Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Daniel 4:23)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:23:

  • Kupsabiny: “You saw an angel who had been sent come down from above and say, ‘Cut (plur.) down this tree and destroy it but leave its stump and roots on/in the ground bound/tied with a belt/band of iron and silver. Put/Place (plur.) that person on the open ground/space so the dew falls on him and he stays with the animals for seven years.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “’O Great King, while you were looking, a holy watcher angel came from heaven and said,
    Chopping down that tree destroys it,
    but leave its stump in the ground, along with its roots.
    Bind it with chains of iron and bronze
    and leave it in the field amidst the grass.
    Let that person live like wild animals for seven periods
    drenched with dew."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Daniel still said, ‘You (sing.) also saw, Beloved King, an angel that came-down from heaven shouting, ‘You (plur.) cut-down the tree but you (plur.) just leave the stump there on the ground bound with iron and bronze. Just leave him be-drenched with dew and will-eat with wild animals for a period/[lit. inside] of seven yers.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then you saw a holy angel coming down from heaven. That angel said, ‘Cut down the tree, and cut off its branches! Strip/Shake off all of its leaves, and scatter its fruit. But leave the stump of the tree and its roots in the ground. Fasten a band of iron and bronze around the stump and allow it to stay there with grass around it. Each morning cause the dew from the sky to make this man, who was represented by the tree, damp. Cause him to live in the fields with the animals for seven years.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 4:24)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:24:

  • Kupsabiny: “Your majesty, these dreams show what the God of authority has set/decided for you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O Great King, this is its meaning, and this is the decree the Most High God has declared for you. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘Beloved King, this is what that vision means which the Most High God allowed to happen to you (sing.):” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Your Majesty/O King, that is what your dream means. That is what the Supreme God has declared will happen to you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 4:25)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:25:

  • Kupsabiny: “You will be chased away and leave from where people are and shall live with the wild animals for seven years. You shall graze like a cow and be sleeping in the grassland and dew drenches you at night. When those years are over, you shall acknowledge/understand/know that the God of authority rules over all the nations and gives authority/rulership to anyone he likes/chooses.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “You will be driven from human society [lit.: men] for seven periods until you learn that the Most High God has authority in the kingdoms of men, and he gives the kingdom to the one whom he likes. You will have to live with wild animals. You will eat grass like cattle, and you will be drenched with dew.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) will-be-driven-away from the people and will-live with the wild animals. You (sing.) will-graze grass like the cattle/cow and will- always -be-drenched with dew. After seven years, you (sing.) will-acknowledge that the Most High God has power over the kingdoms of men and he can give- them -over to anyone he desires/wishes.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Your advisors will force you to live away from other people. You will live in the fields with the wild animals. You will eat grass like cows do, and dew from the sky will cause your body to be damp/wet every morning. You will live that way for seven years, until you learn that it is the Supreme God who rules over the kingdoms of the world, and he appoints the ones whom he chooses to rule them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 4:26)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:26:

  • Kupsabiny: “The issue of leaving the stump and its roots on the ground, shows that God will re-instate your kingship after you have acknowledged that he is the one who rules over everything.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “This is the meaning of the command to leave the stump along with [its] roots– When you recognize that heaven reigns, the kingdom will be given back to you again.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “About what the angel said to just leave the stump, that means, that your (sing.) kingdom will-be-restored to you (sing.) if you (sing.) will-acknowledge that it is God [who] rules over all.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But the stump of the tree and its roots were left in the ground. That means that you will rule your kingdom again when you learn that it is God who is really the ruler.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 4:27)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:27:

  • Kupsabiny: “Therefore your majesty, listen to what I say to you. Throw away sin and do the truth. Be merciful to those who are weak/oppressed ones. Who knows, these may not happen to you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “So, O Great King, please accept my advice. Do the right things and abandon your sins. And having compassion on those who have nothing, desist from evil work. Then your prosperity will continue.’ ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “So, Beloved King, may you (sing.) accept my advice to you (sing.): You (sing.) stop sinning and do what is right, and be-merciful to the poor. If you (sing.) will-do that you (sing.) might continue-to-prosper.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Your Majesty/O King, please do what I am telling you to do. Stop sinning, and do what is right. Turn away from your evil behavior. Act mercifully to poor people. If you do that, perhaps you will continue to be sucessful.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 4:28)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:28:

  • Kupsabiny: “All these things came to me king Nebuchadnezzar.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “All these things happened to King Nebuchadnezzar. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “These [things] indeed happened in the life of King Nebuchadnezzar.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But the king refused to stop sinning. So what was predicted in the dream is what happened to him.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 4:29)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:29:

  • Kupsabiny: “When twelve months had passed, I strolled on the roof of my house/palace in Babylon,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Twelve months later while the King was walking on the roof terrace of the royal palace in Babylon,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “For after a year from when Daniel explained the meaning of the dream, this was what happened:
    While King Nebuchadnezzar was-taking-a-walk on the roof of his palace in Babilonia” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Twelve months later, one day he was walking on the flat roof of his palace in Babylon.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 4:30)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:30:

  • Kupsabiny: “saying in my stomach (heart), ‘Hey! Am I not the one who built this great Babylon city? I built (it) with/out of my strength in order to rule from it and glorify/raise up my name/fame!’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “he said, ‘Is not this Babylon the great, the royal city which I have built by my power for my own fame and glory?’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “he said, ‘How powerful Babylonia is that I made a royal residence by my own strength and for my (own) honor.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “As he looked out over/across the city, he said to those around him, ‘I have built this great city of Babylon to be the place where I rule! I have built it to display my own power, in order to show people my glory, to show them that I am very great!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)