Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 11:43:
- Kupsabiny: “Do not spoil yourselves by eating (them) or even touch such animals so that it does not cause you to become unclean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Don’t even touch these [animals], otherwise you will be unclean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “[You (plur.)] do- not -let- yourself -get-dirty/become-unclean by eating any one of these animals, for I, the LORD, am your (plur.) God. So [you (plur.)] separate your (plur.) own self/(yourself) for me and [you (plur.)] live holy because I (am) holy.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Do not defile yourselves/cause you to become unacceptable to me by eating any of those creatures.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 8:1:
- Kupsabiny: “Solomon built the Home of God and his home in twenty years. And when he had finished,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Solomon took 20 years to build his own palace and the temple of the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “After 20 years that Solomon build the temple of the LORD and his palace,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Solomon’s workers worked for 20 years to build the temple and the king’s palace.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 14:16:
- Kankanaey: “and they rescued/saved Lot and the other people whom plural Kedorlaomer had run-off-with, including women and men. They also got-back all the stolen possessions.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “He brought back all the men [and] women that the enemy had captured along with his nephew Lot and his property.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They were-able-to-recover all the possessions which (was) conquered by the enemies. They also recovered Lot and his possessions including the women and other people as-well.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Abram’s men recovered all of the goods that had been taken. They also rescued Lot and all his possessions and also the women and others who had been captured by their enemies.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 22:25:
- Kupsabiny: “God blessed me because of my upright deeds,
for I have no wrong before him.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Because I keep on doing good and Because I am one who has no guilt
the LORD did good to me.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You bless me because you saw that my life is righteous
and I have-done no sin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So you have rewarded me in return for my doing what is right,
because you know that I am innocent of doing/have not done wrong things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joel 2:13:
- Kupsabiny: “Do not just/only tear your clothes
but change your hearts.’
Return to God because his stomach is white (kind, generous, merciful) and he cries with (has mercy with) people. He does not quickly become angry and he has great love. He turns his thoughts and does not punish those who repent.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Tear your heart and
not your clothing in your grief.
Return to the LORD your God
because he shows compassion and is gracious,
He is slow to get angry.
and he shows everlasting dayamaya,
He is always ready to withhold his punishment.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) repent wholeheartedly and do- not just -show-off in repenting by tearing your (plur.) clothes. You (plur.) return to the LORD your (plur.) God, for he (is) merciful/compassionate and shows-concern. He (is) loving and not quick to-get-angry. He (is) ready to change his mind/thinking not to send destruction anymore.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It-is-necessary that you be persistent/resolute in repenting, because your tearing your clothes does not suffice to show your repentance. Return to Yahweh your God, because he is patient and consistently-merciful/kind. He does not easily get-angry but rather he is consistently-loving. He is prepared to forgive and he does not continue to punish.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Do not tear your clothes
to show that you are sorry;
instead, show that you are sorry.’
Yahweh is merciful and kind;
he does not quickly become angry;
he faithfully loves people.
He does not quickly become angry;
instead, he greatly and faithfully loves you,
and he does not like to punish you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 32:35:
- Kupsabiny: “I am the avenger.
I shall make their legs to stagger.
The day when they will be destroyed is near
and the day of their end is running towards (them).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I myself will take vengeance upon them,
I will punish them.
The time of their complete destruction is about to come.
Soon they will disappear."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He said, ‘I the one-who-will-take-revenge and will-punish them,
for a time will-come that they will- surely -slip.
Their destruction is about to come. It will- not -be-long.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I am the one who will get revenge and pay those enemies back for what they have done to my people,
at the right time for them to be punished ;
they will soon experience disasters,
and I will punish/destroy them quickly.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 20:13:
- Kupsabiny: “When/if a person always loves sleep (he) will be poor,
and/but when/if )he) goes early to work, (he) gets something to eat.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If all you do is sleep,
your stomach will go without food,
If you keep your eyes open
you will have as much to eat as you like.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) just keep-on sleeping, you (sing.) will-be-hungry, but if you (sing.) get-up and work, your (sing.) food will-be-many.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If you (sing.) always keep-sleeping, you (sing.) will-become-poor in-the-future, but if you (sing.) get-up so-that you (sing.) will work, you (sing.) will eat much.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “If you want to sleep all the time, you will become poor;
if you stay awake and work, you will have plenty of food.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 13:20:
- Kupsabiny: “The priest shall examine (it) and if it is seen that the place has dug deep and the hairs of the place have changed to become white, the priest shall say that the person is unclean. (He) has a serious wound which has started from the boil.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “And when he examines it, if it appears to go deeper than the skin, and if the fine body hair there has also become white, the priest must judge him/her to be unclean. It is a contagious disease. It has come out of the boil.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And if the skin forms-a-depression and its body-hairs have-become-white, the priest will-let-it-be-known/will-announce that this person is dirty/unclean, for he/she has a disease on the skin that has-started in the boil.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The priest must examine it. And if it seems to be deeper than just on the skin, and if the hair in that spot has become white, it is a contagious skin disease that has appeared where the boil had been. And the priest will declare that the person must stay away from other people.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
