Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 10:11:
- Kupsabiny: “When it was the twentieth day of the second month in the second year from when the Israelites left Egypt that cloud of the Tent of God got up.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On the 20th day of the 2nd month of the 2nd year of the Israelites departure from Egypt, it happened that the cloud above the tabernacle of the testimony. moved away.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “On the 20th day of the second month, of the second year after the Israelinhon came-out of Egipto, the cloud lifted from above the Tent Worship-Place where the Law was-placed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “On the twentieth day of May in the second year after the/we Israelis left Egypt, the cloud rose up from above the Sacred Tent.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 1:10:
- Kupsabiny: “That king had seven of his people of the work/work men who were trusted. Those people were: Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zether, and Carcas. At the seventh day while eating/feasting that ceremony, while the ruler had drunk until he was happy, he sent those seven people” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On the seventh day, the great king having drunk wine was celebrating with joy. And he called his seven attendants who had become eunuchs: Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “On the seventh day of the feast, the king was happy for he had drunk-(wine). He called for his seven personal servants who were serving him. They were Mehuman, Bista, Harbona, Bigta, Abagta, Zetar, and Carkas. He commanded them” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru: “On the seventh day of the feast, the king felt very happy because of the wine he had drunk. So he called seven men who assisted him. Their names were Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha and Abagtha, Zethar and Carkas.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- English: “On the last/seventh day of those banquets, when King Xerxes was partially drunk from drinking wine, he summoned seven of his personal servants. They were Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Carcas.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 44:17:
- Kankanaey: “Jose said then, ‘No absolutely not! Is that indeed what I would do? Only the one who took the cup will be my slave. As for the others by-contrast, nothing will happen to them. You can go-home to your father.'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Joseph said — ‘From me, such things will not happen. The one with whom the cup was found, only he will become my servant. You all go back to your father’s place.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But Jose said, ‘I can- not -do that. He alone whom the cup was-found with-him will-become my slave. And you (pl.) can-go-home now to your (pl.) father without hindrance.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But Joseph replied, ‘No, I could never do anything like that. Only the man in whose sack the cup was found will become my slave. The rest of you can return to your father peacefully.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 3:10:
- Kupsabiny: “The ruler of Israel said, ‘Has God called us three rulers (together) to be handing us over into the hands of the people of Moab?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The King of Israel said, "What shall we do now! What! has the LORD brought us three kings here to give us into the hand of the King of Moab?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The king of Israel said, ‘We (incl.) the three kings (are) very pitiful! The LORD brought us (incl.) here only to hand-over to the king of Moab.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The king of Israel exclaimed, ‘This is a terrible situation! It seems that Yahweh will allow the three of us to be captured by the army of Moab!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 8:34:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people of Israel no longer thought of/remembered their God who freed them from their enemies who had surrounded them on all sides.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “They forgot the LORD their God who had delivered them from the hand of their enemies living all around them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They forgot the LORD their God who is the-one-who rescued/saved them against their enemies in the surrounding-(areas).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They forgot about Yahweh, the one who had rescued them from all their enemies that surrounded them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 13:20:
- Kupsabiny: “No one shall live there,
and it shall not be lived in for all generations.
No people shall put up their tents there
and no shepherd shall be grazing there,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “No one will ever be able to take shelter there again.
No nomads will set up Tents there.
No shepherd will bring cattle there to graze.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “It will- never -be-inhabited forever/[lit. until whenever]. No Arab will-build his tent there. And no one-who-watch-over-the-sheep will-graze his sheep there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “No one will ever live in Babylon again.
It will be deserted forever.
Nomads/People who travel from place to place to live will refuse to set up their tents there;
shepherds will not bring their flocks of sheep to rest there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 11:7:
- Kupsabiny: “The manna was like some small seeds and had a brownish color.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Speaking of manna, [it] looks like coriander seed, when [one] looks, it’s husks can be seen. [They] look like gum rasin.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “That ‘manna’ (are) just-like small seeds and white.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The manna resembled small white seeds.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 2:20:
- Kupsabiny: “All that time Esther had not shown herself that she was a Jew. She was still following what Mordecai had told her, just like the way she followed when she was in his hands (under his authority).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Just as Mordecai had instructed [her], Esther had not let anyone know that she was a Jew. Mordecai had also said this to her, and, like a child, she had carefully obeyed.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Ester had- never yet -told-anyone that she was a Jew, as Mordecai had-instructed her. Ester was- still -obeying Mordecai just as she did/does before when Mordecai was- still -taking-care of her.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru: “Queen Esther still hid not letting anyone know that she was a Jew. She did this following Mordecai’s instructions from before. She listened to and respected the words Mordecai told her, in the same way she obeyed Mordecai when she was a child.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- English: “But Esther still did not tell anyone that she was a Jew. She continued to do what Mordecai had told her to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
