Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Jeremiah 50:45)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:45:

  • Kupsabiny: “So, listen to the plans
    that I God have prepared for the Babylonians
    and what I want to send to those people.
    Their children will be dragged along the ground and taken away
    so that their lives/living will be in terror!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Therefore listen to what I (am)-planning to do against Babilonia. Even their children will-be-taken-captive and their land will-be-destroyed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Listen to what I have planned to do to the people of Babylon city and the rest of Babylonia:
    even the little children will be dragged away,
    and I will completely destroy the people who live there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 50:46)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 50:46:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those people will be made to fall
    the earth will quake
    and (they) will shout loudly
    to be heard in all sides of the world.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “At the terrible destruction of Babilonia the ground will-shake, and their crying will-be-heard in other nations.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When Babylon is destroyed, the noise will be extremely loud,
    with the result that the earth will shake,
    and the wailing of the people will be heard by the people of other nations.’ ’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 51:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “God is saying,
    ‘I will send to Babylon and its people
    a wind that destroys people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This is still what the LORD has said concerning Babilonia: ‘I will challenge the destroyer to attack Babilonia and to her people.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “This is what Yahweh says:
    ‘I will inspire/motivate an army to destroy Babylon like a powerful wind ,
    and also to destroy the people of Babylonia.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 51:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “I will send to Babylon the people of another country
    to throng/swarm from/at all sides.
    I am going to destroy Babylon completely,
    when that day of destruction arrives.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “I will-send- the ones from-other-places -to Babilonia to attack and destroy her, like a chaff that was blown-away by the wind. They will-attack Babilonia in all direction at that time of destruction.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will send a foreign army to come to get rid of Babylonia
    like a strong wind that blows away chaff.
    They will attack from every direction
    on that day of disaster.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 51:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “Do (plur.) not allow/grant the soldiers of Babylon
    the chance to bend their bows,
    nor to put on their clothes for battle.
    Do (plur.) not spare/have mercy on its young people,
    but destroy them completely.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “They no longer give an opportunity the archers of Babilonia to be able to use their bows or their spears. They will- not ever -spare/leave any young men. They will- completely -destroy the entire soldiers of Babilonia.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I will tell them, ‘Do not allow the archers of Babylon to have time to put on their armor
    or draw their bows.
    Do not spare the young men of Babylon.
    Completely destroy their army.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 51:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “Those people will be beaten severely
    and they will lie dead on the road in their cities.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Their wounded corpse will-lie-down-in-full-view in the streets.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Their soldiers will fall dead in Babylonia;
    they will die after being wounded in the streets.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 51:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “I God will not abandon (them)
    the one who is the God of power of the people of Israel and Judah,
    They have sinned against me
    the Exalted God of Israel.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “For I, the Lord GOD Almighty, the Holy God of Israel, did- not -reject Israel and Juda even though their land (is) full of wickedness.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “I, the Commander of the armies of angels, the Israelis’ God, have not abandoned Israel and Judah.
    Even though their land was full of people who sinned against me, the Holy God of Israel,
    I am still their God.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Jeremiah 51:6)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Jeremiah 51:6:

  • Kupsabiny: “Flee from Babylon!
    Flee with your lives!
    Do not be killed for the sin of Babylon.
    I am repaying (them) for what they have done,
    I will do to Babylon what they deserve.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘[You (plur.)] flee/get-out from Babilonia! [You (plur.)] save your lives! Do- not -let- yourselves -be-killed because of the sin of Babilonia. It-is now time that I will-take-vengeance on her according to what is-fitting to what she has-done.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You people of Israel and Judah, flee from Babylon!
    Run away from there!
    Do not stay there and be killed when I punish the people of Babylon!
    It will be the time when I will get revenge;
    I will do to them what they deserve.” (Source: Translation for Translators)