Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 18:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Obey my laws and follow my commandments because I am your God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I am the LORD your God. Observing my decrees and precepts, you proceed in accordance with them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) must obey my commands/instructions and regulations/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed] for the person who obeys these will-have/[lit. will-possess] a good life.
I (am) the LORD your God who is-commanding you (plur.)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You must obey all of my laws , because it is I, Yahweh your God, who am commanding those laws.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 18:20:
- Kupsabiny: “Then one spirit committed himself and stood in front of God and said, ‘I will go and incite (him).’
God asked (him), ‘How will you go and incite (him)?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Last of all one spirit came and stood before the LORD and said,
"I will entice him."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Some-time later there-was-a spirit came-near to the LORD and said, ‘I will-entice him.’ The LORD asked, ‘In what way?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Finally one spirit, having received a message from Satan, came to Yahweh and said, ‘I can do it!’
‘Yahweh asked him, ‘How will you do it?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 23:6:
- Newari: “‘You are a great man. Choose the best field to bury your wife. None of us will say it is not good.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Sir, listen to us (excl.) first. We (excl.) acknowledge you (sing.) as an honorable man, therefore you can bury your wife any where among our (excl.) finest burial-places. No one among us (excl.) will-refuse to-give to you (sing.) a burial-place so-that you can-bury your wife.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Sir, you are a powerful prince among us. Choose one of our finest tombs and bury your wife’s body in it. None of us will refuse to sell land to you for a tomb for your relatives’ bodies.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 3:26:
- Kupsabiny: “When the mother of the child which was alive heard like that, she became so disturbed. Then she said to the king. ‘Listen to me my lord, do not kill that child! It is better you give this child to this woman.’ But the other woman said, ‘None among us will go with this child. Let it be cut into two!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “As soon as the King had said that much, the mother of the living child was filled with compassion for him. And she said to the king, "Great King, do not kill the child! Please give the living child to her!"
The other woman, however, spoke like this, "Don’t give the child to either of us, cut him in two!"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Because of the compassion/mercy of the true mother to her child, she said to the king, ‘You (sing.) have-mercy, Beloved King, do- not -kill the child. Just give her/him to that woman.’ But the other woman said, ‘Cut-into-half the child so-that none of us (excl.) can-own/claim her/him.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But the woman whose baby was alive loved her baby very much, so she said to the king, ‘No, Your Majesty! Do not allow him to kill the baby! Give her the child that is alive!’ But the other woman said to the king, ‘No, cut it in half. Then it will not be her baby or my baby.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 1:8:
- Kupsabiny: “He was asked that, ‘Tell us, who bought us all this trouble? What are you doing? Which country do you come from? And you hail from/belong to which people?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then they said to him — "This trouble has happened because of what you did. Tell us [Lit.: say] what is your work? Where have you come from? Of what country are you? Of what nation are you?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then they said to him, ‘Please tell us (excl.) who really (is) the cause of this calamity that has-come upon us (incl.), and what (is) your (sing.) work and where do- you (sing.) -come-from. Tell us (excl.) also what your (sing.) nation and race (is).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “So they said to him, ‘Tell who is to-be-blamed for this that has happened. What are you doing here? And where-are- you (sing.) -from?’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “So various ones of them asked him, ‘Are you the one who has caused us all this trouble?’ ‘What work do you do?’ ‘Where are you coming from?’ ‘What country and what people-group do you belong to?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 8:6:
- Kupsabiny: “Then those people will pursue us until they are far from the city. They will think that we are fleeing from them as it was before.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “They will come pursuing us and we will draw them far away from the city. They will think, ‘As before, the Israelites are running away from us.’ So that while we are escaping from before them,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They will-think that we (excl.) are-afraid just-like before/back-then, so they will-pursue us (excl.) until they can-go-far from the city.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They will think that we are running away from them like we did before. So they will chase us away from the city. While we are running away,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 27:13:
- Kupsabiny: “It is not good to stand (surety) for the debt of a person who is not known,
and if a person stands for that debt, take his things as security/deposit.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Take a deposit from one
who gave a guarantee for a stranger.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If a man promises that he (will be) the one who will-pay to you (sing.) the debt of a man whom he does- not -know, be-sure that you (sing.) can get a guarantee from him, even his clothes, so-that you (sing.) can-be-sure that he will-pay.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who stands-for (as guarantor) the debt of a stranger, it is necessary that the lender hold-onto his possessions to cause-to-be-made-certain that he will pay.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “You deserve to have your property taken from you
if you foolishly promise to a stranger (OR, a strange woman) that you will pay what she owes if she is unable to pay it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 19:6:
- Kupsabiny: “You (plur.) must eat the meat of that sacrifice on the day you present it or the following day, but/and anything that has stayed to the third day that is fit to be burned.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On the very day that you offer it, [you] must eat [it]. The next day it is also OK to eat [it]. But if anything is left on the third day [lit.: on the day after], it must be burned in the fire.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) are-to-eat this meat on the day of your (plur.) offering/sacrifice or on the next day. But if there-is leftover meat until the third day this is-to- now -be-burnt.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The meat should be eaten on the day that you sacrifice it, but you are permitted to eat some of it on the next day. Anything that remains until the third/next day must be completely burned.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
