Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 12:19:
- Kupsabiny: “He pulls down priests
and removes authority from them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He makes the priests ashamed by taking away their honor,
He removes those who have been in power for many years.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He removes the priests and the people from their mighty position.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He takes from priests the sacred clothes that they wear, with the result that they no longer can do their work,
and takes power from those who rule others.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 23:4:
- Kupsabiny: “And if you (sing.) find a cow or donkey lost along the way belonging to someone whom you hate/do not see eye to eye with, take it to that person.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When you come upon an enemy’s ox or donkey that has strayed away, you must take it back to its owner.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘If you (plur.) see that the cow or donkey of your (plur.) enemy has-gotten-away/is-running-loose, you (plur.) must return it to him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “‘If you (pl.) see your enemy’s bulmakao, or donki leave its pen and so flee, you must bring it so that it returns back to him.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Cow or donkey of one who hates you [eye], if you will find it somewhere else wandering about, you (sing., imp.) take for him it.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “If you see someone’s bull or donkey when it is wandering away loose, take it back to its owner, even if the owner is your enemy.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 4:42:
- Kupsabiny: “Five hundred soldiers of the clan of Simeon went for a raid to the hills of Seir. The sons of Ishi led them and they were: Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel led them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “And five hundred [of these] Simeonites went to Edom. They were led by the sons of Ishi, Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The 500 of them attacked the mountains of Seir. They were-led by Pelatia, Nearia, Refaya and Uziel, the children of Ishi.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Ishi’s four sons Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel led 500 other descendants of Simeon and attacked the people who were living in the hilly area of the Edom region.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezekiel 24:27:
- Kupsabiny: “Then your tongue is released and you can say to that person without being silent. Your life shall show hoe things are and then, they will know that I am God.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “At that time, you (sing.) now can-speak again and you (plur.) will-tell-a-story/[lit. will-talk-to-each-other] the two-of-you. You (sing.) will-become a warning to the people, and then they will-know that I am the LORD.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When that happens, you will be able to speak again without constraint. You two will talk together. You will be a warning to the people; and they will know that I, Yahweh the Lord, have the power to do what I say that I will do.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 19:1:
- Kupsabiny: “Saul told his son Jonathan and all his people who were helping him/servants that they should kill David. But because Jonathan and David love one another much,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Saul told his son Jonathan and all his officials to kill David. But Jonathan loved David very much.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, Saul told Jonatan and all his servants/attendant to-kill David. But Jonatan (was) really fond/really loved David,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Saul urged all his servants and his son Jonathan to kill David. But Jonathan liked David very much.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 37:8:
- Kupsabiny: “It was (the time) when the assistant left Jerusalem going to where king Sennacherib was. But he then discovered/found out that the king had already left Lachish and he was fighting against the city of Libnah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The captain heard that the Assyrian king had gone from Lachish and was waging war on Libnah, so the captain went there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, when the commander of the soldiers of Asiria heard that their king has already left Lakish and fought (against) Libna, he went there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The official from Assyria found out that the King of Assyria and his army had captured Lachish city and that they were attacking Libnah, which is a nearby city. So the official left Jerusalem and went to Libnah to report to the king what had happened in Jerusalem.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 1:8:
- Kupsabiny: “See, I have prepared that country for you to become yours. Go and take that land which I swore that I would give to your grandfathers/ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and their grandchildren/descendants.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Look! I have given you this land. Go in there and possess the land! That is the land that the LORD made swore to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and their descendants [lit.: later generations].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] look! I am-giving these land[s] to you (plur.). [You (plur.)] go and live-in/dwell-in these land[s] which I promised to your (plur.) ancestors/[lit. old-ones] who (were) Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and to their descendants.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Note that I will give that land to you. I, Yahweh, promised to your ancestors Abraham and Isaac and Jacob that I would give it to them and to their descendants. So now go and occupy it.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 13:26:
- Kupsabiny: “You have accused me of painful things
even those of when I was still a youth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Since you have written heart aching matters in rebellion against me,
you have caused me to bear the sins of my youth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) write painful accusations against me, and you (sing.) cause- me -to-pay the sins that I did when I was still young.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “It seems that you are writing things to accuse me of doing things that are wrong,
even recalling bad things that I did when I was young.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
