Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “But when those years have come to an end, I will punish Babylon together with the king of that land for his sin. I will destroy that land to become a ruin forever/always.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘ But after 70 years, I will-punish the king of Babilonia and his people because of their sin. I will- also -make their nation desolate forever/[lit. until whenever].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then, after they have been in Babylonia for seventy years, I will punish the King of Babylonia and his people for the sins that they have committed. I will cause Babylonia to become a wasteland/desert forever.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will punish Babylon with all the disasters that I said I would send to those communities when I spoke through Jeremiah. Those disasters are those counted in the whole of this book.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-cause- their nation -to-experience all the things that I spoke against them and to the other nations, that Jeremias has-spoken and written in this book.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will cause them to experience all the terrible things that Jeremiah has written about—all the punishments that he predicted will happen to all those nations.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will do to those people of Babylon like that while repaying/avenging what they have done. They will become slaves of many communities and big kings.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Many nations and mighty kings will-enslave them. I will-punish them according to what they have-done.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The leaders of many nations will cause the people of Babylonia to become their slaves, like the people of Babylonia caused my people to become slaves. I will punish them like they deserve for having caused my people to suffer.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then the God of Israel said to me, ‘Take this cup of wine which is filled with my punishment/poison and go to the communities that I shall send you to and force (them) to drink.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD, the God of Israel said to me, ‘Take from my hand this cup filled with my anger and cause- all the nations where I am sending you (sing.) -to-drink.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then Yahweh, the God we Israelis worship, gave me a vision. In the vision he was holding a cup of wine. He said, ‘Take from me this cup that is full of wine that represents punishment. I will cause all the leaders of the nations to which I will send you to drink some of the wine in this cup.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “When those communities have drunk that poison, they will be stunned and become crazy on account of the war that I am going to send to them.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When they can-drink it, they will-stagger as-if (they are) crazy because of the war that I will-send to them.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When they drink the wine, they will stagger and act like crazy people, because they will realize that I will massacre many of their people/cause many of their people to be killed with swords.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then I took that cup from God’s hand and went to force those nations to drink.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So I took the cup from the hand of the LORD and caused- all the nations where he sent me -to-drink.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So, in the vision, I took that cup full of wine from Yahweh, and I took it to all the nations to which he sent me, and caused the leaders of those nations to drink some of that wine.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “Jerusalem drank that poison and the cities of Judah and their leaders, so that it became deserts, desolate areas, frightful, and (people) cursed themselves like that until now.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I caused- Jerusalem -to-drink, and the towns of Juda, including their kings and officials, so-that they will-be-destroyed. The people will- surely -be-astonished/stunned[lit. not able to speak] of what happened to them. They will-be-mocked and cursed, just as what is-being-done to them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I went to Jerusalem and the other towns in Judah, and the king and the other officials drank some of the wine from that cup. And, starting from that day, they all eventually were removed from having authority, and became people whom others ridiculed/acted contemptuously towards, who were despised, and cursed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 25:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 25:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “Others who drank from this cup of poison were: Pharao, the king of Egypt, his leaders and big people, together with all his people,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I also caused-to-drink the Faraon king of Egipto, his officials, leaders/[lit. heads] and all his people,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “In the vision I went to Egypt and gave some of the wine to the king and his officials and many of his people,” (Source: Translation for Translators)