Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 49:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Your country was truly destroyed,
it was demolished for nothing to remain.
But now it shall become very/too small
for the people who are coming to live there.
Those people who destroyed you shall go far away.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O, Jerusalem, even though you ruined and destroyed,
And even though your land was made desolate,
Now, however, you will be too small for your people
and the ones who swallowed you up will be gone far away from you. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) have-been-destroyed and became desolate, but now your (sing.) people will- now -dwell in you (sing.), and they almost can- not -fit in you (sing.). And those who-destroyed you (sing.) will-flee.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Your land has been ruined and caused to become desolate/abandoned ,
but some day it will be filled with people,
and those who conquered you will be far away.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 32:42:
- Kupsabiny: “And Nobah, he went and took the city of Kenath and its villages. He name that city Nobah after his own name.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Nobah, of his tribe, conquered Kenath and its villages and re-named [lit.: put] it in his name, Nobah.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Noba conquered Kenat and the baryo’s around it and he called it ‘Noba’ according to his name.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “A man named Nobah went and captured Kenath city and the nearby towns, and then he put his own name to be the new name of that area.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Job 26:6:
- Kupsabiny: “The world of the dead is open completely,
and God knows everything concerning that place.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Sheol is now naked before God,
the place of destruction has been opened wide.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The place of the dead-ones is very open to God. No one can-cover the place of destruction.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 18:22:
- Kupsabiny: “Let (them) counsel/guide the people all days. And/But when there are things/words that are hard let them bring to you, but they must first finish (the) simple ones. There/Then, they will ease your work.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Let them serve as judges for the people at all times but have them bring every difficult problem to you; the simple problem they can solve themselves. This is how your work will be easier because they share it with you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They are-to-serve as judges at all times. They will-be-the-one-to-settle the simple cases, but the hard/difficult cases they could-bring to you (sing.). In this way, your (sing.) work will-be-lighter for they can-help you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “They will straighten disputes for people all the time, but if some dispute is very big for them, they they’ll let it go to you (sing.). They alone will straighten small disputes. [When] it’s like that then they will be helping you with this work, and so your (sing.) work will be easy/lightweight.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “Those people, be they that will judge people by day by day. They will judge them with that which be small, and that which be hard, they will tell for you it. If you will do it thus, it will make work your will be lightened, because you will do it together.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Allow them to serve permanently to settle disputes for the people. The difficult matters the people can bring to you; but the matters that are not difficult, they can decide themselves. That will make the work easier for you, as they help you do that work.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 2:41:
- Kupsabiny: “Shallum produced Jekamiah who came to produce Elishama.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Shallum was the father of Jekamiah. Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Shalum was the father of Jekamia, and Jekamia was the father of Elishama.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 16:15:
- Kupsabiny: “His servants told him that, ‘Sir, we know that a bad spirit has entered you which God pushed/sent and it is disturbing you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Saul’s servants said to him, "Look! The tormenting spirit which has come from the LORD has been torturing you.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The servants of Saul said to him, ‘An evil/wicked spirit which was-sent by the LORD is-tormenting you (sing.)/is-causing- you (sing.) -to-suffer.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “One of his servants said to him, ‘It is evident that an evil spirit sent by God is terrifying you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 51:14:
- Kupsabiny: “The people who suffer are close to being redeemed.
Never shall those people again die in captivity,
and they shall not lack something to eat.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Soon the captives are about to be set free.
Those who are confined in prison will not die,
and they will not even lack anything to eat [or] to drink.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “In- not -long-time the ones-who-have-taken-captives among you (plur.) will-be-set-free. They will- not -die in their prison-cell, and they will not lack food.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 33:32:
- Kupsabiny: “They left Bene-jaakan and went to set up their tents at Hor-haggidgad.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “From Bene-jaakan they went and took shelter at Hor-haggidgad.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “These are still the places where they camped when they traveled from the desert of Sinai towards Kadesh, in the desert of Zin: Kibrot Hataava, Hazerot, Ritma, Rimon Perez, Libna, Risa, Kehelata, Mount Shefer, Harada, Makhelot, Tahat, Tera, Mitca, Hasmona, Moserot, Bene Jaakan, Hor Hagidgad, Jotbata, Abrona, Ezion Geber, and till they reached Kadesh in the desert of Zin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then they/we left Bene-Jaakan and went to Hor-Haggidgad and set up their/our tents there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
