Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 38:25:
- Kupsabiny: “Who is it that digs trenches for the rain,
or who widens a path for the lightning in the clouds?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Who has dug out the channel for the flood?
Who has prepared the path for the thunderstorm” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Who created the path of the rain and of the storm?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 30:3:
- Kupsabiny: “The upper/top side, all the four sides and those things like horns should be coated with pure gold and a rim of gold should be stuck/attached going round the edges.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Overlay with pure gold on its top, all around and horns. Then make a gold molding around it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (sing.)] have- its top -covered with pure gold, the four sides, and the things-like-horns on the corners. And put- a gold -strip/molding around it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And when it’s done, then take wide pieces of good gol, and then enwrap the four sides of the table, and its top, and its horns. And affix a long gol thing to be for the fastening-band which surrounds it.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “They must apply its head, and its side, and its horn, with gold red, and its tooth, they must add gold red there.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “They must cover the top and the four sides, including the projections, with pure gold. Put a gold border around the altar, near the top.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 11:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Then David said. ‘If I drink this water, may God see to me, because if I drink (it), it is like I have drunk the blood of those people who went to bring it since they have sold/risked their lives.’ This was one of the amazing things that those three brave men did.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “What! Should I drink the blood of these men? May God forbid that I should do any such thing! These [men] brought this water at the risk of their own lives. So he refused to drink that water.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He said, ‘O my God, I could- never -drink it because this is as expensive as the blood of the people/men who risked their lives to get it.’ So David would- not [intensifier] -drink it.
Those were what the three brave men of David had-done.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He said, ‘Yahweh, it would certainly not be right for me to drink this water! That would be like drinking the blood of these men who were willing/ready to die for me!’ So he refused to drink it.
That was one of the things that those three most outstanding warriors did.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 29:5:
- Kupsabiny: “And again, isn’t this the very David whom women were singing saying that,
‘Saul has killed many people,
but David, he has killed countless.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “What, isn’t this that same David, about whom they danced and sang a song like this, ‘Saul has destroyed thousands and thousands, and David has destroyed lakhs and lakhs.’"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “(Is) not he the-one being-honored by the women in Israel while they dance and sing, ‘Saul has-killed/slain a thousand, but David on-the-other-hand ten thousand.’?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Have you forgotten that David is the one about whom the Israelis dance and sing, saying,
‘Saul has killed 1000 of our enemies,
but David has killed 10,000 of them!’?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 3:42:
- Kupsabiny: “‘We have done sin and we went astray
and then you punished us.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “We did sin, we have rebelled,
and you have not yet forgiven us. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘We (excl.) have-sinned and rebelled, LORD, and you (sing.) did- not -forgive us (excl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘We have sinned and rebelled against you,
and you have not forgiven us.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 7:26:
- Kupsabiny: “Do not bring any objectionable things to go/come into to your houses. These things must be destroyed. But if you actually bring them to come into your houses, you will also be destroyed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You are not to bring anything repulsive into your house, otherwise like it, you will also be devoted for destruction. Seeing any such thing you ought to be repulsed, for it has been devoted for destruction.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) do- not -bring to your (plur.) house these detestable things, so-that you (plur.) will- not -be- also -destroyed with them. You (plur.) should surely abhor/detest them, for these things should be-destroyed completely.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You must not bring any of those disgusting idols into your houses, because if you do that, God will curse you like he curses them. You must hate and despise those idols, because they are things that Yahweh has cursed.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 39:16:
- Kupsabiny: “(It/She) has no concern/care for (her/its) children,
she treats them as if (they) were not hers
and (she) does not think about the pain (she) had when (she) laid (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Without being concerned that her own labor had been in vain,
she deals harshly with her children as if they were not her children at all.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “She is cruel toward her chicks, as-if these/it were not hers. She does- not -worry if her efforts/hard-work/toils/labors will-become without value.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Ostriches act cruelly towards their chicks;
they act as though the chicks belonged to some other ostrich.
They are not concerned if their chicks die,
and so the laying of the eggs was in vain.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 30:35:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, someone mix (them) and put in salt so that they become clean/holy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Make fragrant mixed incense from these as a work of perfumer. Salt must be kept on it. All of these must be fine and sacred.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “By-means of this you (sing.) should-make a very sweet-smelling/fragrant incense. Then put-salt-on it so it will-be-pure and holy.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And you (sing.) will speak to a man who has great knowledge about making things having a good smell, and so he will mix these things so that it becomes like incense which makes smoke having a good smell. And you (pl.) must put a little sol on it, in order to make this incense to become good in my sight, and my mark of ownership will be existing on it.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “They must mix it all as one who be wise for incense mixing does it. They must add a little salt in it. So, it will be good, will be sacred.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “and tell an expert perfumer to mix them together to make some perfume. Add some salt to keep it pure and make it holy.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
