Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 11:22:
Kupsabiny: “A woman may be beautiful alright, but if she is foolish, it is nothing/worthless/in vain.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “A beautiful woman who is careless, is like a diamond ring in a pig’s snout.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “The beauty of a woman who is not wise is just like a gold ring in a snout of a pig.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “The beautiful woman who is not careful/circumspect, she/it can-be-compared to a gold ring in the snout of a pig.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
English: “It is unsuitable/not proper/disgusting for a beautiful woman not to know what is right to do, like it is unsuitable/disgusting for a pig to have a gold ring in its snout/nose.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 4:21:
Kupsabiny: “The priest shall take the meat of the bullock which remains and bring it outside the camp. Then he shall burn it there like the meat of the bullock which was used to make a sacrifice which swept away the sin of the priest was burned. That is how sacrifices which sweeps away sin are to be done for the whole community.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “The priest must carry that bull outside the camp and burn it just as he burned the first one. This is a The Purification Sacrifice for all the people of Israel.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “And he will- also -do to this cow the-same-as he did to the cow which (was) an offering for becoming-clean. He will-take all the fat[s] of the cow and will-burn (it) on the altar, and then he will-burn the cow outside the camp. By-means-of this (which) the head priest will-do, the Israelinhon will-be-redeemed from their sin and the LORD will-forgive them. This is the offering of becoming-clean for the community of Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Then the priest must take the other parts of the bull outside the camp and burn them, like he does when he himself has sinned. That will be the offering for the sin that all the people have committed, and they will be forgiven.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 27:14:
Kupsabiny: “Benaiah who came from Pirathon and was from the clan of Ephraim was in charge of the eleventh part. Those soldiers worked in the eleventh month.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “For the 11th month, Benaiah the Pirathonite of the lineage of Ephraim was the 11th captain. There were 24,000 men in his group.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Benaya of/from-Piraton a descendant of Efraim was the commander of the soldiers for 11th month. There were 24,000 soldiers in his group.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “The commander for the following/eleventh month was Benaiah from Pirathon town in the tribe of Ephraim.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 15:14:
Kupsabiny: “(Then) David told all his people who were with him in Jerusalem that, ‘Let us get up from here immediately running away from Absalom. Hurry before he arrives, so that he does not surround us and brings death to people killing all the people in (the) city.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “David said to the officials who were with him in Jerusalem, "If we have to escape from Absalom, we must go right now. Otherwise he will come here quickly and no one staying in the city will be spared."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “So David said to all his officers who were with him there in Jerusalem, ‘Come, let us (incl.) flee soon, for Absalom might quickly attack and he will-caught us (incl.) here and he will-kill us (incl.) and all the residents of Jerusalem. You (plur.) hurry, if you (plur.) want to be-free from Absalom!’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “So David said to all his officials, ‘We must leave immediately if we want to escape from Absalom! We must go quickly, before he and his men arrive. If we do not do that, they will kill us and everyone else in the city!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 1:6:
Kupsabiny: “After that, Gomer again became pregnant and bore a second child who was a girl. God said to Hosea, ‘Give her the name Lo-ruhamah, because I will no longer have mercy with these people of Israel and forgive them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Gomer became pregnant again, and she gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, "Name her Lo-Ruhamah, for never again will I pardon the nation of Israel, showing them mercy.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Gomer conceived again and gave-birth to a female/(daughter). The LORD said to Hoseas, ‘Name the child Lo-Ruhama, for I will- no-longer -show-mercy or forgive the people of Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “Gomer got-pregnant again and a female is what she gave-birth-to. God said to Hosea, ‘Lo-Ruhama is what you (sing.) will-name-(her), because already I will not show-mercy to those-from-Israel. Absolutely I will not again forgive them.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
English: “Later Gomer became pregnant again, and she gave birth to a daughter. Yahweh said to me ‘Give her the name Lo-ruhamah, which means ‘not loved,’ because I will no longer show that I love the people of Israel, and I will not forgive them for the sins that they have committed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 26:2:
Kupsabiny: “each person must take some of the first food which he has gotten and bring it in a basket to where your God will choose to be the place where he is to be worshipped.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “put some of the first fruits of all kinds of crops borne in the land that the LORD your God is giving you into a basket and bring it to the place for the worship of the LORD your God at the place he will choose as a dwelling for his name.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “you (plur.) place/put the first share of your (plur.) harvest/produce in a basket. Then you (plur.) take it to the place that the LORD your (plur.) God will-choose where his name be-honored.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “each of you must take some of the first crops that you harvest, put them in a basket, and take them to the place that Yahweh will have chosen for you to worship there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 12:23:
Kupsabiny: “A wise person does not show how big his knowledge is, but the fool tells out/exposes his foolishness.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Wise people do not show off their skill and learning. But fools display their foolishness.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “A wise man does not boast what he knows, but a fool man he surely shows his foolishness.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Kankanaey: “The careful/circumspect, he does not relate what he knows, but the foolish-one, he talk-loudly-about what is useless.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Shilluk: “A person whose head is present (i.e., a wise person) speaks thoughtfully, but the person whose head is small (i.e., a fool) just gurgles.” (“Here the wise person speaks thoughtfully or deliberately. In contrast, the person who is a fool is vividly described using a powerful metaphor-in the same way that a pot of porridge boils over into the fire, so a foolish person’s words gurgle out of his mouth. His speech is neither deliberate nor controlled.” — Source: Cynthia Miller in The Bible Translator 2005, p. 129ff. )
English: “Those with good sense do not reveal all that they know; foolish people show clearly by what they say that they are ignorant/have not learned much.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
