Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 5:2:

• Kupsabiny: “Our land has been handed over into the hands of foreigners
  and visitors have taken over our houses.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Our inheritance is in the hand of foreigners.
  Our houses belong to foreigners.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Our land and houses were-taken by those-who-come from other places.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Foreigners have seized our property,
  and now they live in our homes.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 5:3:

• Kupsabiny: “We are poor and fatherless,
  and also our mothers have become widows.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “We have become fatherless orphans,
  Our mothers have become like widows.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “We became parentless, and our mothers became widow.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Our enemies have killed our fathers;
  they caused our mothers to become widows.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 5:4:

• Kupsabiny: “Today we are buying water for us to drink
  we give out money in order to get firewood.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “We have to pay for the water we drink
  and we even have to buy wood.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “We still need to buy the water we drink and the wood we use-as-firewood.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Now we are required to pay for water to drink,
  and we must pay a lot of money for firewood.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

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

• Kupsabiny: “We are being greatly pursued
  and we are broken without any rest.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Those who pursue us are near our heels,
  We are very tired, there is no rest for us.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “We are-made-to-work as-if an animal being-yoked. And we never allowed-to-rest.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “It is as though those who pursue us are at our heels;
  we are exhausted, but they do not allow us to rest.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 5:6:

• Kupsabiny: “In order to get sufficient food,
  we go begging to Egypt and Assyria.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “We handed ourselves over to Egypt
  and Assyria in order to get sufficient food and drink.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “We submitted to those who come from-Egipto and from-Asiria just so-that we can have food.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “In order to get enough food to remain alive,
  we went to Egypt and Assyria and offered to work for the people there.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 5:7:

• Kupsabiny: “Our forefathers rebelled greatly
  but now we are the ones who are punished.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Our ancestors have sinned, now they are no more,
  We have to bear the consequences of their iniquity.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Our ancestors who were dead now sinned, and we are suffering because of their sin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Our ancestors sinned, and now they are dead,
  but we are being punished for the sins that they committed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 5:8:

• Kupsabiny: “People who ought to be slaves are now ruling us,
  and there is no one to save us from these people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Slaves rule over us.
  There is no one to rescue us from their hands.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “We are rule-over by slaves and no one can set- us -free from their hands.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Officials from Babylon who were previously slaves now rule over us,
  and there is no one who can rescue us from their power.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Lamentations 5:9:

• Kupsabiny: “We wander around in the desert where enemies are
  risking/endangering ourselves searching for something to eat.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Because of the sword in the countryside,
  we must search for our food at the risks of our lives.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “In our searching for food our lives have-been-put in danger from the armed men in the desolate-place.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When we roam around in the desert searching for food, we are in danger of being killed,
  because people there kill strangers with their swords.” (Source: Translation for Translators)