Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Nehemiah 5:5:

• Kupsabiny: “We belong to one community, and our children are like theirs. Though it is like that, it has (reached) to us selling our children to slavery in order to get enough money to make us live/survive. We have already sold some of our girls, and there was nothing we could do about that, because we have mortgaged our fields to other people.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Even we (excl.) and our (excl.) children are their fellow Jews, we (excl.) need to enslave our (excl.) children to them so-that we (excl.) have money. The truth is, some of our (excl.) female children/(daughters) we (excl.) already sold as slaves. But we (excl.) can- not -do nothing because our (excl.) farms and field of graves/(vineyards) are now owned by others.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “We are Jews just like they are. Our children are just as good as/equal with their children. But we have needed to sell some of our children to become slaves in order to pay what we owe. We have already sold some of our daughters to become slaves. Our fields and vineyards have been taken away from us, so now we do not have the money to pay what we owe, and we are forced to sell our children to get money to pay those debts.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)