Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 16:17:
- Kupsabiny: “I see everything that they do. All their sins are easily seen.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I saw all their ways. There is nothing hidden from me. I saw their sins.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I am watching them carefully. I see every sin that they commit. They will not be able to hide from me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 16:18:
- Kupsabiny: “I will send two times suffering on account of their sin and evil. They have defiled my land because of things that are shaped that have no life. They have placed disgusting things in this my land.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Therefore I will-have- them -pay double for their wickedness and sin, because they have defiled my land which I possess by worshipping their detestable and dead little-gods.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Because of all the wicked things that they have done , I will punish them twice as much as I would punish other people. I will do that because they have caused my land to become unacceptable to me because of their worshiping lifeless statues of detestable gods, and also because they have done many other evil things throughout my land.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 16:19:
- Kupsabiny: “You are my strength, oh God
and you are my rock/cave,
where I flee to when troubles come.
Communities from every part of the world shall come to you
and say,
‘The forefathers worshipped things of lies/deceit,
things that do not save a person.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I said, ‘O LORD, you (sing.) are my strength and firm place-of-refuge in times of difficulty. The nations in the entire world will-come-near to you (sing.), and will-say, ‘The little-gods of our (incl.) ancestors have no value. They did no good at-all for/to them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 16:20:
- Kupsabiny: “Really, does a person make something with the hands that he can worship?
If he has done that, it is confusion!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Can- a man -make his god? If (he) can-do, that is not a true god!’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 16:21:
- Kupsabiny: “God said to me,
‘I shall show these my people
my strength and my authority.
Then, they shall know/realize
that I am God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘So now I will-show to them my power and ability so-that they will-know that I am the LORD.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 17:1:
- Kupsabiny: “People of Judah,
using a sharpened iron
your sins are engraved in those hearts of yours
that are dry/hard like a rock.
They are also engraved with a sharp object
in the horns of the altar.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD said, ‘You (plur.) people of Juda, your (plur.) sins were-engraved in your (plur.) hard hearts, like words which were-engraved on the stone or on as-if-like-horn corners of the your (plur.) altars.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 17:2:
- Kupsabiny: “Your children are occupied with the things of sacrifices
and the pillars (they) raised for Asherah
there under every big tree
and on top of the hills.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Even your (plur.) children worship at your (plur.) altars and at the posts/[lit. thing-like-pillar] that symbolizes the goddess Ashera under the leafy trees and on top of the mountains,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 17:3:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall give away all your wealth and what you have amassed
and even my Mountain in this land.
I will make your enemies plunder your wealth and
the things of sacrifices that are on the hills
because of your sins which have enveloped the land.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “as-well-as on the mountains in the field/farm. Therefore I will-cause- your (plur.) enemies -to-take-away your (plur.) wealth and properties, as-well-as your (plur.) places-of-worship at the high places, because of the sins which have-done by your (plur.) entire nation.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
