complete verse (1 Kings 1:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 1:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then Nathan went where Bathsheba the mother of Solomon was, and asked her, ‘Have you not heard, that Adonijah the son of Haggith, has become king and our lord/master David has not known?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Nathan asked Solomon’s mother, Bathsheba, "What! Have you not yet heard Adonijah, the son of Haggith, has made himself king, without the Great King David’s knowing it?” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Natan went to Batsheba the mother of Solomon, and asked, ‘Do- you not -know that Adonia made himself king, and King David did- not -know about this?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Nathan found out what they were doing, so he went to Solomon’s mother Bathsheba and asked her, ‘Have you not heard that Haggith’s son Adonijah is declared himself to be the king? And King David does not know about it!” (Source: Translation for Translators)