complete verse (Jeremiah 37:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 37:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “But when I had arrived at the Gate of Benjamin, I met a guard who was called Irijah son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah. That one said to me, ‘Are you fleeing to join the people of Babylon?’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But when he arrived at the Gate of Benjamin, he was arrested by the captain of the guards who was Iria the child of Shelemia and grandchild of Hanania. The guard told him, ‘You are defending those whose-from-Babilonia!’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But as I was walking out the Benjamin Gate, a guard seized me and said, ‘You are deserting us and going to the soldiers from Babylonia!’ The man who seized me was Irijah, the son of Shelemiah and grandson of Hananiah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
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