complete verse (1 Chronicles 21:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Chronicles 21:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “When the angel was about to destroy Jerusalem, God felt pain and said to the angel, ‘That is enough! Do not kill any more people.’ Then, the angel stopped where a Jebusite who was called Araunah was beating wheat.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “And God sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But he changed his mind and spoke to the angel like this: "Stop! That’s enough." At that time the angel was standing near the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the LORD sent an angel to destroy Jerusalem. But while the angel was-destroying Jerusalem, the mind of the LORD changed with-respect-to punishing the people. So he said to the angel who was-destroying the people, ‘Enough already! Do- not -punish them anymore.’ That time the angel of the LORD was-standing there at the place-of-threshing of Arauna the Jebusnon.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “And God sent an angel to destroy the people in Jerusalem by the plague. But when the angel was standing at the ground where Araunah, from the Jebus people-group, threshed grain, Yahweh saw all the suffering that the people had endured, and he was grieved. So he said to the angel, ‘Stop what you are doing ! That is enough !’” (Source: Translation for Translators)