Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 20:10:
- Kupsabiny: “I hear everybody whispering,
‘There is terror on every side/everywhere.
Let us go and tell it to the leaders!’
Even/also my friends are waiting
for me to trip over a word, saying,
‘Maybe he can be tricked
so we can catch him and we can also
repay him/take revenge.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation) - Hiligaynon: “I have-heard the mockings of the people. They follow/repeat what I say which (is), ‘What surrounds us (incl.) (is) terrifying!’ They still/also say, ‘Let- us (incl.) -tell/report his lies.’ Even all my friends are-waiting for my destruction. They say, ‘Perhaps he will-be-deceived. Then we (incl.) will-win-over/beat him and take-revenge.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I hear many people whispering about me,
saying ‘He is the man who proclaims that there will be things that cause us to be terrified everywhere.
We must tell the authorities what he is saying! We must denounce him!’
Even my best friends are waiting for me to say something that is wrong.
They are saying, ‘Perhaps we can cause him to say something wrong,
and if he does, we will be able to discredit him.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
