increase.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
