Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 3:19:
- Kupsabiny: “ear-rings, arm rings, head/face cloths of the shoulders,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “earrings, bracelets, scarves [lit.: cloth to cover the face],” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Their earrings, bracelets, veils,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 18:9:
- Kupsabiny: “You shall get the gifts that are not burned. Those are the food/grain offerings, the sacrifices that sweep away sins and those that appease sin.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The portion of the most holy offerings that is set aside from the fire will be yours. The most holy gifts brought by the people, that is to say, all the grain offerings, sin offerings and guilt offerings, that share will be for you and your sons.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) have a share/portion from these holy offerings which are- not -burned, which are-offered by the people to me as holy offerings. Included with these offerings are gift offering, offering for becoming-clean, and offering as payment for sin. These are yours and your children’s portion/share.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The parts of the offerings that are not completely burned on the altar belong to you. Those parts of the sacred offerings, including the offerings of grain, the offerings for sins and for the people to be forgiven for not giving me what they are required to give, are set apart, and are to be given to you and your sons.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 9:34:
- Kupsabiny: “Our kings, leaders, priests together with the grandfathers did not obey your law or listen when you warned them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Our (excl.) kings, leaders/[lit. heads], priests, and ancestors did- not -obey your (sing.) Law. They did- not -pay-any-attention to your (sing.) commands and warnings.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “Our (sing.) kings, leaders, priests and ancestors, they did not obey your (sing.) law. They did not pay-attention-to your (sing.) law and advice to them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Our kings and other leaders and our priests and our other ancestors did not obey your laws. They did not heed your commands or the warnings that you gave to them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 1:13:
- Kupsabiny: “So, the Egyptians really punished/inflicted pain on those Israelites. They gave them to be doing a hard task/work of building and digging their farms without mercy!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Moreover, without mercy they gave them even harder work to do.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Because of this, they increased even more of their cruelty in enslaving the Israelinhon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “and so they made them continue endlessly in work, and they weren’t sorry for them.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “So they made people of Israel with force doing things, not resting.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “They forced the Israeli people to work very hard,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 10:32:
- Kupsabiny: “God began in those days to divide the country which was under (the rulership of) Israel. Hazael defeated them” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “At that time the LORD began to do the work of reducing the area of the land of Israel. Hazael, King of Aram, conquered The Israelites throughout their land,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “At that time, little-by-little the LORD was-causing- the territory of Israel -to-become-small. King Hazael conquered the places of Israel” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “At that time, Yahweh began to cause the territory controlled by Israel to become smaller. The army of King Hazael of Syria conquered much of the Israeli territory.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 1:17:
- Kupsabiny: “When they went/moved, they directed themselves to any side that the animals looked. The wheels did not turn/change direction as the things moved.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “so they could-go and the living creatures in any direction which had no need to-be-turned-around.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Whenever they moved, they would go straight in one of the four directions that they faced; they did not turnin another direction while they moved.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 18:27:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people went on their journey like that until the city of Laish where the people lived in peace and sensed no danger. Then they killed those people and set fire to that city destroying it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then that priest, taking that idol that Micah has made for himself, went to Laish to attack the people who were living peacefully and secure in Laish. They beheaded them with the sword and burned their city down [lit.: fed their city to the flames].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The descendants of Dan went to Laish bringing the gods of Micas including his priest. Laish was a peaceful place, and its residents were very confident/trusting that no one would-harm them. They were-attacked by the descendants of Dan and killed (the people), and burned their town.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The men of the tribe of Dan were carrying the things that had been made for Micah, and they also took his priest, and they continued traveling to Laish. They attacked the people who were peacefully living there, and killed them with their swords, and then they burned everything in the city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 5:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people mock God saying,
‘Let God hurry to do his words/deeds.
Let his purpose/preparations/plans be fulfilled,
so that we can see the words/matters of this God clearly.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Alas to them, who challenge Yahweh and say like this
‘Why doesn’t he hurry up
and why doesn’t he quickly show us what he will do?
Why doesn’t the Holy One of Israel come and fulfill his plan?
Then we will know what it’s all about!’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) still mock, ‘The Holy God of Israel will-hasten his punishment according to what he said which he will-do, so-that we (incl.) could-see-(it). Wishing his plan will-happen now so-that we (incl.) will-know it.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
