Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 22:28:
- Kupsabiny: “Micaiah said, ‘If you return safely, God has surely not spoken through me.’ He added saying, ‘Let all you people hear (it)!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Micaiah said, "If you return in peace, know that the LORD has not spoken through me." Again he spoke like this, "All of you, heed the words that I have spoken."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Micaya said, ‘If you still return without harm, so/well/then, the LORD has- not -spoken through me.’ Then Micaya said to all the people there, ‘[You (plur.)] mark what I said!’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Micaiah replied, ‘If you return safely, it will be clear that it was not Yahweh who told me what to say to you!’ Then he said to all those who were standing there, ‘Do not forget what I have said to King Ahab!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 6:21:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, the angel stretched out the walking stick to touch that meat and those breads. Fire gushed out from that stone and devoured the meat and breads, and then the angel went on his way.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then the angel of the LORD stretched the stick that he had in his hand and touched the meat and unleavened bread. Fire flared up from the rock and the bread and meat were reduced to ashes. Then the angel of the LORD disappeared.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then the angel of the LORD touched the food by-means-of the tip of a cane/staff which he was-holding. Just suddenly fire-flamed-up from the rock, and the meat and the bread were consumed/devoured by the fire. Then the angel of the LORD disappeared.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Yahweh touched the meat and bread with the walking stick that was in his hand. A fire flamed up from the rock and burned up everything that Gideon had brought! And then Yahweh disappeared.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 9:19:
- Kupsabiny: “This world/land will be destroyed because of the anger of God.
People will become firewood that are burned in a fire.
No one will have mercy on his/her brother.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The anger of the LORD Almighty of all,
will reduce the land to ashes.
Even people will be fuel for the fire.
No one will spare even his own younger brother.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Because of the anger of the LORD Almighty, their land will-be-burned, and they will-become fuel which will-swallow-up by the fire.
They will- not -pity even their fellow Israelinhon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “There will be very few trees left in those forests;
even a child will be able to count them.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 8:14:
- Kupsabiny: “In this way, you (sing.) shall set aside the clan of Levi from the people of Israel, and then, the people of that clan shall belong to me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In this way you are to separate the Levites from among the Israelites. The Levites will belong to me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “In this way you (sing.) are-to- separate/set-apart the descendants of Levi from the other Israelinhon, and they will-be mine.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “This ritual will show that the descendants of Levi are set apart from the other Israelis and that they belong to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 10:8:
- Kupsabiny: “If a man did not arrive within three days, his wealth was to be removed as it was declared by the leaders and elders, and he would be refused/denied presence in the group of the people who returned from slavery.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The leaders gave the command that whoever does not come within three days, all his wealth and property would be confiscated according to the judgment of the judges and officials, and the council of those who returned from Babylon would do a separation of household from them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The leaders/[lit. heads] and the ones-who-rule the Israelinhon proclaimed to the entire Juda and Jerusalem that all who had-returned from captivity would-gather in Jerusalem. And anyone who would- not -go for a period/[lit. inside] of three days would-be-taken-away all of his properties from him and he would- no-longer -be-considered a part of the people who had-returned from captivity.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “We said that if any of them did not arrive within three days, the leaders of the people would order that all the property of those people would be taken from them, and that they would no longer be considered to belong to the Israeli people; they would be considered to be foreigners.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 43:1:
- Kankanaey: “When that was so, the famine in Canaan was-becoming-more-severe,” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “The famine in Canaan increased yet more.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The famine in Canaan became- even more -severe.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The famine in Canaan got worse.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 1:7:
- Kupsabiny: “The king asked them, ‘Who was that person and how was he dressed?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The King asked them, "That man who came to meet you and speak to you like this, what did he look like?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The king asked them, ‘What is the appearance of the man who met and told you (plur.) that?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The king said to them, ‘The man who came to meet you and told that to you, what did he look like?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 7:13:
- Kupsabiny: “When Gideon sneaked to those people, he heard one recount to another what he had dreamt. He said, ‘I dreamt that a loaf of barley bread rolled downhill to where the Midianites were gathered. Then I saw the bread crash into a tent to overturn it and destroy it completely.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When Gideon arrived there Look, he heard one man tell his friend a dream that he had had. He was speaking like this — "Listen, in my dream I saw a [cake] of barley bread rolling, coming into the camp of Midian, and the bread struck against the tent with such force that it turned upside down.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When Gideon and-company were already there, they heard two men talking. One said, ‘I dreamed that there-was one piece/(loaf) of barley bread that rolled towards our (incl.) camp and a tent was hit. Then it fell-down and collapsed.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Gideon crept closer and heard one man telling a friend about a dream. He said, ‘I just had a dream, and in the dream I saw a round loaf of barley bread tumble down into our Midian camp. It struck a tent so hard that the tent turned upside down and collapsed!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
