Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 5:18:
- Kupsabiny: “God wounds/bruises and treats them,
he beats you and then he heals you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “For He wounds, but he binds with a bandage.
He wounds but He also heals with His hand.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For whom he wounds, he also cures/treats; whom he hurts, he also heals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 16:22:
- Kupsabiny: “And when the sixth day reached, those people collected (the) food and as it was measured it was two baskets for every person. The leaders came and told Moses about it.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On the sixth day, they collected twice as much six quarts for each person and the leaders came and reported this to Moses.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “On the sixth day, they gathered double — about two ‘gantang’/(about 4 kilos) for each person. So the leaders of the community of Israel went to Moises and asked why (it) was-double.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “But on the sixth day, they gathered somewhat plentifully, sufficient for two days. They gathered as much as about two small clay pots for each and every person. And the leaders of the Israel people went and informed Moses like that.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “On day sixth, they gathered bread which be sufficient day two, cup four for one man. And elders of people of Israel came told it for Moses.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “On the sixth day after they started gathering it, each person was able to gather four quarts/liters, which was twice as much as they gathered on the other days. When the leaders of the people came to Moses/me and told him/me about that,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 25:27:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, a man called Evil-merodach took over rulership of Babylon. Then, that king had mercy on king Jehoiakin who was in prison in Babylon, and then he released him. He was released on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month in the thirty-seventh year from when he was put in prison.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In the year that Evil-Merodach became king of Babylonia, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison. This happened in the thirty-seventh year in the twelfth month on the twenty-seventh day after Jehoiachin had been taken away as prisoner.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “In the 37th year of the exile of King Jehoyakin of Juda, Evil Merodac became king of Babilonia. He released Jehoyakin on the 27th day of the 12th month of that year.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Thirty-seven years after King Jehoiachin of Judah was taken to Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar’s son Evil-Merodach became the king of Babylon. He was kind to Jehoiachin, and on April 2 of that year, he released/freed Jehoiachin from prison.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 20:10:
- Kupsabiny: “So, I brought those people out from Egypt to the desert.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore I had- them -come-out of Egipto and brought to the desolate-place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Therefore I led them out of Egypt and brought them into the desert.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 14:21:
- Kupsabiny: “Even the Hebrews who had joined the Philistine soldiers in the past turned around and came back to Saul and Jonathan’s soldiers.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “There were many Hebrews whom the Philistines had taken along to their camp. Having left the Philistines, they again came to be united with Saul, Jonathan, and the Israelites.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The Hebrews who had-taken-sides with the Filistinhon and had-been-with them now sided with Saul and Jonatan and other Israelinhon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Before that, some of the Hebrew men had deserted their army and gone to join with the Philistia army. But now those men revolted and joined with Saul and Jonathan and the other Israeli soldiers.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 28:18:
- Kupsabiny: “Your agreement with death shall be removed
and the things you have agreed shall not come to pass
(agreed) with the world of the dead.
When disaster comes to you (plur.)
(it) shall defeat you completely.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Your covenant with death will be broken;
your agreement with the grave of the dead will no longer.
When the scourge came like flood,
you will be covered by it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Your (plur.) covenant with death will-be useless, and what you (plur.) had-agreed with the place of the dead-ones. For when the disaster will-come like a flood, your (plur.) will-be-destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will annul/destroy the agreement that you made with the leaders of Egypt.
You thought that because of that agreement you would not be killed, and you would not go to the place where the dead are.
But when the vast army of Assyria overwhelms you like a flood,
they will trample you into the ground.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 32:4:
- Kupsabiny: “‘This land of the cities of Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo and Beon is good. God plundered this land for the people of Israel to live in (it). We have many animals.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD has conquered this whole area for the community of Israel. This is a suitable place for our livestock. Your servants have a lot of livestock.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “the places which the LORD had-destroyed through the Israelinhon — are a good place for the animals, and we (excl.) have many animals.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh has enabled us Israelis to capture some land that is very good for animals to graze on—the land near Ataroth, Dibon, Jazer, Nimrah, Heshbon, Elealeh, Sebam, Nebo, and Beon towns.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 6:23:
- Kupsabiny: “Or even that you would save me from the enemy?
Or that you would free me from the people who are oppressors?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Or have I ever said, "Deliver me from the hands of the enemy,
Set me free from [their] merciless hands?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “or you (plur.) will-save me from the hand of violent enemies?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
