Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 28:8:
- Kupsabiny: “Then Saul dressed in clothes which camouflaged him so he would not know. At night, he went with two of his people to that woman’s house. And when they reached there, Saul told that woman that, ‘Call for me the spirit of someone I will tell you.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then Saul, putting on clothes like everyone else, went in the evening with two men to meet that woman. And [he] said to her, Ask the spirit [and] tell [him] about me, and the one whose name I tell, call him."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So Saul pretended/disguised-(himself) by-means-of wearing an ordinary clothes, and at-night he went to the woman together-with his two men. When- they -arrived, Saul said to the woman, ‘I want to-talk-together with the ghost/spirit of a man/person. Can you (sing.) call-(for/up) his/her ghost/spirit?’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So Saul took off the clothes that showed that he was the king, and he put on ordinary clothes to disguise himself/so that people would not recognize who he was. Then he and two of his men went during the night to talk to that woman. Saul said to her, ‘I want you to talk to a spirit of someone who has died. Cause to appear the person whose name I will give to you.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
