Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 2:7:
- Kupsabiny: “And/But if a person wants to take/bring to God bread which has been baked in a sauce-pan, he must make it from wheat flour that is ground fine which has been mixed with olive oil.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If your grain offering is baked in a pan, it must be of good wheat flour [baked] with oil.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If the bread which will-be-offered was-cooked in a pan/frying-pan, (it) must also be-made from a good kind of flour and also mixed-with oil.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “If your offering that is made from grain is cooked in a pan, it must be made of finely-ground flour mixed with olive oil.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 25:30:
- Kupsabiny: “The twenty-third caught Mahazioth together with his sons and relatives. They were also twelve.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The 23rd lot fell to Mahazioth, his sons and his elder and younger brothers, 12 people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The 23rd was Mahaziot and his children and blood-relatives; they (were) twelve too.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Next, Mahazioth and 12 of his sons and relatives were selected.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 3:17:
- Kankanaey: “Then God said to the man, ‘Since you (sing.) believed/obeyed your (sing.) spouse and you (sing.) ate some of what I prohibited, the soil will-become-bad. You (sing.) must suffer/undergo-hardship to cultivate so-that there-will-be what-suffices for you (pl.) to eat until your (sing.) life has reached-the-end,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then he said to the man — ‘Because you listened to your wife and ate the fruit of that tree which I said not to eat, the ground will have to bear a curse. As long as you live you will eat by growing grain from it with great difficulty.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He also said to the man, ‘Because you (sing.) listened to your (sing.) wife and ate the fruit of the tree which I prohibited you (sing.) (to eat), I will-curse the land. So throughout your (sing.) whole life you (sing.) will-labor very-hard/[lit. hard-hard] so you (sing.) can-eat.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Yahweh said to the man, ‘You heeded what your wife said, and you ate some of the fruit of the tree concerning which I commanded you saying, ‘Do not eat it.’ So I will make it difficult to grow things in the ground because of what you did. You will have to work hard as long as you live to produce things from the ground to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 13:39:
- Kupsabiny: “But, when the pain was over, his stomach desired to see his son Absalom.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “As soon as David had peace of mind concerning Amnon’s death, he put it in mind again to go to Absalom’s place.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When King David had- now -recovered from his sadness for the death of Amnon, he missed Absalom.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “but after that, he desired very much to see Absalom, because he was no longer grieving about Amnon being dead.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 11:17:
- Kupsabiny: “The northern king shall desire to come with all his soldiers. He will think that in order to defeat the armies of the south, he will make an alliance and give his daughter to get married to the southern king. But these plans of his will not be accomplished.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He will decide to come with all the power of his country and make an agreement with the country of the south [it]. And he will give his own daughter to him in marriage to conquer. But his plan will not succeed, he will not even get any help.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The king in the north is very determined to attack the kingdom in the south with all the strength of his kingdom. But he will- first -make-an-alliance with the king in the south by giving-his-daughter-in-marriage to the king, so-that through his daughter/[lit. child] the kingdom in the south will-be-destroyed. But the daughter/[lit. female] will- not -fight against the kingdom in the south and she will- not -take-side with her father.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then he will decide to march south with all the soldiers from his kingdom. He will make an alliance with the King of Egypt and in order that his own daughter will help him to destroy the kingdom of Egypt, he will give her to the King of Egypt to become his wife. But that plan will fail.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 23:21:
- Kupsabiny: “If you promise your God something, make it come true/fulfill it right away. Do not delay, because God will claim it, and then you have offended (him).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “After you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not delay in fulfilling it. For he likes it fulfilled, otherwise sin will fall upon you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘If you (plur.) make-a-vow to the LORD your (plur.) God, you (plur.) do- not -be-negligent to fulfill it, for the LORD your (plur.) God will- certainly -demand it of you (plur.), and you (plur.) can-commit-sin by not fulfilling it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘hen you vow to give something to Yahweh your God or to do something for him, do it as soon as you can. Yahweh expects you to do what you promised, and if you do not do it, you will be committing a sin.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 11:7:
- Kupsabiny: “If/when a wicked/immoral person dies, everything he depended on perishes,
everything he leaned his head on disappears.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When the wicked person dies
none of his hopes will be fulfilled.
The desires
which he had when he was strong
will also come to nothing.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When the wicked ones die, their hope will vanish; what they desire-for will-become useless/[lit. have-no value].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The expectation of those who are doing evil to become-rich, it has no use, because it will-join-in-being-lost at their (lit. his) death.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “When wicked people die, they cannot confidently expect to receive anything that is good;
they expect that their money will help/save them, but it will not.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 4:6:
- Kupsabiny: “He shall immerse his finger in the blood and sprinkle it there in front of God seven times towards the front of the curtain that shuts off the Inner Room.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Dipping his finger in the blood he must sprinkle it in front of the curtain separating the Most Holy Place before the LORD seven times.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He will-dip his finger in the blood and will-sprinkle it seven times in front of the curtain which covers of the Most Holy Place, there in the presence of the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He must dip one of his fingers into the blood and sprinkle it seven times in the presence of Yahweh, in front of the curtain that separates the Holy Place from the Very Holy Place.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
