complete verse (1 Samuel 6:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 1 Samuel 6:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those leaders asked that, ‘What should we give to appease our sin?’ It was replied to them that, ‘Mold five pieces of gold like boils plus five others which are to be in form of rats to become sacrifices for you to give to the God of Israel. Count those things to correspond to the five leaders of the Philistines because this disease has also attacked the kings. When you have done like that, God will not continue punishing you, your idols (gods) and your country.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Make a model of your boils and the mice that destroyed the country. Then give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will remove His hand from you, from your gods, and from your country.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The Filistinhon asked, ‘What offering as payment for sin are- we (excl.) -to-send?’ The priests and the sorcerers answered, ‘[You (plur.)] form five golden images whose shape/design looks-like a tumor, and also five gold images whose shape/design looks-like a rat, according-to the number of our (incl.) five leaders/[lit. heads], because the tumor afflictions/evils and rats that harm our (incl.) nation have-reached/come-to us (incl.) and to our (incl.) leaders/[lit. heads]. [You (plur.)] offer these to-honor the God of Israel, for he might now stop punishing us (incl.), our (incl.) gods, and our (incl.) nation.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Make models that represent the rats and the tumors that are ruining your land. Make them in order to honor the god of the Israeli people. If you do that, perhaps he will stop punishing you, and your gods, and your land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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