Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 33:5:
- Kupsabiny: “God became the king of Israel
when the leaders gathered
and all the clans met.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “When the tribes of Israel
gathered leaders of the people in one place,
the LORD became the King of Jeshurun."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD became king of Israel when their leaders and their tribes had-gathered.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So Yahweh became the king of his Israeli people
when all the tribes and their leaders were gathered together.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 21:5:
- Kupsabiny: “If a person keeps his work in a good way he prospers,
and/but when he rushes himself (without thinking), he cannot get anything.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Work which carries out well considered plans
yields abundance.
Work done in haste makes one a pauper.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) plan carefully/[lit. good] and be-diligent, surely you (sing.) will-prosper. If you (sing.) act-rashly, surely you (sing.) will-become-poor.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “The one-who-hurries will-be-in-need (lit. lack), but the one who is industrious and who thinks properly about what he does will-have-more-than-enough.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “People who plan carefully will surely have plenty of what they need;
those who act too quickly to become rich will become poor.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:42:
- Kupsabiny: “But if a pink/purple wound develops there on the bald area, it is becoming a serious wound.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “But if in the space where it is smooth and he has no hair, from the front of his head or from the back of his head, a reddish or whitish wound appears, it is a contagious disease.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But if there-is a reddish swollen-sore on his bald-head, he must show this to the priest. And if the reddish swollen-sore (is) a dangerous disease on the skin, the priest will-let-it-be-known/will-pronounce that he is dirty/unclean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But if he gets a bright/shiny sore on his bald head or on his forehead, he has a contagious skin disease.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 10:6:
- Kupsabiny: “Then Rehoboam wanted to know what the elders who had advised his father would say. He asked those elders, ‘So what should I say to these people?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “King Rehoboam talked with the old men, who had advised his father. He asked them, "What answer should I give to these people? What advice do you have?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then King Rehoboam met-with the ones-who-rule who had-served his father Solomon when he was still alive. Rehoboam asked them, ‘What can you (plur.) advice that I will-answer as to what those people were-requesting?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then King Rehoboam consulted his older men who had advised his father Solomon while he was still alive. He asked them, ‘What shall I say to answer these men?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 17:9:
- Kankanaey: “‘As for you (sing.) and the offspring-you-(sing.)-sire, you (pl.) must follow the agreement-that- I -present to you (sing.).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “‘You and your descendants must honor my covenant forever.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He still said to Abraham, ‘For your part, you keep my agreement with you. And this is also what your descendants should do in generations to come.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then God said to Abraham, ‘Now you must obey your part of the agreement that I am making with you, and your descendants must also obey it, for all generations.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 23:28:
- Kupsabiny: “Zalmon who originated from Ahohi, Maharai who originated from Netopha,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Salmon the Ahohite,
Maharai the Netophathite,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Zalmon who comes-from-Ahoa;
Maharai who comes-from-Netofa;” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Zalmon whose other name was Ilai, from Ahoh’s clan;
Maharai, from Netophah town;” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Amos 1:14:
- Kupsabiny: “So, I will send fire to the walls of Rabbah
to destroy that protected city.
On that day the noise of war will come
and that war will become fierce like a whirlwind.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I will put fire on the walls of Rabbah,
it will destroy their fortresses completely.
On that day of battle, there will be big shouting
like war in a very great and terrible storm with wind and rain.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore I will-burn the stone-walls of Rabba and the strong/firm portions of this city while their enemies who are-attacking them are-screaming, who are-howling like a storm.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I will cause a fire to completely burn the walls around Rabbah city
and completely burn its fortresses.
During that battle, their enemies will shout loudly
and the fighting will be like a fierce/raging wind/storm.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 34:8:
- Kupsabiny: “The people of Israel mourned for thirty days over the death of Moses in the plain of Moab. And then the days of mourning over the death of Moses came to an end.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “After that, on the plains of Moab the Israelites remained in mourning for Moses for thirty days. In this way they stayed in mourning for Moses, and completed the days for mourning.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The Israelinhon mourned for Moises there in the valley/plains of Moab for a period/[lit. inside] 30 days.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The Israeli people mourned for him in the plains of the Moab region for 30 days.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
