Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Kings 12:24:
- Kupsabiny: “they should not fight against their brothers, the people of the land of Israel of North. I am the one who made these things to happen. So, let everyone go back to his home.’ When those people heard those words that God had said, they went back to their homes as they had been told.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “’The LORD has spoken like this — Do not go up to do battle with your Israelites elder and younger brothers! Go back to your homes, all of you, for this is my doing.’" So they heeded the word of the LORD, and went back home without doing battle with Jeroboam, as the LORD had commanded.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “that I, the LORD, says: ‘You (plur.) do- not -fight-against to your (plur.) blood-relative Israelinhon. [You (plur.)] go-home, for this is all my will.’ ’ They obeyed the LORD and went-home, according to what the LORD had-commanded.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Yahweh says that you must not go to fight against your own relatives, the people of Israel. All of you must go home. What has happened is what Yahweh wanted to happen.’ ’ So Shemaiah went and told that to them, and they all paid attention to what Yahweh had commanded them to do, and they went home.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
