Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Ecclesiastes 3:16:
- Kupsabiny: “And again, I have come to know in this world that, where there should have been truth and righteousness, there was sin.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Then I have also seen other matters in this world.
Instead of justice there is evil.
instead of righteousness, there is evil.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “I also saw here on earth that wickedness is the (one-that) lasts-long instead of justice and righteousness.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Furthermore, I saw that on this earth ,
even in the courts where we expect judges to make right decisions about what people had done,
they did many wicked things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
