complete verse (2 Samuel 17:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of 2 Samuel 17:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “Shortly/Soon after, the people of/from Absalom arrived at that home and asked that, ‘Where is Ahimaaz and Jonathan?’ That woman told (them) that, ‘They have both crossed some small valleys.’ Those people tried to look for those boys, but they did not find (them). Then, they returned to Jerusalem.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then Absalom’s men came and asked that woman, "Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?"
    That woman answered them, "They passed over the river." Though they searched for the two of them, they were not able to find [them] and they went back to Jerusalem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When the men of Absalom came to the house of a man, they asked his wife, ‘Have- you (plur.) -seen Ahimaaz and Jonatan?’ The wife answered, ‘They crossed-over the river.’ They looked for them but they could- not -find them, so they just returned to Jerusalem.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Some of Absalom’s soldiers found out where the two men had gone. So they went to the house, and asked the woman, ‘Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?’
    She replied, ‘They crossed the river.’
    So the soldiers crossed the river and searched for them. But they could not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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