Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 12:14:
- Kupsabiny: “So, this is how it was with the matters of that money.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “But they would give it to the ones who did the repair work. They would take it and repair the temple of the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But-rather it was-paid to those who repair the temple and for the materials.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “All that money was given to the men who were doing the work of repairing the temple.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 19:7:
- Kupsabiny: “The man tried to go, but his father-in-law prevailed on him until he again stayed overnight in that home.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He got up to leave. His father-in-law, however, forced him to stay, so he stayed one more night.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He would have- not -agreed but his parent-in-law persuaded him strongly, so they just stayed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The man from the tribe of Levi wanted to leave, but the woman’s father requested him to stay one more night. So he stayed again that night.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 29:11:
- Kupsabiny: “This revelation shall be hidden from you (plur.). The words that are in the book are like when it has been sealed well. If a person who knows how to read is brought to you he will say, ‘I am not able to read because it is sealed.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “For you the vision is only words written on the scroll of a book which has been sealed up. After you give the scroll of the book to anyone who is able to read, and speaking like this you ask him, "Please read this," he will answer, "No I can’t read this, it has been closed by putting a seal on it."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For you(p), all these which have-been-revealed to you (plur.) seems-like a close book. If you (sing.) cause- it -to-read to a man who knows how to read, he will-say, ‘I could not read it because (it is) closed.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh gave me this vision; but for you, it is only words on a scroll that is sealed shut. If you give it to those who can read and request that they read it, they will say, ‘We cannot read it because the scroll is sealed.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 19:20:
- Kupsabiny: “If the unclean person does not cleanse himself, he is to be chased away from his people because he has shamed my Tent. That person is unclean because the water used for cleansing was not sprinkled on him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If a person who has become unclean does not purify himself, he must be completely annihilated from among the people, for he has made the Holy Area of the LORD unclean. Since his body was not purified by sprinkling with Water for Purification, he will be unclean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But if the man who is-unclean/dirty does- not -clean-himself, he is- not -be-considered under- your (plur.) -jurisdiction, for as-if like he just defiled the Tent of the LORD. And because he was- not -been-sprinkled with water which is- for -becoming-clean, he is still dirty.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘If those who have become unacceptable to me do not become acceptable to me again by doing this, they will no longer be permitted to live among the Israeli people, because they have defiled my Sacred Tent. They did not sprinkle on themselves the water that removes the guilt of their sins, so they remain unacceptable to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 7:14:
- Kupsabiny: “you bring me dreams that scare me.
You make me see fierce/horrible things in those dreams.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “you frighten me in dreams,
terrify me through visions.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “you (sing.) frighten me through dreams and vision.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 2:15:
- Kupsabiny: “When the ruler heard of these words/events, he ordered that Moses should be caught and killed. Moses fled. He went and/but when he reached the land of Midian, (he) sat down by a certain well.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When Pharaoh came to know about this, he intended to kill Moses. As for Moses he escaped from there and went to the country of Midian. And there he sat by a well.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When- the king of Egipto -found-out what Moises had-done, he tried to-kill him, but Moises fled to Midian and lived there. When- he -arrived in Midian, he sat-down beside a well.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And the great chief of the Isip people heard that Moses did this thing, and so he was searching for him to kill him. But Moses fled from the great chief and so went and lived in the area of Midian, close to a water hole.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “When king of Egypt heard it, he seek let him kill Moses, but he out, ran country Midian. And he sit down at side of well there.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “And that was correct. The king heard about what he/I had done to that Egyptian. So he ordered his soldiers to execute/kill Moses/me. But he/I fled from the king and left Egypt. He/I traveled east to the Midian region and started to live there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 13:25:
- Kupsabiny: “After that, Joash defeated Ben-hadad three times and recovered/returned all the cities that had been taken from his father.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Jehoash, king of Israel defeated Ben-hadad son of Hazael three times. He took back the cities Israelite that Ben-hadad had taken during the reign of his father, Jehoahaz.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jehoash defeated Aram three times, and he recovered from Ben Hadad the towns that were-conquered by the father Ben Hadad which-is Hazael when he fought against Jehoahaz the father of Jehoash.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The army of King Jehoash of Israel defeated the army of King Ben-Hadad three times, and recaptured the cities that Ben-Hadad’s army had captured during the time that Jehoash’s father Jehoahaz was ruling Israel.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 20:9:
- Kupsabiny: “What we shall do to Gibeah is this: We shall cast lots in order to see who should start fighting that city.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Now we will do like this to Gibeah. Casting lots we will really go to attack.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “What we (incl.) shall-do, let us (incl.) cast-a-lot who among us (incl.) will-attack Gibea.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “This is what we must do to the people of Gibeah. First, we will cast lots/throw marked stones to determine which group should attack them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
