Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 14:12:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, Samson said to those young men, ‘I want to tell you a riddle. If you are able to tell/show what the riddle means before the seven days of the wedding celebration are over, I shall give you thirty beautiful sets of clothes and also thirty sets of big day/feast/celebration clothes.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Samson said — "I will tell you a riddle. If you are able to solve it in seven days, I will give each of you a cotton garment and a complete set of clothes.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Samson said to them, ‘I have something-for- you (plur.) -to-guess. If you (plur.) indeed can-guess before the seven days of feast will-be-over, I will-give you (plur.) 30 linen garments and also 30 clothes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Samson said to them, ‘Allow me to tell you a riddle. If you tel me the meaning of my riddle during these seven days of the celebration, I will give each of you a linen robe and an extra set of clothes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 23:17:
- Kupsabiny: “When seventy years have passed, God will remember/think about Tyre. The people of that city will return to their relatives and their former person of trade, going to buy and sell all their things to all countries in great quantity.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “After the 70 years the LORD will be concerned for Tyre and it will go back again to the work of a prostitute, and she will do business with all the kingdoms of the world.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “After 70 years, the LORD will-remember Tyre. But Tyre will do what she had-done in the time-past, like what the woman who sells her body does. She will-do the bad-thing so-that she can-earn-money from all the kingdoms of the world.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “It is true that after seventy years Yahweh will restore Tyre. Their merchants will again earn a lot of money by buying things from and selling things to many other nations.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 16:5:
- Kupsabiny: “After that, Moses said to Korah and all his followers, ‘Tomorrow morning God will show/reveal his holy person who is to come near him to make sacrifices.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then he spoke to Korah and his group like this, "Tomorrow morning the LORD will show who is His, who is holy, and who is allowed to go before Him. The man he chooses he will let to come near him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then he said to Kora and to all his followers, ‘Tomorrow in the morning the LORD will-reveal/show who (are) the-(ones-who) were- truly -chosen to serve him as priests, for he will-cause-to-come-near to his presence the ones he has-chosen. Therefore this is what you (plur.) will-do tomorrow: [you (plur.)] get/take containers of incense” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then he/I said to Korah and those Israeli leaders who were with Korah, ‘Tomorrow morning Yahweh will show us whom he has chosen to be his priest, and who is holy and allowed to come near to him. Yahweh will permit only those whom he chooses to come into his presence.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 3:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Let witch-doctors
those who know to make sorcery
send to that night darkness, and arouse Leviathan.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “May those who curse days
and who are ready to rouse Leviathan,
may they curse that day,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “May-it-be that night be-cursed by the ones-who-curse who know to-wake-up the dragon Leviatan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I want those people who curse/put evil spells on days—those who know how to arouse/awaken the great sea monster—to curse that day.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 9:30:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, Jehu returned heading for Jezreel. When Jezebel heard what had happened, she smeared/anointed her face/eyes and plaited her hair. After that, she went to a window and looked out from there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Jehu went to Jezreel. Hearing about him, Queen mother Jezebel put mascara on her eyes, combed her hair and looked down from a window.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When- Jezebel -found-out/knew about it, she made- herself -beautiful and looked-out the window of the palace.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Jehu went to Jezreel. When Ahab’s widow Jezebel heard what had happened, she put paint/makeup on her eyelids, and combed her hair to make it beautiful, and looked out the window of the palace toward the street below.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 16:4:
- Kupsabiny: “When those (things/events) had passed, Samson fell in love with a woman who was called Delilah who lived in the valley of Sorek.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Sometime later Samson was involved in a love affair with a woman named Delilah who lived in the Sorek valley.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Sometime later, Samson was-in-love-with/[lit. liked] a woman who was-living in Sorek which is the channel of water. Her name was Delila.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Later Samson fell in love with a woman named Delilah, and started to live with her. She lived in Sorek Valley in the Philistia area.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 25:8:
- Kupsabiny: “God is saying that
he will defeat death.
He shall wipe tears from all people,
and remove suffering in the whole world.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He will swallow up death completely and forever.
The LORD God will wipe all tears from the eyes.
He will completely remove from all the earth the reproach from his people.
The LORD has spoken about this matter.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The Lord GOD will-vanish death and he will-wipe-away the tears of all the people. He will-take-away the shame of his people in the whole world. This will- surely -happen, for LORD himself has-said it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 16:37:
- Kupsabiny: “‘Tell Eleazar son of Aaron the priest to take those pans holding fire from those people that fire has destroyed, and spread the fire there because those pans have been set apart.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Tell Eleazar, son of Aaron the priest that he must take the incense burners from the place of burning, for those incense burners are holy, and [that he is to] take the charcoal and scatter it hither and thither at some distance away. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Tell Eleazar the priest, the child/(son) of Aaron, that he will-get the containers of incense from the corpses/dead-bodies that were-burned, for these are holy containers. Also tell him that he will-spread-(out) far-away the burning-coals” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Tell Aaron’s son Eleazar to take the pans that had incense in them away from the fire and to scatter the burning coals. The pans that those men were carrying are holy/dedicated to me because they burned incense to me in them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
