Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 2:46:
- Kupsabiny: “Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “These are the descendants of the servants in the temple who also returned from captivity:
Descendants of Ziha, Hasufa, Tabaot, Keros, Siaha, Padon, Lebana, Hagaba, Akub, Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan, Gidel, Gahar, Reaya, Rezin, Nekoda, Gazam, Uza, Pasea, Besai, Asna, Meunim, Nefusim, Bakbuk, Hakufa, Harhur, Bazlut, Mehida, Harsha, Barkos, Sisera, Tema, Nezia, and Hatifa.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Hagab, Shalmai, Hanan,” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Genesis 37:11:
- Kankanaey: “So then his siblings were-jealous-of him, but his father thought-and-thought-about what that-aforementioned dream of Jose meant to say.” (Source: Kankanaey Back Translation)
- Newari: “Seeing him, the hearts of his elder brothers envied [him]. His father, however, kept stirring this matter in [his] heart.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The siblings of Jose became-jealous of him, but Jacob on-the-other-hand just hid this thing in his heart.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Joseph’s older brothers were furious/angry with him, but his father just kept thinking about what the dream meant.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 18:12:
- Kupsabiny: “Who knows but maybe when I go the Spirit of God takes to where I may not know? Do you want that if the king does not find you, then he finishes me? I do not want to experience such things because I have obeyed God from when I was a child.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “After I have gone from here the Spirit of the LORD might take you away, I know not where. After I go to tell Ahab, and if he is unable to find you he will kill me. But I, your servant, have been devoted to the LORD since my youth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Say/Hey what do-(you)-suppose-(will-happen) if in my leaving the Spirit of the LORD will-bring you to the place which I do- not -know? When- Ahab -arrived here and you are not here, he will-kill me. But, sir, I serve the LORD since I was still youth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But as soon as I leave you, the Spirit of Yahweh will carry you away, and I will not know where he will take you. So when I tell Ahab that you are here and he comes to me and he does not find you here, he will kill me! But I do not deserve to die because I have revered Yahweh since I was a boy.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Zechariah 12:6:
- Kupsabiny: “On that day I shall make the people of the clan of Judah to be like a fire that is glowing red hot in a forest, or a torch which has been set fire to in a field after harvest. They shall destroy all the communities that are near their land. But the people of Jerusalem shall continue to live in peace.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On that day I will make the elders of Judah like a fire pot among firewood and like a flaming torch among sheaves. They will consume all the people around them. Jerusalem, however, will remain in her place.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘On that same day, I will-make the leaders of Juda just like a burning-fire of-coals on a stack of wood or like a flaming torch among/on sheaves of grain. They will-destroy the nations around them. But the people of Jerusalem will-be-secure/will- not -get-hurt in their place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “At that time I will enable the leaders of Judah to be like a pan containing hot coals that is put in a woodpile to set it on fire, or like a burning torch that is put in a field of ripe grain to set it on fire. The leaders of Judah and their army will destroy the people of the surrounding nations in all directions. But the people of Jerusalem will remain safe.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Judges 1:11:
- Kupsabiny: “After that, the clan of Judah went to fight the city of Debir, (It was formerly called Kiriath-sepher.)” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then going from there [they] attacked the men of Debir (Debir had formerly been called Kiriath-sepher).” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “From Hebron, they also attacked the ones (who) live/were-living in Debir (formerly called Kiriat Sefer).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then they left that area and went to fight against the people living in Debir city, which was previously named Kiriath-Sepher.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 2:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Idols that are being worshipped have filled their land.
They worship/bow to things that their hands have formed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Their land is simply full of idols,
they worship idols [they] have made with their own hands.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They have many little-gods. They worship these things which they only made.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Numbers 5:6:
- Kupsabiny: “‘Tell the people of Israel these words. If a man or woman has done wrong to another person, he/she has disobeyed God and those words has caught/hit him/her (he is guilty).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Say to the Israelites — ‘If someone does something bad to someone else, committing a breach of trust with the LORD, that person is guilty. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Tell the Israelinhon that when a man or woman disobeyed the want/likes of the LORD by doing wrong to his fellowman, that person sinned.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Tell this to the Israeli people: ‘If someone commits a crime against/does something wrong to another person, I consider that that person has done wrong to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ezra 3:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Therefore, in the second month of the second year, after the people had returned to Jerusalem, Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel with Jeshua son of Jozadak started to rebuild the House of God. The priests and the Levites joined with all the people who had come from slavery. The Levites who had (were) twenty years onwards were chosen to be in charge of the work of the building of the House of God..” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “In the 2nd month of the 2nd year of their arrival at the Tempel of God to Jerusalem, Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, Jeshua the son of Jozadak, priests, Levites and all the people returned from Jerusalem started the work. They chose Levites 20 years old and older to supervise the work of building the temple of the LORD.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The building/[lit. cause-to-stand] of the temple started on the second month of the second year from when the Israelinhon had-been-able-to-return to Jerusalem. Everyone who had-been-able-to-return to Jerusalem from captivity united to work, including here were Zerubabel the child of Shealtiel, Jeshua the child of Jozadak and his fellow priests, and the Levites. The ones-who-were-in charge to supervise the building of the temple of the LORD were the Levites who were 20 years old above.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The Israelis started to rebuild the temple in the spring/time before the hot season of the second year after they returned to Jerusalem. Zerubbabel and Jeshua and all the people who had returned to Jerusalem worked on the building. All the Levites/men who did work in the temple supervised this work.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
