Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 22:20:
- Kupsabiny: “When that day arrives, I shall call for my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “LORD says to Shebna, "On that day I will call my servant Eliakim son of Hilkiah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “In that day, I will-summon my servant Eliakim the child of Helkia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then I will summon Hilkiah’s son Eliakim, who has served serve me well, to replace you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 15:24:
- Kupsabiny: “take a bullock to become a gift which is used for a sacrifice that is burned completely, together with a food/grain offering and wine that is poured out. These sacrifices will smell sweet to God and make him happy. You must also add a he-goat to be a sacrifice that sweeps away sin.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then if that deed was done unintentionally or without the knowledge of the community, the whole community must offer a young bull for a burnt offering as a pleasing fragrance to the LORD along with the prescribed grain offering and drink offering. Then, in addition to that, one male goat must [also] be offered for a purification offering.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If (it is) not intentionally your (plur.) disobeying it, and the community did not know it, the entire community will-offer a young cow as a burnt offering. This (is) an offering whose pleasing-aroma will-cause- me -to-be-pleased. Also along with the needful gift offering and drink offering and a male goat as offering of becoming-clean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “If you or they sin by forgetting to obey these instructions and none of the Israeli people realize that they were doing that, one young bull as an offering for all the people must be brought to the priest. That will be pleasing to me when it is burned on the altar. They must also bring to me a grain offering and an offering of wine, and a male goat, to be sacrificed to enable me to forgive them for the sins they have committed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 1:21:
- Kupsabiny: “and said, ‘I came from the stomach of my mother naked and I shall not leave this world with anything. It is God who gave to me and he is the one who took (it). Let his name be exalted.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “and said,
"Naked I came from my mother’s womb,
and naked I will go.
The Almighty LORD has given and has taken away.
May the name of the Almighty LORD be great."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He said, ‘I was born nothing carrying and I will- also -die nothing carrying. The LORD (is) the-(one-who) gave everything that is with me, and he (is) also the(-one-who) took it. Praise be the name of the LORD!’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He said,
‘When I was born, I had no clothes on.
When I die, I will not take any clothes with me.
Yahweh gave me everything that I possessed,
and now he has taken it all away.
But we should/I will always praise Yahweh anyway! ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 50:17:
- Kankanaey: “he said (empathy particle) that we (excl.) ought to request you (sing.) that you (sing.) forgive us (excl.) for our (excl.) sins against you in the past. Therefore strong-please forgive/excuse (different word) the sins of us (excl.) who are servants of God whom your (sing.) father worshipped.’ When Jose heard that-aforementioned which they caused-him-to-hear, he cried.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘Forgive your elder brothers for the harm they did you.’ So now forgive the servants of the God of your father for the misdeeds they committed.’ Hearing this Joseph wept.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “to-say to you (sing.) that you (sing.) are-to-forgive us (excl.) of the bad/evil-(things) which we (excl.) did to you (pl.). So now, may you (sing.) forgive us (excl.) who also servant of God of our (incl.) father.’ When their message reached Jose he cried.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Say to Joseph, ‘Please forgive your older brothers for the evil thing that they did to you, for their terrible sin against you, because what they did to you was very wrong.” So now we, who are servants of your father’s God, ask you, please forgive us for what we did to you.’ But Joseph just cried when he received their message.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 9:8:
- Kupsabiny: “All the house of Ahab shall be destroyed those who are males whether servants or free.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I will destroy the whole dynasty of Ahab. I will destroy every man of his house in Israel, whether they be slaves or free.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The whole household of Ahab is-to-be-destroyed. I will-kill all the members of his household who are males, both slaves or not.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You must kill not only Joram but all of Ahab’s family. I want to get rid of every male in the family, including young ones and old ones.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 15:2:
- Kupsabiny: “Then the father of the woman told Samson, ‘I thought that you had probably refused her, so (look) now I have arranged for your friend to marry her. Even though that is the case, there is still a younger sister and she is more beautiful than the one you were about to marry. So, marry her instead of the other one.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Her father said — "Really! Because I thought you hated her I have already given her to your friend. Isn’t her younger sister more beautiful than she is?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “His parent-in-law/(father)-in-law said, ‘I thought you (sing.) hated her furiously, so I gave her to your (sing.) friend. Now if you (sing.) want, here is her younger-sibling/(-sister) who is more beautiful than her. She is now [limiting particle] the one [for you (sing.)] to-marry.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He said to Samson, ‘I really thought that you hated her. So I gave her to the man who had been your best man at the wedding, and she married him. But look, her younger sister is more beautiful than she is. You can marry her!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 24:9:
- Kupsabiny: “Never again shall (people) sing/dance while drinking wine,
and beer shall become sour.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “No one sings songs, having drunk grape wine,
good alcoholic beverage seems bitter to those who drink [it].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “There is no-longer singing in their drinking, and the drink will-become bitter.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “At that time, people will proclaim,
‘Yahweh is our God!
We trusted in him, and he rescued us!
Yahweh, in whom we trusted, has done it;
we should rejoice because of his saving/rescuing us!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 16:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Moses became very angry and said to God, ‘Do not at all accept any gift that these people bring. There is nothing bad that I have done to them. I have not even taken a donkey from them.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then Moses, feeling very angry, said to the LORD, "Do not accept their offerings! I have not taken even one donkey from them, nor have I harmed any of them."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Moises was- very -angry and said to the LORD, ‘Do- not -accept their offerings. I have- not -sinned against anyone of them; I have- not -taken from them even one donkey.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Moses/I became very angry. He/I said to Yahweh, ‘Do not accept the grain offerings that they have brought. I have not taken anything from them, not even one donkey, and I have never done anything wrong to them, so they have no reason to complain about me.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
