complete verse (Nehemiah 5:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 5:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “I shook my cloth(es) and then said, ‘If you refuse to do as you have sworn, then you deserve for God to shake you off from your homes and to shake off even your property!’ The whole crowd replied, ‘Let it be so’ and they praised God. Those people did as they had promised.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I then shook-out the something-to-tie from my waist and said, ‘May-it-be like this what God will-do to your (plur.) house and possession if you (plur.) will- not -fulfill what you (plur.) had-promised. May he will-eliminate/eradicate all this from you (plur.).’
    All the people there replied, ‘May it be,’ and they praised the LORD. And the leaders/[lit. heads] and officers fulfilled what they had-promised.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I shook out the folds of my robe and said to them, ‘If you do not do what you have just now promised to do, I hope/desire that God will shake you like I am shaking my robe. He will take away your homes and everything else that you own.’
    They all replied, ‘Amen/May it be so!’ And they praised Yahweh. Then they did what they had promised to do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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