Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 22:27:
- Kupsabiny: “You (plur.) shall never return to this land which you long for.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) can- no longer -return to the land which you (plur.) long to return-to.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You will never return to this land that you will very much desire to return to.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 22:28:
- Kupsabiny: “Jehoiachin has become like a potsherd or
a utensil that is no longer wanted.
Why is he thrown away/discarded with his children,
to go to a land they do not know?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Jehoyakin, you (sing.) are like a broken clay-pot that had-been-thrown-away for (it is) no longer useful. That is why you (sing.) and your (sing.) children will-be-thrown-away to the place you (plur.) do not know.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Someone said, ‘Jehoiachin will be like a broken pot
that is despised and which no one wants.
He and his children will be exiled/forced to go to a foreign land.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 22:29:
- Kupsabiny: “Land, oh land,
hear the word of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “O land of Juda, listen to the word of the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I want the people in this land to listen carefully to this message from Yahweh.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 22:30:
- Kupsabiny: “God is saying,
‘This man has been condemned to lose children,
to become a person who is not rich/prosperous in his life
He will not get grandchildren to rule Judah,
inheriting the rulership of David.
The one who has said it is me, God.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For this is what he is-saying: ‘Write-down that this man Jehoyakin seems-like has no child, for no even one of his children will-sit on the throne of David as king of Juda. This man will- never/[not emphasis] -succeed in his life.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “This is what Yahweh says:
‘In the record about the kings of Judah, write down that it will be as though this man Jehoiachin had no children,
and that he has not been successful during his life,
because none of his children/descendants will ever become king
to rule over the people of Judah.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 23:1:
- Kupsabiny: “It is very bad for those rulers/kings who destroy and scatter the people of God!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD, the God of Israel said, ‘You (plur.) are-to-be-pitied leaders/[lit. heads] of my people! You (plur.) are like the ones-who-watch the sheep who kill and scatter the sheep. So because you (plur.) have-scattered my people and did- not -take-care, I will-punish you (plur.). Yes, I will-punish you (plur.) because of the wickedness you (plur.) have-done.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Yahweh declares, ‘Terrible things will happen to the leaders of my people—those who are like shepherds of the people who are like my sheep—because they have scattered my people and sent them away, and have not taken care of them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 23:2:
- Kupsabiny: “The God of Israel is saying about the kings who should have taken care of his people, ‘You (plur.) did not take care of my people, but you scattered and chased (them). Therefore, I am going to punish you (plur.) for the sin you have been doing.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The LORD, the God of Israel said, ‘You (plur.) are-to-be-pitied leaders/[lit. heads] of my people! You (plur.) are like the ones-who-watch the sheep who kill and scatter the sheep. So because you (plur.) have-scattered my people and did- not -take-care, I will-punish you (plur.). Yes, I will-punish you (plur.) because of the wickedness you (plur.) have-done.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So, this is what I, Yahweh, the God whom the Israeli people worship, say to those leaders: ‘Instead of taking care of my people and leading them to places where they are safe, like a shepherd does for his sheep, you have scattered them. So I will punish you for the evil things that you have done.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 23:3:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall gather my people who have remained coming from all the countries where I scattered them, and then I shall return them to come to their own land. But/And then, they shall reproduce and become many.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I myself will-gather the remnant of my people from the different places where I had- them -scattered, and I will-bring- them -back to their land, and there they will- greatly -increase.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But later I will gather those who are still alive, from the countries where I have forced them to go. I will bring them back to their own country, where they will have many children, and their number/population will increase.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 23:4:
- Kupsabiny: “I shall choose kings that will take care of (them) so that my people shall no longer be anxious or live in fear so that I shall not punish them again. It is I God who has spoken.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I will-give them leaders/[lit. heads] who will-take-good-care of them, and they will- no longer -be-afraid and troubled, and none of them will-be-lost. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then I will appoint other leaders for my people, leaders who will take care of them. And my people will never be afraid of anything again, and none of them will be like a lost sheep.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
