Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:13:
- Kupsabiny: “Babylon pained me so that it shall never be inhabited
but it will be a complete desert/wilderness.
It will frighten/appall every person who passes by there,
and (they) will be dumbfounded over how it was destroyed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Because of my anger, no one ever will-live in Babilonia and it will- surely -become a desolate place. All who will-pass-by will-be- really -astonished/stunned and will-give-out-a-clicking-sound-(when-expressing-sorrow-or-something-terrible-happening) because of all that happened to this nation.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:14:
- Kupsabiny: “Prepare yourselves you people who are archers,
and go and surround the city of Babylon.
Shoot until you run out of arrows
because that city has sinned against me.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘You (plur.) archers, you (plur.) position now around Babilonia. Shoot at her for she has-sinned against the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:15:
- Kupsabiny: “Shout loudly from all sides,
they have put the hands up as they are defeated
and the wall has fallen and/with where they defended themselves from.
I am God the one who am taking revenge,
so, you pay back by doing to them also
like they did to other people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Shout against her from all direction. Look! Babilonia has- now -surrendered! Her towers have- now -fallen-down and her walls are-torn-down. This is a vengeance of the LORD against her, so you (plur.) take-vengeance on her and do to her what she has-done to other(s).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:16:
- Kupsabiny: “Let not a single person plant
and also a person harvesting!
Everyone shall be afraid of
the war of those who are raiding (them).
Then everyone shall flee from Babylon
each one/all returning to their own people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Cut-off/[lit. vanish/disappear] from Babilonia the planters and harvesters. Save the captives from the sword of the enemies and have/let- them -flee going-back to their own places.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:17:
- Kupsabiny: “The people of Israel are like sheep
whom lions have dispersed and scattered.
The first animal who ate them
was the king of Assyria
and then the one who crushed (them) completely
was king Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘The Israelinhon are-like the scattered sheep who were-chased by the lions. First, they were-devoured by the king of Asiria, and then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babilonia nibbled their bones.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:18:
- Kupsabiny: “So, I the God of power of Israel am saying:
I shall punish this king of Babylon and his country,
like when I punished the king of Assyria and his country.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Therefore I, the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says, ‘I will-punish the king of Babilonia, just as I punished the king of Asiria.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “So this is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the God whom the Israeli people worship, say:
‘Now I will punish the King of Babylon and the people of his land,
like I punished the King of Assyria.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:19:
- Kupsabiny: “I will return the people of Israel to go to their land
and they shall eat food
that (they) plant in the hillsides of Carmel and Bashan.
They shall eat all the food
that comes from the hill country of Ephraim and Gilead.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “But I will-let- the Israelinhon -return to their nation. They will-be like sheep grazing at Carmel, Bashan, and in the hills of Efraim and Gilead, and they will- surely -be-satisfied/full.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “And I will bring the people of Israel back to their own land
where they will eat the food that grows in the fields of the Carmel and Bashan regions,
and the people in the hilly areas of Ephraim and Gilead will have all they want to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:20:
- Kupsabiny: “When those days come,
there is no longer a person in Israel who has sin
and no sinful person will be seen in Judah,
because I God shall forgive
my remnant that I have shown mercy on.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “At that time, no-longer can-be-seen the sins and trespasses of those people of Israel and Juda who were-left, for I will-forgive them. I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this’ ’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “At that time, there will not be people in Israel and in Judah who are still guilty for having sinned ,
because I will forgive the small group of people whom I enable to still be alive.’’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
