Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 8:7:
- Kupsabiny: “Then, you suddenly rush out from where you have hid yourselves and you go and take the city. Our God has given us this city.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “you are to come out from your hiding place and conquer the city, for the LORD your God will give it into your hand.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Then [you (plur.)] come-out from your (plur.) place-where-(you)-are-hiding and seize the city/take- the city -by-force. The LORD your God will-give this to you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “those of you who are hiding come out and rush into the city and capture it. Yahweh your God will enable you to conquer it.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Proverbs 27:14:
- Kupsabiny: “If/When a person goes very early in the morning to his friend and greets (him) loudly,
people may think that he may have bad things in mind for his friend.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If anyone gives a blessing to the neighbors
with a loud voice early in the morning,
it is like a curse.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If you (sing.) will-disturb your (sing.) neighbor early-in-the-morning by your (sing.) noisy blessing, he will-consider that as a curse.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “If you (sing.) wake-up your (sing.) friend early by-means-of your (sing.) greeting, it’s- just the-same -as-if you (sing.) have-cursed-(him).” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “If you rise early in the morning and call out a greeting to your neighbor while he is still sleeping,
he will consider it to be a curse, not a blessing.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 19:7:
- Kupsabiny: “And if that meat is eaten on the third day, it is not proper and it is not at all accepted.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “If it is eaten till the third day [lit.: till the day after], it will be defiled. It will not be accepted.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “If you (plur.) are-to-eat this on the third day, I will- not -accept this for this (is) detestable/abominable.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “For any of it to be eaten on the third day is very displeasing to me, and I will not accept that offering.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 20:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Now these people have lived in this land and they have built here a house where (they) worship you and said,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “They lived here and having built a temple for your name, they spoke like this,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They have-lived in it and have-built a temple for your honor. They say,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “We have lived here and have built a temple where we, your people, worship you. We said,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 24:19:
- Kankanaey: “When he had drunk, Rebeka said, ‘I will also go and fetch-water-for your (sing.) camels so-that they will drink properly (i.e., their fill).'” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then when he had drunk the water, that girl said — ‘I will also give water to your camels to drink.'” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “After she had-given-a-drink to the servant, she said, ‘I will-draw-water also for your camels until they can-drink all.'” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “After she had finished giving him a drink, she said, ‘I will also get some water for your camels, until they have had enough to drink.'” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 4:31:
- Kupsabiny: “He was also wiser than Ethan who belonged to the house of Ezra, and three sons of Mahol and these are: Heman, Calcol, and Darda. The name of Solomon became famous in all the nations which were neighboring Israel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He was wiser than all the other people. Wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite and Heman, Calcol and Darda, sons of Mahol, and also many other wise men. His fame spread to all the neighboring nations.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He was the wisest of all. He was wiser than Etan the Ezrite, and the children of Mahol who were Heman, Calcol, and Darda. And he became famous in the surrounding nations.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Ethan from Ezrah and Heman and Calcol and Darda and the sons of Mahol were considered to be very wise, but Solomon was wiser than all of them. People in all the nearby countries heard about Solomon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jonah 4:4:
- Kupsabiny: “Then God told Jonah like this, ‘Do you have (a/the) right to be annoyed/angry?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The LORD said — "Do you have any right to be angry?"” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD replied/answered, ‘Is your (sing.) anger so great/[double emphasis marker] because of what I have-done for Nineve?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Kankanaey: “But God said, ‘Why are you (sing.) being-angry (indicates rebuke)?’” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh replied, ‘Why is it right for you to be angry about my not destroying the city?/It is not right for you to be angry about my not destroying the city! ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Joshua 9:4:
- Kupsabiny: “They sent a (peace) delegation who drove donkeys which were carrying old bags and wineskins which were broken and patched.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “They thought to deceive to save themselves. So, going as ambassadors so to speak, they put tattered bags on the bodies of their donkeys and tattered skin bags of wine that had been cracked and mended.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “they looked-for a way to-deceive Josue. They sent-(out) men to Josue who had loads on the donkeys with old sacks and old torn and patched-up leather wine containers.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “they decided to trick the Israelis. They gathered some old sacks and some old leather wine bags that had been mended after they were cracked, and they put these on the backs of their donkeys.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
