Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Jeremiah 30:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 30:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “Why are you crying over your wounds
    that cannot be cured?
    I have done all these things to you
    because your mistake is big and your sins.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Why do you complain that your sore does not get healed? I have done this to you (plur.) because your sins are great and very many.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Because that is true, why do you protest about my punishing you,
    as though I had caused a wound that could not be cured ?
    It was necessary for me to punish you,
    because you had committed many sins
    and you were very guilty.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 30:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 30:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “But all the people who destroy you will be destroyed
    and those enemies of yours will be driven to another country.
    The things of those who plunder your things will be plundered
    and the things will be robbed from those who rob your things.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘But all who will-destroy you will- also -be-destroyed; all your enemies will-be-taken-captives. All you have-attacked and took your possessions will-be-attacked and their possessions will- also -be-taken.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But some day all those who are trying to destroy you will be destroyed;
    all your enemies will be exiled to other nations.
    All those who have stolen things from you
    will have their valuable possessions stolen,
    and all those who attack you will be attacked.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 30:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 30:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will heal you again,
    I will heal your wounds
    because Zion is called ‘the one who was refused,
    and no one thinks/cares about (it)!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But you (plur.) I will-heal, and I will-treat your wounds, even though others say that you (plur.) who are from-Jerusalem were-rejected and abandoned. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Everyone says that you are outcasts/people that they no longer associate with,
    and that you live in Jerusalem, a city that no one cares about.’
    But Yahweh says,
    ‘I will heal your injuries/wounds
    and cause you to be healthy again.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 30:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 30:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “God is saying:
    I will bring back the blessings of the stomach of Jacob,
    and have mercy on where he lives/stays.
    Jerusalem will be rebuilt where it was,
    and the walls that protected that city will be raised up/rebuilt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD still said, ‘I will-restore the wealth of the cities of the descendants of Jacob, and I will-have-compassion on them. They will-cause-to-stand again their city and the firm/strong pares of it there in the very place-where- (it) -was- been -built in-the-past.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “This is what Yahweh says:
    ‘I will bring the people of Israel back from the lands to which they were taken
    and enable them to possess their land and their houses again.
    When that happens, Jerusalem will be rebuilt on top of its ruins,
    and the king’s palace will be rebuilt to be like it was before.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 30:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 30:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “(People) will sing there praising God,
    and (they) will sing for joy.
    I will bless those people to become many
    and never become few.
    I will bring them honor
    so that they are not despised.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Then they will-sing (song-of-)thanksgiving and will-rejoice in gladness. I will-cause- them -to-become-many and honor (them).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “People will again sing joyfully to thank me,
    and I will cause there to be more people in Jerusalem, not fewer;
    I will cause them to be honored, not despised.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 30:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 30:20:

  • Kupsabiny: “Their people will stay/live like before,
    and their people will receive strength before me,
    and I will punish all the people who suppress them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Their children will-prosper like before/long-ago. I will-strengthened them before me, and I will-punish anyone who will-oppress them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Their children will prosper like they did before.
    I will cause them to be a group of people who worship me,
    and I will punish any nation that oppresses them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 30:21)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 30:21:

  • Kupsabiny: “A person from their own community shall rule over them,
    one from their house/family shall lead (them).
    I will draw that leader to come near to me,
    because who is the one who will devote himself to be near me?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Their leader will-be from their very own. I will-cause- him -to- come-near to me, and he will-come-near-(to-me). For there is no man who will-dare to come-near to me if I will- not -cause- him -to-come-near (me). I, the LORD, is saying that” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “One of their own people will be their king,
    and I will invite him to come close to me to worship me,
    because no one would dare/have courage to come close to me
    if I did not invite him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 30:22)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 30:22:

  • Kupsabiny: “Therefore, you shall be my people
    and I will be your God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “they will-become my people and I will-become their God.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You Israeli people will be my people,
    and I will be your God.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)