complete verse (Jeremiah 14:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 14:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “If I go out in the open landscape,
    I see the corpses of people that have been killed/speared.
    And if I try to enter the city,
    I find the corpses of people whom famine has killed.
    And prophets and priests,
    they are wandering around groping.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If I go to the farms and cities, I see the corpse who have died in war and famine. The prophets and priests continue their works, but they do not know what they are doing.’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If I go out into the fields,
    I see corpses of people who have been slaughtered by our enemies.
    If I walk along the streets of the city,
    I see corpses of people who died from hunger.
    The prophets and the priests travel through the land, preaching to people,
    but they do not know what they are doing (OR, in a land that they know nothing about).’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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