complete verse (2 Chronicles 29:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Chronicles 29:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those people began the cleanse the House of God on the first day of the first month. And on the eighth day in that month, they finished the work in the compound of that House of God and prepared the portico. Those people worked for eight more days to cleanse the House of God, and then on the sixteenth day of that first month, they finished that work.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “On the first day of the first month they started the work of cleaning, and on the 8th day they reached the vestibule. After that it took another eight days to make the temple holy. They finished that work on the 16th day of the first month.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They began cleaning the temple on the first day of the first month, and on the eighth day they reached the portico/porch of the temple. They continued to clean the temple within eight more days, and they finished it on the 16th day of the same month.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The priests and other descendants of Levi started this work on the first day of March and finished purifying the courtyard of the temple on the eighth day of that month, and they finished purifying the temple one week later.” (Source: Translation for Translators)