Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 9:29:
- Kankanaey: “He attained 950 years, then he died.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then at 950 years he died.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He died at the age of 950.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He died when he was 950 years old.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 18:33:
- Kupsabiny: “When David heard those words, he became very fearful and went to the upper room which was on the gate house crying for his son that, ‘Oh, oh, my son! My son Absalom so you have indeed died, oh no! It was better if I died and you remained, my son Absalom, oh, really!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then the king, his heart bursting with grief, weeping and weeping went up to the room above the main gate, speaking and speaking like this,
"My child! my son Absalom, my son Absalom! My son Absalom,
if only I had died instead of you!
Oh Absalom, my son, my son!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “David trembled. He went-up to the room above the entrance/gate of the town and cried-out/wept. While he was-going-up, he said, ‘O Absalom, my child, wish I had-died instead of you. O Absalom, my child, my child!’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The king realized that he meant that Absalom was dead, so he became extremely distressed/overcome with grief, and he went up to the room above the gateway and cried. While he was going up, he kept crying out, ‘O, my son Absalom! My son! O, my son Absalom, I desire/wish that I had died instead of you!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Hosea 8:14:
- Kupsabiny: “The people of Israel have forgotten their God
and built big houses for themselves.
Judah built many big cities.
But I shall send fire to those cities of theirs,
and destroy the guarded/protected places.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The people of Israel, forgetting their Creator God, who made them,
have built great houses. The people of Judah have built fortified cities.
But I will set their cities on fire,
and it will reduce its fortresses to ashes."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They who come-from-Israel have-forgotten the one-who-created them. They and those (who) come-from-Juda built-up palaces and many towns which are-surrounded by stone-wall. But I will-burn their towns and the strong/sturdy portions of it.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The people of Israel have abandoned/forgotten me, the one who created their nation;
they have built palaces,
and the people of Judah have built walls around many towns.
But I will send a fire
that will destroy all their cities and their fortresses.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 28:65:
- Kupsabiny: “You shall not find peace in the land of those communities that you shall go to. God shall make worry get hold of you, you shall be blind and very fearful.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “There will be no rest for you among those nations, and you will not even have a small place for yourselves. There the LORD will fill your mind with anxiety. Your eyes will be exhausted from waiting and waiting and your hearts will lose all hope.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “There you (plur.) have no peace and place to rest. The LORD will-cause- you (plur.) -to-become-anxious/[lit. trembling-heart] and you (plur.) will-lost hope, and you (plur.) always be sad.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “In those places you will be restless. Yahweh will cause you to be constantly worried/anxious, feel hopeless, and discouraged.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 16:10:
- Kupsabiny: “A ruler/king ought to be saying words that come from God,
and he should not declare/decide words/matters of lies.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The king speaks as one who has authority.
His words are always right.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “When a king judges that-which is-being-guided by God, his judgment is always right.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “A king does not make-mistakes in what he decides/gives-as-verdict, because it is God who causes-him-to-think.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “If God directs what a king says,
what he decides is always right/fair.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 9:3:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, tell the people of Israel to take/bring a male goat that is one year old to become a sacrifice for sweeping away sin. Take/Bring a a bullock of one year and a ram of one year to become sacrifices that are burned completely. Those animals must be without blemish.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then say to the Israelites — take a calf and a lamb, both a year old and without defects, "For the Purification Sacrifice, take one male goat and for a burnt offering.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then [you (sing.)] tell the Israelinhon that they are-to-take a male goat as an offering for becoming-clean. And they are- also -to-take a cow and a sheep which (are) the same age and with no defects as a burnt offering.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then say to the Israeli people, ‘Take one male goat for the offering to enable you all to be forgiven for the sins you have committed. Also take a calf and a lamb that have no defects, to be an offering completely burned on the altar.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 4:17:
- Kupsabiny: “Other utensils were small basins, big spoons and forks.
Huram-abi made for Solomon all those things of/for the House of God. He made those things from bronze that had been polished until they shone brightly. Those things were shaped from utensils/things of clay which were prepared in the valley of Jordan in between Sukkoth and Zarethan.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The king had all the implements cast [caused to be melted in clay molds] in the plain of the Jordan between Succoth and Zarethan.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “King Solomon caused-to-make these through a mold/(something-to-form-something) which is there in the Plain/Valley of Jordan, between Sucot and Zaretan.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They made them by pouring melted bronze into the clay molds that Huram had set up near the Jordan river between Succoth and Zarethan cities.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 10:32:
- Newari: “These were the descendents of the sons of Noah, line by line. After the flood came, these spread out in the earth as various tribes and ethnic groups.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “These were all the descendants of the children of Noe. They were there in the different nations. Because of them, nations were-built in the whole world after the very severe flood.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “All those groups descended from the sons of Noah. Each group had its own genealogy/record of people’s ancestors and each became a separate ethnic group. Those ethnic groups formed after the flood and spread all around the earth.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
