Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Isaiah 38:14:
- Kupsabiny: “I am pleading like a crowned crane
and screaming like a dove.
I was so tired that I could not look up (to heaven).
Oh no, God, save me from this suffering.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Newari: “I cried out, chirping like a swallow or a crane.
I lamented like a dove,
looking and looking up into the sky, my eyes became tired.
O LORD, I have fallen into suffering. Please help me."” (Source: Newari Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “I asked for help that my voice as-if-like the sound of a swallow or stork. I groaned as-if-like the sound of a dove. My eyes grew-weak of looking-up to heaven. LORD, help me in this hardship.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I was delirious, and I chirped like a swift or a swallow,
and moaned like a dove.
My eyes became tired looking up toward heaven for help.
I cried out, Lord, help me, because I am distressed!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
