Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 38:13:
- Kupsabiny: “I am crying the whole night to be saved,
like when/if a lion has broken my bones and destroyed me,
you take me out from the light and put me in darkness.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “I was on guard until morning.
But like a lion breaks bones, he broke all my bones.
All day and all night you brought my life to an end.” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “I waited patiently til the morning, thinking that I will-die as-if my bones are-being-smashed-into-pieces by a lion. From morning til evening I waited that you (sing.) are now to end-up my life.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I waited patiently all during the night,
but my pain was as though I was being torn apart by lions.
It seemed that my life was finished.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
