Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:14:
- Kupsabiny: “‘Announce news to the land of Egypt,
including Migdol, Memphis and Tahpanhes
Tell (them) to prepare well so they can defend themselves
because enemies are destroying communities/nations who are your neighbors.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Jeremias, announce this to Egipto, Migdol, Memphis and in Tapanhes: [You (plur.)] prepare for the sword is- now -ready to destroy you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “‘Shout this message throughout Egypt!
Proclaim it in Migdol, Memphis, and Tahpenes cities!
‘Get into your positions/Line up for the battle;
Prepare to defend yourselves,
because everyone around you will be killed.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Why are your soldiers wiped out?
They are wiped out because it is God who is in the war/battle.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Why have your brave soldiers fled? They have-fled because the LORD drove- them -out.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Your god is a bull;
Why does he fall down?
He will not be able to stand up,
because Yahweh will knock him down.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:16:
- Kupsabiny: “The legs/feet of soldiers are constantly being trapped so they fall down
and then one is saying to another,
‘Let us get away! Let us go to our people,
return to our land fleeing from the swords of the enemy.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Your soldiers will-fall-down on-top-of-each-other. They will-say, ‘Let us rise up and go-home to our fellowmen, in the land of our birth, so that we can-escape from the sword of our enemies.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The soldiers from other countries will stumble and fall over each other,
and then they will say to each other,
‘Let’s get up and go back to our own people, to our own land.
Let’s get away from the swords of our enemies!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:17:
- Kupsabiny: “Then it will be said,
‘Pharao is an empty shell, the king of Egypt,
who despised the chance he had.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And there they will-say, ‘The Faraon king of Egipto is-talkative/great-talker only, and he let- his -opportunity just-go-by/passed-by.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “There in Egypt they will say,
‘The king of Egypt talks loudly,
but when our army had an opportunity to defeat our enemies, they failed.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:18:
- Kupsabiny: “I am the God of power and I am king/ruler.
I am the living God.
An enemy will come who will look down on you (plur.)
like the mountain of Tabor looks down on all others
or sit like a king looking down
like the mountain of Carmel is looking down on the ocean.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘I, the living King, the LORD Almighty, swears that there is-someone that will-attack Egipto who (is)-really above him, like Mount Tabor in the midst of the mountains, or Mount Carmel beside the sea.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I, the King, who am called the Commander of the armies of angels,
say this:
‘As surely as I live, someone’s army will be coming to fight against the army of Egypt.
They will be extremely powerful,
as though they were as tall as Tabor Hill,
or as high as Carmel Mountain close to the Mediterranean Sea.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Prepare yourselves, you people of Egypt,
you will go to become prisoners in another country,
because Memphis will be destroyed
until it all becomes desolate with no one living there.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) residents of Egipto, prepare now your belongings/[lit. things to bring], for you will-be-taken-captive. Memfis will-be-destroyed and it will-become-desolate and no one will-live there.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “All you people who live in Egypt,
pack your possessions/clothes and prepare to be exiled.
Memphis city will be destroyed;
it will become a ruin, and no one will be living there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:20:
- Kupsabiny: “Egypt is healthy like a fat heifer
but a swarm of wasps will sting
that comes from the side of North.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Egipto is like a fat cow, but there is an insect that will-attack him from the north.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Egypt is like a beautiful young cow,
but the army of a powerful king from the northeast will come to attack it
like a horsefly bites a cow.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 46:21:
- Kupsabiny: “And soldiers who were bought to come to aid,
they are like fat calves.
They will also turn around and all run
unable to stand strong in this heavy fighting
because the time when they will be destroyed has come
and that is the time for them to be punished.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Even his paid soldiers will-back-off and will-flee. They (are) like the fattened calves to be slaughtered. This will-happen for (it is) now time that those from-Egipto will-be-punished and will-be-destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The mercenaries/soldiers from other countries who have been hired will become like fat calves;
but they also will turn around and run away;
they will not stand there and fight,
because it will be a day when there will be a great disaster in Egypt,
a day when their people will be greatly punished.” (Source: Translation for Translators)