Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Daniel 1:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 1:11:

Kupsabiny: “Then, Daniel responded to the servant whom Ashpenaz had chosen to care for them saying,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Then Daniel said to the person whom Ashpenaz had appointed to care for Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “Then Daniel said to the guard that Ashpenaz had-put/placed to take-care of him and Hanania, Mishael, and Azaria,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “Ashpenaz had ordered a guard to watch me, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 1:12:

Kupsabiny: “‘Please, could you test us for ten days of feeding us on vegetables and water.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Please give us, your servants, a test for ten days. Please give us only water and vegetables to eat. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “‘Let’s-see, test us (excl.) to eat only vegetables and to drink only water for a period/[lit. inside] of ten days,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “So I said to this guard: ‘Please test us for ten days. During that time give us only vegetables to eat and water to drink.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 1:13:

Kupsabiny: “Thereafter, compare us to the other people who eat food from the king’s palace, then say whatever you will say depending on how you would have looked at/inspected us.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Then have a look, putting those who eat the food eaten by the king together with us. Then, what you want to do, do just that to your servants."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “and then compare us (excl.) to the other young-men who ate the food of the king. Whatever result you (sing.) see, (it is)-now-up to you (sing.) to do whatever you (sing.) want to do with us (excl.).’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “After ten days, see how we look, and see how the other young men look, the ones who are eating the kind of food that the king eats. Then you can decide about what food you will let us eat.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 1:14:

Kupsabiny: “This servant agreed with what Daniel said. He tested them in those ten days.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “He agreed to let it be done like that for ten days. Then they did the test for ten days.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “So he agreed and tested them within ten days.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “The guard agreed to do what I suggested, and he tested us like that for ten days.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 1:15:

Kupsabiny: “When the ten days passed, the servant saw that Daniel and his three friends who fed on vegetables and water were better nourished and healthier than those who fed on food from the king’s palace.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Ten days later they looked healthier and stronger than the young men who had eaten all the food that the king eats.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “After ten days, (it-was)-seen that their bodies were much better compared to the young-men who are-eating the food of the king.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “After ten days, he saw that my three friends and I looked healthier than the young men who had been eating the food that the king wanted them to eat.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 1:16:

Kupsabiny: “Then, the servant left those young men to continue feeding on vegetables rather than eating the luxurious food and wine from the king’s palace.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Since it was like that, the person by the one who had been assigned to care for them gave them only vegetables to eat, instead of the prescribed food to eat and the prescribed wine to drink.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “So the guard just continued to have them eat vegetables instead of food and drink of the kings.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “So after that, the guard gave us only vegetables to eat; he did not give us the king’s special food and wine.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 1:17:

Kupsabiny: “God blessed the four young men to get wisdom and great knowledge/experience. He blessed Daniel to know what all/any revelations and dreams showed/meant.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “God enabled these four young men to understand all kinds of literature and to be able to understand matters of wisdom. He gave Daniel wisdom to understand clearly all kinds of visions and dreams.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “God gave these four young-men wisdom especially in different-kinds of literature and learning. Not included on this, he gave Daniel wisdom to explain visions and dreams.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “And God gave to us four young men wisdom and the ability to study many things that Babylonians had written and studied. And he also gave to me the ability to understand the meaning of visions and dreams.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 1:18:

Kupsabiny: “When the day came for the young men to be taken where the king was as that king had said, that chief leader brought all the young men before Nebuchadnezzar.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
Newari: “Three years later on the day that the king had decided to bring them before him, the chief official brought them to king Nebuchadnezzar.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
Hiligaynon: “After three years of teaching them according to [what] King Nebuchadnezzar had-instructed, Ashpenaz brought them to him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
English: “When those three years that the king had set for training us young men from Judah were ended, Ashpenaz brought all of us to King Nebuchadnezzar.” (Source: Translation for Translators)