Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 10:9:
- Kupsabiny: “Next morning Joshua and his soldiers went to Gibeon and went to surprise (attack) their enemies.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Joshua and his army walked all night From Gilgal and attacked the Amorites without warning.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The whole night Josue and-company traveled from Gilgal, and they attacked the enemies who were-not watching-out.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Joshua’s army marched all night and arrived very early in the morning.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 29:23:
- Kupsabiny: “A person who takes himself up (is proud), is pulled down,
but the one who takes himself down (humbles himself) is raised up.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Arrogance triggers people’s downfall.
Those who live humbly will gain respect.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The boasting of a person can-give him/her shame, but humility/[lit. the causing-to-be-low of person] can-give him/her honor.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one who is proud (lit. keeps-raising his body) will-be-shamed at the end, but the humble will be praised.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Proud people will be disgraced;
those who are humble will be respected.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 21:7:
- Kupsabiny: “A priest must not marry a prostitute or one who is not complete (not a virgin) or one who has been chased from her house (divorced). It is like that because a priest is set aside/dedicated for the work of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “’It is not OK for them to marry an adulterous woman, a defiled woman, or a woman divorced by her husband. For they are holy. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) must not marry/[lit. be-wived-to] a woman who (is) dirty/unclean because she is-selling her body, or a woman who has-been-separated/has-been-divorced by her husband, because you (plur.) have-been-separated/have-been-set-apart for me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You priests must not marry women who have been prostitutes or who have been divorced from their husbands, because you priests are set apart for me/holy.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 23:3:
- Kupsabiny: “Those people gathered in the House of God and made a covenant with Joash who was son of (the/a) king. Jehoiada said to those people, ‘This is the son of the king! Let him rule like God said about the descendants of David.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “They gathered in the temple, and they made a covenant with Joash, the king’s son.
Jehoiada said to them, "As the LORD has promised concerning the descendant of David, let the king’s son reign."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “they went to the temple of God and made a covenant with Joash the child of the king. Jehoyada said to the people, ‘This is now the time that the child of the king will-reign, according to the promised of the LORD that there is always a descendant of David that will-reign.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “the whole group went to the temple and made an agreement with the young king there. Jehoiada said to them, ‘This is the son of the previous king of Judah. So he is the one who must rule, like Yahweh promised that the descendants of King David must do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 25:18:
- Newari: “The sons of Ishmael, along the road going east from Egypt towards Assyria — were living from Havilah to Shur. Not being in agreement with the other descendants of Abraham, they were living separately.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “His descendants lived in the places from Havila until Shur, east of Egipto going-to Asiria. They fought-against all their relatives who-were the descendants of Isaac.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “His descendants settled/went to live in the area between Shur and Havilah, near the border of Egypt as a person travels toward Asshur. All of their camps were close to each other (OR, they all frequently attacked each other).” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 7:5:
- Kupsabiny: “There were three doors on one side, there were three others in the other side which faced each other. The width and length of those doors were the same.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “All the door frames of the doors were rectangular. They faced one another in three opposite rows.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “These also have each-three rectangular doors that are-facing-each-other.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “All the windows and doorways had rectangular frames. The windows along the long wall on one side faced the windows on the other side.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Micah 5:3:
- Kupsabiny: “God shall leave Israel to the enemies
until that woman who has pains shall deliver
and the other of his/her/its relatives shall return
where their people are in the land of Israel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Therefore Israel will be abandoned to hands of their enemies
until the woman in labor gives birth.
and their brothers will come back
to join the Israelites” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore the LORD will-hand-over the people of Israel to their enemies, but only until the time that the woman who (is) in-labor/[lit. having-pains] will-give-birth to a male/(son) who will-rule Israel. And his fellowmen who were-taken-captives to the other places will-return to their fellow Israelinhon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 10:41:
- Kupsabiny: “Joshua defeated (people) from Kadesh-barnea in south to Gaza near the ocean, the whole area of Goshen until Gibeon in the north.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In this way Joshua slaughtered the people, from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza and from Goshen to Gibeon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Josue destroyed the places from Kadesh Barnea up-to Gaza, and from the entire land of Goshen up-to Gibeon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Joshua’s soldiers captured all the cities from Kadesh-Barnea city in the far south to Gaza city near the coast, including all the Goshen area, and north to Gibeon city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
