Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 33:33:
- Kupsabiny: “But if you do not want to say anything, listen
for me to give you understanding.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “But if [you] have nothing that needs to be said, listen to my words.
Keep quiet and I will teach you wisdom."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But if you (sing.) have nothing to say, you (sing.) keep-silent and listen to my wisdom.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But if you have nothing more that you want to say, then just listen to me,
and I will teach you how to become wise.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 26:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Someone make/prepare acacia frames so the Tent may stand on (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Erect planks from the acacia tree to support the canopy of the tent of the meeting.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘The framework for the Tent must-be acacia/[akasya] boards.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “‘And also, you (pl.) must make the shelter’s studs from akas wood, yet between each pair of studs, you must nail cross pieces, and so they make the pairs of studs to become like door frames. [When] it’s like that, then the pairs of studs together with their cross pieces will exist as the individual pieces of the wall’s bones.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “you shall chop white-acacia, build it for wood of tent which be 48.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “‘Tell them to make 48 frames from acacia wood, frames that will be set up from which to hang the Sacred Tent covers.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 7:22:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, their father Ephraim mourned for many days because of those his sons. Then his brothers came to speak to him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Their father Ephraim mourned [lit.: felt heart-broken] for them for many days and his relatives [lit.: affinal kin] came to comfort him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Efraim mourned with-respect-to/of their death for very long-(time), and his relatives came to him to comfort him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 23:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Then the people of Ziph made an agreement (held council) and went to tell Saul in Gibeah that, ‘Sir, the place where David has hidden himself is near. He is in a place called Hores in Hakilah hill on the south side of Jeshimon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Some people of Ziph in Gibeah went to Saul and spoke like this, "David has been hiding in our area in Horesh of the hill of Hakilah. This is in an area towards the southern part of the desert of Jeshimon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Now, there-were ones who came-from-Zif that went to Saul at Gibea and said, ‘David is-hiding among us (excl.) there at Horesh, in the hills/mountains of Hakila, south of Jeshimon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Some people from Ziph went to Saul when he was at Gibeah, and they told him, ‘David and his men are hiding in our land ! They are hiding in places at Horesh on Hakilah Hill, south of a place named Jeshimon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 64:12:
- Kupsabiny: “God, are there no words/things that you are doing on account of all these matters?
Do not continue to be silent and punish us much.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “After all this has happened, O LORD,
what! will your coming be postponed?
what! will you remain silent and give us more punishment than we need?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “In spite of all this, will- you (sing.) still not -help us (excl.), LORD? Will- you (sing.) just -keep-silent, and you (sing.) punish us (excl.) to the extreme?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 3:27:
- Kupsabiny: “Climb to the top of the mountain of Pisgah and see in the distance towards the West, North, South and East. Look carefully at what you see, because you will not cross over the river of Jordan.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Go up Pisgah Peak, and look all around — east and west, north, south. Look at that land with your own eyes. For you will not be privileged to go to the other side of the Jordan.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] go-up to the top of Pisga and look-at the land in every direction, for you (sing.) can- not -cross-over Jordan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Climb up to the top of Pisgah Mountain and look toward the west and to the east, toward the north and to the south. Look at it all carefully, because you will not cross the Jordan River to see the land from there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 34:32:
- Kupsabiny: “show me my fault that I am not seeing
so that I can move away from sin,’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Please teach me what I have not seen!
Whatever crimes I have committed, from now on I will commit them no more.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “or ‘Reveal to me my sin. If I have-sinned, I will- not -do it again.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 27:10:
- Kupsabiny: “Those curtains should be tied to twenty pillars of bronze and standing on twenty things of bronze, and having clips/hooks and/with silver runners.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “There must be twenty pillars set in the twenty bases of bronze. But the hooks and the ropes to attach to the pillars must be of silver.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Connect this curtain to the 20 bronze posts which are-inserted into the 20 bronze bases. The things-used-to-hang the curtains are the silver hooks which are-connected to the silver rods on the posts.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And you (pl.) must make this long side of the fence with its twenty posts. And make twenty bras post bases also to be for the standing up of the posts. And on each of the posts, make silva hooks and silva cross-pieces also.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “you shall pound metal red which be 20 for its hanging wood, and metal red which be 20 other for planting-hole. you shall pound gold white, made crooks head, seal it on its hanging wood, and you shall pound gold white for its beams.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “To support/hang the curtain, tell them to make twenty bronze posts, and one bronze base for each post. To fasten the curtains to the posts, they must make silver hooks, and metal rods covered with silver to fasten the curtains to the hooks.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
