complete verse (2 Samuel 1:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 1:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “Oh, my brother Jonathan, I cry because of your death.
    I loved you much and you, too, loved me much,
    more than how a woman loves a man.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Oh Jonathan, my brother I lament for you,
    you are one who is very pleasing to me, and whom I love.
    Your love for me has been amazing,
    Your love has been even more beautiful than the love of women.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I am- indeed -grieving because of you, Jonatan, my sibling/(brother)!
    I really love/loved you, and your love for me (is/was) more than the love of women.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Jonathan, my dear friend, I grieve for you;
    you were very dear to me.
    You loved me in a wonderful manner;
    it was better than the way that a woman loves her husband and her children.” (Source: Translation for Translators)