Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 9:21:
- Kupsabiny: “Aaron took each chest piece and the righthand side hind leg and raised (them) up in front of God to offer them as Moses had said.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “As Moses had commanded, he waved the breast along with the quarter of the right thigh before the LORD as a wave offering.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “According-to what- Moises -commanded, Aaron lifted-up the breasts and the right thigh of the animal as an offering which is-lifted-up.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then, doing what Moses/I had commanded, he lifted up in front of Yahweh the breast and the right thigh of those animals, to signify that those two animals completely belonged to Yahweh.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 4:7:
- Kupsabiny: “Huram also made ten things on which lamps were placed and he placed (them) in the House of God. Those things were (made) of gold and made according to how they should be made. He placed five of those things to the right side and the other five he placed to the left side of the Outer room.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He made ten golden lampstands according to their pattern and he placed them in the temple, five toward the south and five toward the north.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He also caused-to-make ten golden things-to-put- lamp(s) -on according to plan, and placed them in the temple, five on the south and five on the north.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They also made ten gold lampstands according to what Solomon had instructed them. They put them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north side.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 6:4:
- Kupsabiny: “The other rulers and leaders blackened their stomachs (developed envy) against Daniel. They looked for matter they could falsely accuse him of in the area of leadership, but they did not find anything they could accuse Daniel of. There was no fault at all, because he was a trustworthy man and not corrupt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Since it was like this, the other two ministers and district officers in governmental work started looking for Daniel’s faults. But they were not even able to find any corruption in his work, for he was a trustworthy person, and not a man who tends to act carelessly.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Because of that, his two co-administrators and the governors looked for fault in the leadership of Daniel so they could-accuse him. But they could not see any fault because Daniel was very trustworthy and his leadership (was) good.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then, the other administrators and the governors became jealous. So they began to try to find something that they could criticize about the way I was working for the king. But I always did my work faithfully and honestly, and was never lazy. So they could not find anything to criticize.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 19:22:
- Kupsabiny: “David said that, ‘What thing do we have with you the sons of Zeruiah. Why do you keep on arguing with me? Why should we now kill a person in Israel? After all, I am king again.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “David replied, "O sons of Zeruiah, what do I have to do with you? [lit.: what relationship do I have with you?] Today you have become my opponent. Now I have become king of Israel so today none of the Israelites will die.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But David said, ‘You (plur.) children of Zeruya, what is your (plur.) concern? You (plur.) do- not -go-against with my decision now. I am now the king of Israel, and no man will-be-killed in Israel today.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But David said, ‘You sons of Zeruiah, what am I going to do with you? (OR, you are not the ones who should decide what to do to him). It is as though you have become my enemies today. I know that I am the one who has now become the king of Israel, so I say that certainly no one in Israel should be executed today.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 9:11:
- Kupsabiny: “Then God said,
‘I shall destroy Jerusalem to become a ruin
to become caves where jackals are screaming,
and the cities of Judah,
I shall make those to become a wilderness.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For the LORD said, ‘I will-destroy Jerusalem, and this will- now -become just a place-of-dwelling of the wild dogs. I will-make the towns of Juda into desolate and no one will-live there.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh also says, ‘I will cause Jerusalem to become a heap of ruins,
and only jackals/wolves will live there.
I will destroy the towns of Judah, with the result that they will be completely deserted;
no one will live there.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 30:18:
- Kupsabiny: “I proclaim to you today that you will surely be destroyed. You shall not live for long in that land that you are taking for yourselves when/after you have crossed the river of Jordan.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “then today I will say that you will certainly be destroyed. Then you will not live long in the land on the other side of the Jordan that you are about to enter and possess.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “just right now I am warning you (plur.) already that surely you (plur.) will-be-destroyed. You (plur.) will- not -live long in the land that you (plur.) are-going-to-enter and possess/occupy there across Jordan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I am warning you today that you will soon die. You will not live for a long time in the land that you are about to cross the Jordan River to enter and possess.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 3:11:
- Kupsabiny: “My child, do not refuse when God straightens/disciplines you nor look down upon (it) when he pulls you back,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O My Son.
Do not despise the Lord’s discipline.
Do not be angry when He corrects you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Child, do- not -think-bad the discipline of the LORD to you (sing.). Do- not -be-hurt/[lit. become-bad] your (sing.) feelings if he is-rebuking you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “My child, do not mock/belittle the advice of God. You (sing.) should not be sad/have-hurt feelings (lit. your (sing.) thoughts should not be painful) if/when he advises/admonishes you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 11:9:
- Kupsabiny: “These are the animals that live in the water that you may eat: Any animal that lives in the ocean or that lives in a river and has things like wings that it beats the water with and scales.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “It is OK to eat any of the animals that live in water [and] have fins and scales.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) may eat any/whatever animals are-living in the water which has fins and scales. But you (plur.) are- not -to-eat what does-not-have fins and scales, and you (plur.) are- not -to-touch their dead bodies. You (plur.) are-to-consider these animals detestable.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “From all the creatures that live in the oceans and the streams, you are permitted to eat any that have fins and scales.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
