Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 21:2:
- Kupsabiny: “I see frightful things,
I see rude/arrogant people who liked/are used to sin.
I see a revelation of people of destruction.
Oh, men of Elam,
fight (plur.) against the enemies!
And you the young men of Media,
surround the cities!
God shall finish/end every suffering
that Babylon is bringing to other countries.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “I have seen a very frightening vision.
The betrayer betrays, the plunderer does plundering.
Attack, O Elam! Besiege the city, O Media!
The LORD will stop the suffering and trouble Babylon has given.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I saw a terrible vision concerning deception and destruction.
You (plur.) those of/from-Elam and of/from-Media, surround Babilonia and attack (it). God will stop the suffering- she -caused to other nations.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh showed me a terrifying vision.
In the vision I saw an army
that will betray/deceive people and steal their possessions after they conquer them.
Yahweh said, ‘You armies from Elam and Media, surround Babylon and prepare to attack it!
I will cause the groaning and suffering that Babylon caused to cease!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 14:34:
- Kupsabiny: “Since you went to explore for forty days, you shall suffer forty years for your sins. One year shall be payback for one day. That is how you shall know what happens when I am being rebelled against.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “It took you forty days to explore that land. So you will have to bear the punishment for your sin for forty years, a year for each day. In this way you will know my opposition.’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Because the people who had-spied/explored in the land stayed there for 40 days, you (plur.) also will-suffer for 40 years because of your (plur.) sin, so-that you (plur.) will-know how do I get angry to the ones who-go-against me.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You will suffer for your sins for 40 years. That will be one year for each of the 40 days that the twelve men explored Canaan land. And I will be like an enemy to you.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Esther 9:21:
- Kupsabiny: “He told the Jews in those letters that they set aside the fourteenth day and fifteenth day in the twelfth month of every year.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “[that] on the 14th and 15th day of the month of Adar each year [they should] celebrate a family festival of rejoicing.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “In this letter, Mordecai instructed the Jews that they are to celebrate annually the 14th and 15th day of the month of Adar,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Eastern Bru: “And he ordered them to keep the fourteen and the fifteen of Adar as a holiday in every year.” (Source: Bru Back Translation)
- English: “He told them that every year they should celebrate on the 8th and 9th of March,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 49:15:
- Newari: “As soon as he finds a good place to rest, and as soon as he sees the bright bright land, he will bend down his shoulder to carry the load, and will willingly become a slave.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You will-endure being-enslaved even to-carry a heavy-(thing) and to-be-forced to-work, just-as-long as the place that you are-going-to-stay is good and abundant.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They will see that their resting place is good, and that the land pleases them very much. But they will bend their backs to carry heavy loads and be forced to work for others.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 8:2:
- Kupsabiny: “The woman got up/left and did as Elisha had told (her). She went with her children and went to stay in the country of Philistines for seven years.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Just like the man of God said, that woman did. She went with her family and lived in the land of the Philistines for seven years.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So the woman followed what the servant of God said to her. She and her family went/set-out and settled/lived in the land of the Filistinhon for a period/[lit. inside] of seven years.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So the woman did what Elisha told her to do. She and her family went to live in the Philistia region for seven years.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 13:12:
- Kupsabiny: “Manoah again asked, ‘When your words are fulfilled, how shall we take care of that boy and what work shall he do?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Manoah said — "After your word comes true what rule must that child follow? What kind of life must that child lead?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Manoa asked him, ‘When what you (sing.) said is- now -fulfilled, what are the statutes/regulations about the way-of living and work of the child?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Manoah asked him, ‘When what you promised occurs and my wife gives birth to a son, what rules must he obey, and what work will he do when he grows up?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 22:17:
- Kupsabiny: “Look here, young man.
God will catch you with power
and throw you aside in pain.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O [you] who thinks yourself so very strong, be very careful!
The LORD will seize you tightly and throw you away. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) be-ready! Even if you (sing.) are powerful, the LORD will-capture/catch you (sing.) and throw(-you).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You think that you are a great man, but Yahweh is about to hurl you away.
It will be as though he will seize you,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 15:21:
- Kupsabiny: “You shall give to God the first food that is threshed and bread from the first harvest like this forever.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “From generation to generation, when you bake the first bread, you must sacrifice to the LORD in this way.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This offering from the flour which you (plur.) first grinded you (plur.) offer to me forever/[lit. until whenever].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Every year, you and your descendants must continue to make and bring to me a loaf of bread baked with flour from the first part of the grain that you harvest.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
