Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Jeremiah 42:20)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 42:20:

Kupsabiny: “But you deceive yourselves by bringing such a matter on you, don’t you? You sent me to your God saying to me, ‘Go and plead with God for us to save us, and then things will become good for us and we shall agree/accept that what God tells us we shall do it’ didn’t you?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “What you did is not very good! You asked/requested me that I will-take-refuge to the LORD your God for you and you (plur.) still said that you (plur.) will-obey everything he will-say to you.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “I know that you were lying when you requested me to pray to Yahweh our God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 42:21:

Kupsabiny: “But/yet I have told you those words today, but you refused to follow what your God told you, right?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “But now that I have-told you (plur.) everything that the LORD your God had-said, you did- not -obey them.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “And today I have told you exactly what he said, but I know that you will not obey Yahweh our God now, just as you have not obeyed him previously.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 42:22:

Kupsabiny: “So, know that you will be killed with swords and die in battle, hunger will burn you up and sicknesses will finish you in that country you wish to go and live in.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Therefore I assure you (plur.) that you (plur.) will- surely -die in battle, famine, and disease there in Egipto, where you want to stay/live.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “You want to go to Egypt and live there. So now, you can be sure of this: All of you will die there. Some of you will be killed by the swords of your enemies and others will die from famines or from diseases.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 43:1:

Kupsabiny: “When I had finished telling those people all the words as how God had told me,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “After Jeremias spoke to all the people of what the LORD their God has said concerning them,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “So I finished telling to the people that message from Yahweh our God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 43:2:

Kupsabiny: “Azariah son of Hoshaiah together with Johanan son of Kareah and all the people who were rebellious got up and (they) said to me, ‘Liar! Our God has not sent you to come and tell us that we should not go and live in the land of Egypt.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Azaria the child of Hoshaya, Johanan the child of Karea, and the other proud men said to him, ‘You are-lying! The LORD our (excl.) God did- not -send you to say to us that we will- not -go to Egipto to live there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “But then Johanan and Azariah and some other insolent/arrogant men said to me, ‘You are lying! Yahweh our God has not told us that we should not go to Egypt!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 43:3:

Kupsabiny: “It is the words of Baruch son of Neriah that have incited you to have set a trap for us so that the Babylonians can catch us and kill us or take us to become prisoners in Babylon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Baruc the child of Neria is-inciting to you that we will-be-handed to those from-Babilonia, so that they will-kill us or taken-captive to Babilonia.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “We think that Baruch has urged/persuaded you to say this, in order that if we stay here, the soldiers from Babylonia will seize us and kill us or take us to Babylonia.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 43:4:

Kupsabiny: “So/Therefore, all those people refused to follow what God had said to them together with Johanan, the army leaders and every person who had remained in the land of Judah.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “So Johanan and his fellow/[lit. companion] officials of the soldiers, and all the people, did- not -obey the command of the LORD to remain in Juda.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “So Johanan and the other leaders of the Israeli soldiers and many of the other people who were there refused to obey Yahweh’s command to stay in Judah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 43:5:

Kupsabiny: “Then Johanan and all the leaders of soldiers got up and went with all the people to Egypt those that were still in Judah and also those that had returned from the countries they had scattered to.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Instead, Johanan and his fellow officials brought the people going to Egipto. These people were the-(ones) who have-returned to Juda from different nations where they have-scattered.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Johanan and all the other leaders gathered together all the people who had returned from the other countries to which they had been scattered.” (Source: Translation for Translators)