Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 23:2:
- Kupsabiny: “Be quiet you who touch/are near the ocean.
Cry in silence you traders of Sidon.
Those people who went to buy things for you crossed the ocean
and made your city wealthy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “O people of the islands, O merchants of Sidon!
Be still [you] who were made rich by merchants who stay on the ocean.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “Listen you (plur.) who dwell/reside in the islands including you (plur.) who are merchants of Sidon. Your (plur.) merchants who cause- you (plur.) -to-become-rich are-traveling” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You people who live along the coast near Tyre, and merchants of Sidon city, mourn silently.
Your sailors went across the seas to many places like Tyre.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
