Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 12:32:
- Kupsabiny: “Be on guard, and make sure that you do everything that I have told you. Do not add anything or remove anything.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Carefully obey every command I have given you. Neither add nor remove anything.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘You (plur.) really/gid obey all that I am commanding you (plur.). You (plur.) do- not -add to it or take-anything (from it).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘e sure to do everything that I have commanded you to do. Do not add anything to these commands, and do not take anything away from them.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 2:13:
- Kupsabiny: “These people are people who refuse the straight path and accept the path of darkness.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “These [understanding and insight]
will keep you far away from evil doers.
and [deliver us from] those
who abandon the good path
to go down the dark path,
and [deliver us from] those
who keep on rejoicing
in false and evil work,
and deliver [us] from untrustworthy liars.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “These people turned-away from the right ways and follow the ways of darkness.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “It is they who turn-their-backs-on a righteous way-of-life and it’s as-if they are in darkness.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 35:21:
- Kupsabiny: “Each one whom his stomach/heart accepted (it) brought the things which are given/offered to God for the construction of the Tent, all the necessary things which match together with the sacrificial clothes/clerical robes.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “to serve there and to sew the sacred garments.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “All who wanted to offer to the LORD brought materials which-to-be use to make the Tent Meeting-Place and all the things-for-use of-it, and to make the clothing/garments of the priests.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “But Moses’ talk had convicted many people (lit. turned many people’s interiors), and so each of the ones who wanted to bring some of their things to the Chief, right then they brought their things to be their offering to him. Those things of theirs went for making God’s shelter, and for helping the work of his shelter, and for making the decorations for the people of offerings.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And they who desire it which touched heart they might give thing to Yaweh, they took everything which be necessary Dwelling-Tent-of-God with its things, with cloth of priests to make.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “Everyone who wanted to brought an offering to Yahweh. They brought some of the things that would be used to make the Sacred Tent and all the other items that would be used in the rituals, and the materials to make the sacred clothes for the priests.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 16:39:
- Kupsabiny: “David appointed the priest Zadok and the other priests to continue with the burning of sacrifices at the Tent of God that was on the hill at Gibeon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Furthermore, David appointed the priest, Zadok and his brothers, the priests to the tent of the LORD at the high place in Gibeon.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “David entrusted Zadok the priest and to his fellow priests the Tent of the LORD there at the high place in Gibeon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “David also told Zadok the Supreme Priest and the other priests who worked with him to remain in front of Yahweh’s Sacred Tent, which was still at the place where the Israeli people worshiped God there in Gibeon city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 5:7:
- Kupsabiny: “Then David said, ‘For us to fight this people, we have to follow the channel that water of this town flows through and we go and stab/kill those enemies who are blind and lame.’ That is where the word/saying which was said began from (saying) that, ‘People who are blind will never enter inside the house and the people who are lame.’ Even if it is like that, David took the home/house which was guarded well on the mountain of Zion, where it was later called City of David. David made/repaired/renovated that city beginning from Millo and round there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Nevertheless David did succeed in conquering the fortified enclosure of Zion. This was later named as "City of David"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But David and company indeed captured the heavily-guarded-place/fortress of Zion, which was-called later the City of David.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But David’s army captured the fortress on Zion Hill, and later it was known as David’s City.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 3:29:
- Kupsabiny: “So, if any one talks ill of the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, I shall order that his legs and arms be cut-cut into pieces. His house/family shall be destroyed because it is only the God of these people who is able to save in this way.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “So, if a person from whatever nation, speaking whatever language talks against the God of Shadrach, Meshech and Abednego, I command that he be cut in pieces and his house destroyed. For there is no other God who is able to deliver in this way."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So I command that any man of whatever nation, race, or language who/that will-speak bad against the God of Shadrac, Meshac, and Abednego will-be-cut-into-pieces and their houses will-be-destroyed. For there is really no other God who can-save/rescue like this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Therefore, I am now making this decree: ‘If any people, from any country or people-group or any language group, criticize the God whom Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego worship, they will be cut in pieces and their houses will be torn down and made into a pile of rubble. There is no other god who can rescue people like this!’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Deuteronomy 14:14:
- Kupsabiny: “crows/ravens of various kinds” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “all kinds of ravens,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But never to eat the eagles, ravens, birds that eat the corpse of man or dead-animal, hawks, owls, birds-of-prey, birds that grab/pounce/swoop-down fishes, a-sort-of-white-herons, storks and bats.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “all kinds of crows,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 3:23:
- Kupsabiny: “Then you will do things in (a) way without conflict that you may not meet (an) obstacle/stumbling block.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “It will keep on protecting you on your way,
and your foot will not stumble.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And you (sing.) will-live free from disaster and you (sing.) will- not -be-harmed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If you (sing.) do that, good will be the path-you (sing.)-take and you (sing.) will have no instance/cause-of-stumbling.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
