Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:6:
- Kupsabiny: “The fastest ones are unable to flee,
the good/strong ones do not escape.
The legs stumble and (they) fall down
there by the river Euphrates in the North.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You are-strong and fast runner, but you still can- not -flee. You (plur.) will- surely -be-destroyed near the River Eufrates.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Even the fastest runners will try to run away,
but even the greatest of their warriors will not escape.
In the north, by the Euphrates River,
they will stumble and fall.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:7:
- Kupsabiny: “Who is the one like the river Nile when it overflows/floods,
like rivers that overflow to flood the land?” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘What nation is that (that) becomes-powerful, like a River of Nile that the water rises-up till the bank?” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “What group is this that will be covering the land
like the water of the Nile River covers the land when it floods?” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:8:
- Kupsabiny: “This is the land of Egypt that overflows like the river Nile,
like rivers that overflow until they flood the land.
(It) says, ‘I swell up to cover the land,
and I destroy cities and people who live there.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “That is Egipto; it becomes-powerful like a River of Nile that the water rises-up till the bank. Egipto said, ‘I am becoming-powerful and became like a flood that will-cover the earth. I will-destroy the cities and its people.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “It is the army of Egypt
that will be covering the land like a surging/huge flood,
and they will boast that they will cover the earth
and will destroy cities and the people who live in them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:9:
- Kupsabiny: “Be fierce you horses!
Get up/start you chariots!
March proudly you soldiers who go by foot.
Go you from Cush and Put with shields
and you from Lydia who are experts in shooting bows shall follow.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Okay, those from-Egipto, let your horses and chariots run now! You (plur.) attack now as-well-as all your allies from Etiopia, Put, and Lydia, who are-skilled in using shield and bows.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You riders of horses, charge/rush into the battle!
You drivers of chariots, drive furiously!
All you warriors from Ethiopia and Libya
who carry your shields,
you warriors from Lydia
who shoot arrows,
you come!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:10:
- Kupsabiny: “But that day belongs to the God of power
who revenges/pays back his enemies for what has been done to him.
The sword shall eat those people until they are destroyed.
Blood shall be shed until the land stinks
because God is going to make a sacrifice
there in the North at the shore of the river Euphrates.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But the Lord GOD Almighty will-win in this battle. In this day he will-take-revenge against his enemies. His sword seems like a hungry animal that will-devour them and drink their blood until satisfied. Their corpse are like offering for the Lord GOD Almighty there in the land in the north, near the River Eufrates.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “But, you need to know that this is the day when I, Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, will get revenge on my enemies.
With my sword I will kill my enemies until I am satisfied;
my sword will be like a monster that drinks the blood of the animals it kills until it is no longer thirsty.
The enemy soldiers who will be killed in the north beside the Euphrates River
will be like a sacrifice to me, the Commander of the armies of angels.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:11:
- Kupsabiny: “Go now to Gilead to look for your medicine plants
you people of Egypt.
You have gone around looking for medicine for a long time
and it has not helped you at all.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘O people of Egipto, even if you go to Gilead to look for medicines, all your medicines are- worthless and can- not -heal you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You people of Egypt,
go up to the Gilead region to obtain medicine;
but it will be useless to take all those medicines;
you will not be healed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:12:
- Kupsabiny: “Other nations will hear how you were humiliated
your cries will be heard all over the world.
One soldier will be shot (with arrows)
leaning on another and both will fall down and die.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “The nations in the whole world will-know your shame and crying. Your soldiers will-fall-down on-top-of-each-other.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “People in the other nations will hear how you were humiliated.
People all over the earth will hear you wailing.
Your mighty warriors will stumble over each other
and they will all fall down together.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:13:
- Kupsabiny: “God spoke to me concerning the coming of Nebuchadnezzar who was going to fight Egypt,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “This is what the LORD said to Jeremias concerning the attacking of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babilonia to Egipto:” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Then Yahweh gave me this message about King Nebuchadnezzar when he planned to attack Egypt with his army:” (Source: Translation for Translators)