complete verse (Nehemiah 13:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 13:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “When those things happened, I was not in Jerusalem, because I had returned to where king Artaxerxes of Babylon was. This was the thirty second year of his rule. Then later, he allowed me to go back to Jerusalem.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I was not in Jerusalem when that happened, because during the 32nd year of the reign of Arteserkses in Babilonia, I went to him. Sometime later he permitted/allowed me” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “While Tobias was using that room, I was not in Jerusalem, because in the 32nd year that Artaxerxes was the king of Babylonia, I went back there to report to him. After a while I requested the king to allow me to return to Jerusalem, and he allowed me to go.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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