Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 16:25:
- Kupsabiny: “And/But when alcohol was about to snatch (them) (become intoxicated) they said, ‘Please bring (plur.) Samson to us so that he can entertain us.’ Then Samson was brought out from the house of prisoners and taken to go and entertain those people. He was made to stand between (the) pillars.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When their hearts blossomed, they said — "Bring Samson to entertain us." So they summoned Samson from prison. And he showed them a comedy.
When they had Samson stand between two pillars” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They rejoiced greatly and they shouted, ‘Bring-out Samson here to entertain us (incl.)!’ So Samson was-taken-out from the prison. And when the people saw him, they praised their god. They said, ‘We (incl.) were-made-to-win by our (incl.) god against our (incl.) enemy who destroyed our (incl.) land and killed many of us (incl.).’ Then they had- Samson -stand between the two posts/pillars and made laughter/(fun) (of him).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “By that time the people were half-drunk. They shouted, ‘Bring Samson out of the prison! Bring him here so that he can entertain us!’
So they brought Samson from the prison and made fun of him. Then they made him stand in the center of the temple. They made him stand between the two pillars that held up the roof.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 26:17:
- Kupsabiny: “Oh how it pained us, God
like when it pains a woman
who is giving birth to a child.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O LORD, just as a woman who has birth pains [at] childbirth has trouble and cries out loudly,
we also are like that before you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) saw, LORD, our (excl.) suffering. We (incl.) are like a woman who-is-about-to-give-birth, who is shouting because of too-much pain.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Like pregnant women writhe and cry out
when they are giving birth,
we suffered very much, too.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 17:8:
- Kupsabiny: “And the next morning, Moses went to the Tent of God. As he saw the sticks, the stick of Aaron had sprouted a flower and produced ripe almond fruits.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The next day Moses went into the Most Holy Place and he saw that blossoms had come out from Aaron’s rod, which had been put there for the tribe of Levi. Not only had it budded, and produced blossoming flowers, it had also borne almonds.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The next day, Moises entered into the Tent where the Law was-placed-put. And he saw there that the staff/cane of Aaron, which represents the tribe of Levi, had-sprouted, budded, flowered/blossomed, and still bore- ripe -fruit which (are) almendras.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The following morning, when he/I went into the tent, he/I saw that Aaron’s stick, which represented the tribe of Levi, had sprouted, it had produced leaves and blossoms, and it had also produced almonds that were ripe!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 5:14:
- Kupsabiny: “Darkness covers those people in the day
and they grope around as if it was night.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In their daytime comes darkness,
in the afternoon they keep on groping in the dark, like at night.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They are-in darkened even-though (it is) day-time, and they are-groping as-if (it is) night-time even-though (it is) noon-day.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 11:10:
- Kupsabiny: “Then that priest gave to the commanders spears and shields from king David which were in the Homestead of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He gave the captains the spears and shields of King David that were in the temple of the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then Jehoyada gave to the commanders the spears and shields that had- once -belonged to King David, who were-hidden there in the temple of the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The priest distributed to the commanders of the guards the spears and shields that had belonged to King David, that were kept/stored in the temple.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 18:13:
- Kupsabiny: “They continued until the highlands of Ephraim and went to rest where it was near the home of Micah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then proceeding to the hill country of Ephraim, they came to Micah’s house.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “From there, they continued to journey until they arrived to the house of Micas, in the mountains of Efraim.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “From there, they went to the hilly area where the tribe of Ephraim lives. And they arrived at Micah’s house.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 28:15:
- Kupsabiny: “You boast that you have made an agreement with death
and you have agreed with the world of the dead.
You are saying that even if death/disaster comes
nothing shall happen to you.
You shall be destroyed because you are trusting in a lie
and protected yourselves with deception.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You speak arrogantly like this, "We have sealed an agreement with death,
and made a promise with the grave.
Even if a very great disaster comes to our place,
we cannot be touched by it.
For we have taken shelter in the false words that we speak,
and we have made falsehood a hiding place."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For you (plur.) are-boasting saying, ‘We (excl.) have-made a covenant with death that this would- not -harm us (excl.), and we (excl.) have-agreed with the place of the dead-ones that we (excl.) would- not -be-brought there. Therefore we (excl.) will- not -be-harmed even disaster will-come like a flood, for we (excl.) trust that our (excl.) lying and deceiving can-protect us (excl.).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 18:27:
- Kupsabiny: “The thing that you will give is counted/considered to become your gift of food which was harvested or wine.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “It will count as your offering of grain from the threshing floor or as grape wine from the grape squeezing press.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-consider this as your (plur.) offering from the harvests/products, as if you (plur.) had-offered some grains from the place-of-threshing or wine from the place-of-squeezing of the grapes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Just like the other Israelis give one tenth of the grain and wine that they produce,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
