Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 29:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Those Levites and their relatives gathered and cleansed themselves. Then, they entered the House of God as the king had said to (them) and they purified that house according to the laws of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Gathering their affinal kin they made themselves holy. Then, in accordance with the law of the LORD, they went inside to make the temple of the LORD holy, as the king had commanded.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They gathered their fellow Levites and they made-(themselves)-clean. Then they cleaned the temple of the LORD according to (what) the king had-commanded. They followed (what) the LORD had-said.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When those men had gathered their fellow descendants of Levi and had consecrated themselves, they entered the temple in order to consecrate it. That was what the king had commanded them to do, and they were also obeying what Yahweh had commanded.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 29:32:
- Newari: “Leah conceived, and she gave birth to a son. She named that child Ruben, like she had planned — ‘The LORD has actually seen my sorrow. Now my husband will love me.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Lea became-pregnant and gave-birth to a son and she named (him) Reuben, for she said, ‘The LORD saw my difficulty, and surely now my husband will-love me.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Leah gave birth to a son, whom she named Reuben, which sounds like the Hebrew words that mean ‘Look, a son!’ She said, ‘Yahweh has seen that I was miserable, and because of that he has given me a son. Now, surely my husband will love me for giving birth to a son for him.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 10:7:
- Kupsabiny: “But I could not then/at that time believe those things until I came to see with my own eyes. Indeed I had not been told half of all those things. Your wisdom and your wealth are more than what I was told.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “But until I came and saw with my own eyes I did not believe the reports spoken by the people. In fact I had not even heard half of your wisdom. It turns out that you have much more wisdom, wealth and property than the people reported.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I did- not -believe in these-things until I came here and I saw it myself. The truth-is, what I have-heard about you is not even half-part of what I saw. Your wisdom and wealth is more than of what I have-heard.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But I did not believe it was true until I came here and saw it myself. But really, what they told me is only half of what they could have told me about you. You are extremely wise and rich, more than what people told me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Habakkuk 3:15:
- Kupsabiny: “You went around on top of the ocean with your horses, the water of the ocean which had power.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Your horses trampled around in the sea,
and the great waters of the sea were churned” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) are like a soldier whom his horse he caused-to-walk-through the sea to stir it.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “You (sing.) rode-horseback repeatedly-trampling-on the ocean
and its strong water (i.e., waves) boils.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “You walked through the sea with your horses to destroy our enemies,
and caused the waves to surge.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 15:51:
- Kupsabiny: “Goshen, Holon and Giloh. They became eleven towns together with their villages.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Goshen, Holon and Giloh —
eleven cities with their surrounding villages.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Goshen, Holon, and Gilo — 11 towns/cities, including the villages around them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Goshen, Holon, and Giloh. There were eleven towns with their surrounding villages.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 6:9:
- Kupsabiny: “It is better for a person to be satisfied with what he has than when greed for everything pushes him along. These things are very useless, like when a person chases after wind.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Being content with what you have
is better than what you do not have.
This too is meaningless,
and is just like chasing the wind.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This has no value; as-if like you (sing.) are only chasing the wind. Therefore (it is) better that you (sing.) will now be just content of what you (sing.) have than to keep desiring for something-else.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “It is better to enjoy the things that we already have
than to constantly want more things;
continually wanting more things is senseless,
like chasing the wind.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 26:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Five of your people shall defeat hundred enemies and hundreds of your people shall defeat what amounts to ten thousand enemies finishing them with swords.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Five of you will be able to defeat 100 [men], and 100 [of you] [will be able to defeat] 10,000 [men]. Your enemies will die by your sword.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “5 of you (plur.) will-be-able-to-defeat 100 and 100 of you (plur.) will-be-able-to-defeat 10,000.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Five of you will pursue 100 of them, and 100 of you will pursue 1,000 of them and kill them with your swords.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 30:11:
- Kupsabiny: “Event though that was the case, a few people of the clan of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun humbled themselves and came to Jerusalem.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Still some people of Asher, Manasseh and Zebulun became humble and went to Jerusalem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But there were others who came from Asher, Manase, and Zebulun who humbled themselves and went to Jerusalem.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But some of the people of the tribes of Asher, Manasseh, and Zebulun humbled themselves and went to Jerusalem.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
