Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Jeremiah 26:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 26:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will destroy this house, like I tore down that one of Shiloh. And again, I will make this city to become something that all the communities of the world will curse.’ ’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-destroy this temple as I destroyed Shilo. And this city will-be-cursed by all the nations in the whole world.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will destroy this temple like I destroyed Shiloh, the place where the Sacred Tent was put. And I will cause Jerusalem to be a place whose name people in every nation on the earth will say when they curse someone.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 26:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 26:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then, the priests, the prophets and all the people heard me say those words in the House of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The priests, prophets, and all the people have-heard these that Jeremias has-spoken in the temple of the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When I did what Yahweh told me to do, the priests, the false prophets, and many other people listened to me as I told them that message outside the temple.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 26:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 26:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “When I had finished announcing all those news that God had said to me that I should announce to all the people, the priests, prophets together with all the people caught me and said, ‘You are going to die today!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But after Jeremias has-spoken these, he was-surrounded by the priests, prophets and people, and told-him, ‘You (sing.) should die!” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But as soon as I finished telling them everything that Yahweh had commanded me to say, they all seized me and said, ‘You must be executed!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 26:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 26:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “Why have you come to predict for us words using the name of God and saying that this house will be like Shiloh and this city will be desolate/deserted?’ Then all the people surrounded me in the house of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Why did you (sing.) say in the name of the LORD that this temple will-be-destroyed like Shilo, and this city will-become desolate and no longer be-inhabited?’ Therefore they took-by-force Jeremias there in the temple of the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Why are you prophesying that this temple will be destroyed like Shiloh was destroyed? Why are you saying that this city will be destroyed, and that no one will live here any more? (OR, You should not be prophesying) ’ All the people surrounded me as I stood in front of the temple.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 26:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 26:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “And/But when the leaders of Judah heard those words, they got up from the home of the king and ascended to the House of God and sat down by the New Gate.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “When the officials of Juda heard this, they left the palace and went to the temple. They sat there on the path/way of the New Entrance/Gate of the temple to judge.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When the officials of Judah heard about all this that was happening, they rushed from the palace and sat down at the gate of the temple named The New Gate, to judge my case.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 26:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 26:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then the prophets together with the priests said to the leaders and all the people, ‘This person deserves to be killed because he has spoken bad about this city. You yourselves have heard it with your own ears.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then the priests and the prophets said to the officials and to all the people there, ‘This man should be-sentenced to death because he spoke against this city. You (plur.) yourselves have-heard him!’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The priests and the false prophets told the officials and the other people who were there, ‘This man should be executed, because he has prophesied that this city will be destroyed, and you yourselves have heard him say that!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 26:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 26:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then I said to those leaders together with the people, ‘God told me to speak all those words that I spoke about this city and this House of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then Jeremias said to all the officials and to all the people there: ‘The LORD sent me to speak against this temple and city, as what you (plur.) have-heard.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then I replied to the officials and the other people, saying, ‘Yahweh sent me to prophesy all the things that you heard me say about what will happen to this temple and this city.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 26:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 26:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “Therefore, change your customs/habits/way of life and your actions and follow what your God is saying. If you do that, God will turn his thoughts from how he was thinking to destroy you like he said.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore you (plur.) renew now your (plur.) ways and character, and obey the LORD your (plur.) God. For if you (plur.) do that, the LORD will- not -continue the destruction that he has-said against you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But if you change your behavior and stop sinning, and start to obey Yahweh our God, he will change his mind, and not cause you to experience the disasters that he said that he would send.” (Source: Translation for Translators)