Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 2:6:
- Kupsabiny: “When the king of Babylon called Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city of Jerusalem that was when their family and the king of Judah who was called Jeconiah and many other people were caught to go and become slaves in Babylon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “It also happened that when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took Jehoichin, king of Judah, away [into exile]. Mordecai was also there.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He was one of those taken-captives to Babilonia from Jerusalem, with King Jehoyakin of Juda. They were-taken-captives by Nebucadnesar of Babilonia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru: “When King Nebuchadnezzar of the country of Babylon came to capture King Jehoiachin, king of Judah from the city of Jerusalem, they captured also Kish, the great grandfather of Mordecai also.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- English: “Many years before that, King Nebuchadnezzar had taken Mordecai/Mordecai’s family and brought them from Jerusalem to Babylon, at the same time he brought King Jehoiachin of Judah and many other people to Babylon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 45:1:
- Kankanaey: “Upon Jose’s hearing that, he was not able-to-control his feelings in front of his slaves, so he commanded them that they all leave. So it was that Jose and his siblings were alone when-he-made- himself -known to them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “When Joseph was no longer able to control his heart, he expelled all the workers from there. When only his elder brothers remained, he told his elder brothers who he was.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jose could- no-longer -control himself, so he had- his servants -go-out. And when the other people with Jose were no-longer (there), he made- (himself) -to-be-recognized/known by his siblings/(brothers).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Joseph was not able to control his feelings any longer. He did not want to cry in front of his servants, so he said to them loudly, ‘All of you go outside!’ After they went outside, there was no one else there with Joseph when he told his brothers who he was.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 4:1:
- Kupsabiny: “One day, (the) wife of a prophet among the trainee prophets pleaded with Elisha saying, ‘A servant/assistant to you has died and he was my husband. I believe you know that he respected/obeyed God very much. There is man he owes money to. Therefore, that man wants to come and claim the debt so that he takes from me these two my only children for them to become his slaves.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The wife of a man from the group of prophets cried out to Elisha like this, "My husband, your servant, died. You know that he honored the LORD very much. But a man to whom he must repay money has come to take my two sons to make them his slaves."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “There-was a widow woman whose husband who died was a member before of a group of the prophets. One day, she asked-for help from Elisha. She said, ‘My husband who was your servant is dead now and you know that he respected the LORD. Now, the man to whom he was-indebted arrived in-order to-take our (excl.) two male children in-order to-be-made slave as payment for the debt of my husband.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “One day the widow of one of Yahweh’s prophets came to Elisha and cried out to him, ‘My husband, who worked with you, is dead. You know that he revered Yahweh very much. But now a man to whom he owed a lot of money has come to me. And because I cannot pay back the money, he is threatening to take away my two sons to be his slaves as payment for what I owe him!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 9:17:
- Kupsabiny: “Gideon gave his life to fight for you so you could be freed from the Midianites.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “My father went to battle for you and, risking his own life, delivered you from the hands of the Midianites.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] remember that my father fought in-order to-save you (plur.) from the Midianhon. He risked his life for you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Do not forget that my father fought a battle for you, and he was willing to die for you if that had been necessary, to save you from the Midian people-group.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 14:16:
- Kupsabiny: “Those who see you will stare at you,
and ask themselves,
‘So is this the person who disturbed countries
and made kings tremble?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Those who have died will look at you carefully
and question [lit.: ask] you like this,
"What! This isn’t the one who shook the earth
and threatened kingdom after kingdom, is it?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The dead-ones will-look-closely at you (sing.) and they will-say, ‘It is not so that this is the man who shook the people of the earth and made- the kingdoms -terrified?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The other dead people there stare at you;
they wonder what happened to you.
They say, ‘Is this the man who caused the earth to shake
and caused the people in many kingdoms to tremble?” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 11:25:
- Kupsabiny: “After that, God came down in a cloud and spoke to Moses. He took part of the spirit that Moses had and distributed also to those seventy elders. Then they prophesied in the power of God but they did not again speak like that.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then the LORD came down in a cloud and spoke with him. LORD put some of the Spirit that Moses had on the seventy elders. As soon as the Spirit came upon them, they prophesied. But after that they never did that again.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD came-down through a cloud and spoke to Moises. And the LORD give to the 70 rulers some of the authority/power of Moises. And when- they -have-received it they were-speaking-something but that no longer happened again.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Yahweh came down in the cloud that was above the tent and spoke to Moses/me. He took some of the power of the Spirit that he had given to Moses/me and gave it to the 70 leaders. By means of the power of the Spirit within them, they prophesied/spoke messages that Yahweh gave them, but they did that only once.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 3:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people set off and took those letters immediately to go and first announce to the people who were at the city/town of Susa. After those people were sent to go, Haman sat down with the king and drank, but those words/that information disturbed the people of the city of Susa.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The order of the king announced [this] to all subjects living in the capitol city of Susa. The couriers having gone, spread this news from province to province. The city was in tumult. Haman and the king, however, sat down to drink.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “At the king’s command the messengers went and they gave each province a copy of that-particular command/decree, and it was-proclaimed to the people so-that they can-prepare on the day that all the Jews will-be-killed. This command/decree was- also -proclaimed in the stoned-wall city of Susa. The king and Haman sat-down to drink while the people in Susa were-wondering what was-happening.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru: “The people who took the proclamation, they went and told first those in the city of Susa. King Xerxes and Haman were drinking and eating happily, but the people of Susa were confused about these things.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- English: “Then, according to what the king commanded, men riding horses took those letters quickly to every province in the empire. And one of the letters was read aloud to the people in the capital city, Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down and drank wine, but the people in Susa were very perplexed about why this was going to happen.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 46:5:
- Kankanaey: “When it was light, Jacob set-out from Beerseba. His children had- him and the mothers-and-children -ride in the horse-drawn-carriages that the king in Egipto had sent.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “After that Jacob went from Beersheba. His sons put him, his children and [his] wives in the large carts that Pharaoh had sent.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jacob had- his children -ride in the cart/wagon that was-given by the king of Egipto for him to ride-in. They also had- their wives and children -ride, and they left there at Beersheba.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Jacob left Beersheba, and his sons took their father, their wives, and their children, in the carts that the king had sent for them to travel in.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
