Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Kings 4:1:
- Kupsabiny: “One day, (the) wife of a prophet among the trainee prophets pleaded with Elisha saying, ‘A servant/assistant to you has died and he was my husband. I believe you know that he respected/obeyed God very much. There is man he owes money to. Therefore, that man wants to come and claim the debt so that he takes from me these two my only children for them to become his slaves.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The wife of a man from the group of prophets cried out to Elisha like this, "My husband, your servant, died. You know that he honored the LORD very much. But a man to whom he must repay money has come to take my two sons to make them his slaves."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “There-was a widow woman whose husband who died was a member before of a group of the prophets. One day, she asked-for help from Elisha. She said, ‘My husband who was your servant is dead now and you know that he respected the LORD. Now, the man to whom he was-indebted arrived in-order to-take our (excl.) two male children in-order to-be-made slave as payment for the debt of my husband.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “One day the widow of one of Yahweh’s prophets came to Elisha and cried out to him, ‘My husband, who worked with you, is dead. You know that he revered Yahweh very much. But now a man to whom he owed a lot of money has come to me. And because I cannot pay back the money, he is threatening to take away my two sons to be his slaves as payment for what I owe him!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
