Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 16:30:
- Kupsabiny: “Ahab sinned before God through other kings who ruled earlier on.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Ahab, son of Omri, did evil work that was much more displeasing to the LORD than all the kings before him.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He did bad/evil in the sight of the LORD, more than what the kings had-done before him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Ahab did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil. He did more evil things than any of the kings who ruled Israel before he did.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 9:12:
- Kupsabiny: “But you prisoners who have hope,
return to your trenches/safe places.
I am today telling you that
I shall give you many things surpassing those that were taken from you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Return to your strongholds, you prisoners of hope.
Now I tell you ‘Instead of your suffering,
I will give you a double portion of the blessing."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) who (are) captured who are-hoping to be free, you (plur.) return now to your (plur.) fortified places. Now I am-saying to you (plur.) that I will-repay/return double of what you (plur.) have-lost.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 24:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Then I took your ancestor Abraham from that country and led him to the country of Canaan. I enlarged his home/family there having given him his son Isaac who later got Jacob and Esau. I granted Esau the hills of Seir but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. To Esau I gave the mountain country of Seir. Your ancestor, Jacob and his descendants, however, went to Egypt.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “and Esau and Jacob were children/(sons) of Isaac also. I gave to Esau the mountains of Seir as his portion/share, while Jacob and his children/(sons) went to Egipto.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When Isaac grew up, I enabled him to have twin sons, Jacob and Esau. I enabled Esau to live in the hilly area in Seir region, but many years later Jacob and his sons and their families went down to live in Egypt.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Song of Solomon 8:13:
- Kupsabiny: “Oh, speak to me, my beloved there in the garden.
Speak so my friends hear your voice!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You who lives in the garden
with your friends.
I long to hear your voice.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Let- me -hear your (sing.) voice, my beloved, just as your (sing.) friends listen to your (sing.) voice while you (plur.) are-strolling in the garden.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You are staying in the gardens
and my friends are listening to your voice;
so allow me to hear it, too.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 4:15:
- Kupsabiny: “When Aaron and his sons have finished covering all those things from that Tent, the house of Kohath shall come and carry those things on the day they are migrating the tents. Those people of Kohath must not touch those honored things. If they touch (them), they will die.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Aaron and his sons have finished covering all the holy furnishings of the Holy Tent, at the time the camp is moving, after that only the Kohathites were allowed to come inside the Tent of Meeting and carry all the holy furnishings. They are not to touch any of these, or they will die. All the items in the Tent of Meeting are to be carried by the Kohathites. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘After Aaron and his sons/children finished covering the Meeting-Together-Place Tent and all the things of-this, the descendants of Kohat will-carry this if you (plur.) leave where you (plur.) camped. But they should not touch this holy things so they will- not -die.
‘Those are the things of the Meeting-Together-Place Tent that the descendants of Kohat (should) carry.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘hen Aaron and his sons have finished covering all these sacred things, the Israeli people will be ready to move to a new location. The descendants of Kohath must come and carry all the sacred things to the next place where you Israelis will set up your tents. But the descendants of Kohath must not touch any of these sacred items, because they will immediately die if they touch them. They are the ones who will carry these things, but they must not touch them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 2:38:
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:3:
- Kankanaey: “As for Israel, Jose was the child he loved, because that’s who was born when he was already old. So then, there-was that which he caused-to-be-made which was a long (as a robe) and decorated garment and he gave-(it) to Jose.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Since [Joseph] had been born after [Israel] had become an old man, Israel loved Joseph more than [he loved] his other sons. He had a beautiful, wide, embroidered upper garment made for Joseph.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jose (was) more beloved of Jacob than his other children, because he was already old when Jose was-born. So he had- a beautiful and long garment -sewn for Jose.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Jacob loved Joseph more than he loved any of his other children, because Joseph had been born when Jacob was an old man. Jacob made for Joseph a long pretty robe that had long sleeves.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 18:4:
- Kupsabiny: “There was a time when Jezebel wanted to kill all the prophets of God. Then, Obadiah got one hundred prophets and hid fifty in a cave but/and the other fifty, he hid those in another cave. He would take food for those people while there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When Jezebel was killing the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah hid 100 prophets, 50 in each of 2 caves, fed them and gave them to drink.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When Jezebel killed the prophets of the LORD, Obadias hid the 100 prophets in two caves, 50 in each cave, and he gave them food and water.)” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “One time when Queen Jezebel had tried to kill all Yahweh’s prophets, Obadiah hid 100 of them in two caves. He put 50 prophets in each cave, and he brought food and water to them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
