Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:31:

• Kupsabiny: “Before these words were over from my mouth, a call/voice from heaven/up came saying, ‘King Nebuchadnezzar, this is what has been decided for you. See/listen, the kingship has been taken from you!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “While the King was speaking in this way, a voice like this came from heaven, ‘King Nebuchadnezzar, this decree is for you. Your reign has been snatched away from you. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “He had not yet finished speaking when, there was a voice from heaven that said, ‘King Nebuchadnezzar, listen to this: The authority as king is- now -being-taken-away from you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “While he was still saying this, God spoke from heaven and said, ‘King Nebuchadnezzar, this is what I am saying to you: You are no longer the ruler of this kingdom!” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:32:

• Kupsabiny: “You will be driven away from where people are and you will live with the wild animals for seven years. You shall graze like a cow and be sleeping in the wilderness/bush. When those seven years are over, you will acknowledge/know that the God of authority rules over all the nations and grants kingship to whoever he wishes.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “For seven periods, you will be driven out from among human society [lit. from among men] until you manage to recognize that the Most High has all authority in the kingdoms of men and that he gives [them] to those he likes, and you will live with the wild animals. You will have to eat grass like the cattle [lit.: like cows and oxen].’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) will-be-driven- far -away from the people and you (sing.) will-live among/with the wild animals. You (sing.) will-graze grass like the cattle/cow. 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/likes.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Your advisors will force you to live away from other people. You will live in the fields with wild animals, and you will eat grass like cows do. You will live that way for seven years, until you learn that it is I, the Supreme God, who rules over the kingdoms of this world, and I appoint the ones whom I have chosen to rule them.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:33:

• Kupsabiny: “Those things were Immediately fulfilled. I was driven away from people and went to graze like a cow. Dew drenched on me and my hair grew like feathers of a harrier eagle and my nails became long like the claws of an eagle.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The prophecy [lit.: matter] concerning Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled immediately. He was driven out from among men, and he started eating grass like cows and oxen. His body was drenched with dew and his hair became like the feathers of an eagle, and [his] fingernails like bird’s claws. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Immediately it happened to Nebuchadnezzar. He was-driven-away from the people and [he] grazed grass like the cattle/cow. His body was always drenched with dew, and his hair grew like the hair of an eagle and his nails like the nails/claw of the bird.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Immediately what God predicted happened. Nebuchadnezzar became insane, so his advisors forced him to live away from other people. He ate grass like cows do, and dew from the sky caused his body to be damp/wet every morning. He lived like that until his hair was as long as eagles’ feathers, and his fingernails became like birds’ claws.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:34:

• Kupsabiny: “At the end of the seven years, I Nebuchadnezzar raised my head and looked above to God’s Home. Then I came to my senses and praised the God of authority and gave honor to him who is forever. His rulership lasts for years and years.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “After seven periods had passed, I, Nebuchadnezzar looked upwards with my eyes towards heaven and my understanding became like it had been before. I praised God Most High and gave glory and honor to the one who is living forever.
  He will reign forever
  and his reign will continue
  from generation to generation. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘After seven years, I, Nebuchadnezzar, took-refuge in God and my good mind returned/was-restored. So I praised and honored the Most High God who is alive without end. I said,
  ‘His reign is without end.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘After those seven years ended, I, Nebuchadnezzar, looked up toward heaven, and I acknowledged that what God said was true. Then I could think correctly again. I praised and worshiped the Supreme God, and I honored him, the one who lives forever.
  He rules forever;
  his kingdom will never end.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:35:

• Kupsabiny: “He knows that the people in this world are nothing. He rules over the angels in heaven/up and also the people on this earth. No one is able to oppose his decrees/will or refuse anything he does.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “‘The people of earth are nothing before him,
  He does as he likes
  with the angels of heaven and the people of earth.
  No one can restrain his hand
  and ask, saying ‘What are you doing?’” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The people in the earth are nothing compared to him.
  He does whatever he pleases/desires to the angels in heaven and to the people on earth.
  No one can stop or block him.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “All the people in the world are very insignificant;
  we are not like him.
  He has the power to do whatever he wants to do,
  among the angels in heaven and among us people who live on the earth.
  So no one can stop him ,
  and no one can challenge him,
  saying to him, ‘Why are you doing these things?’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:36:

• Kupsabiny: “When my sanity was back, God raised me up and made me strong in my rule again. Then my leaders and advisers welcomed me to come back to my leadership. The people honored me much more than they did before.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “When my understanding returned, my glory, honor, and the majesty of my kingdom were given back to me. My advisers and officials came to meet me. And I came back again to my throne, and I became greater than before. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘When my good mind returned my honor and glory as king were- also -restored. My officials and my advisers received me back, and I became more powerful than before.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “When I was able to think correctly again, I was honored again, and I was able to rule my glorious/great kingdom again. My advisors came to me again to talk about what should be done, and I became greater and more powerful than I was before.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 4:37:

• Kupsabiny: “Therefore/so, I Nebuchadnezzar give praise to God who rules heaven/up glorifying/raising (him) up and honoring him. He is pure/righteous and has truth in whatever he does, and again he lowers/pulls down those who have pride.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar praise the King of Heaven, [I] honor him, I respect him because all that he does is right and all his ways are full of justice. He is able to humble those who keep on being arrogant.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “So now I am praising and honoring the King of heaven, because everything he does is true and righteous and he humbles anyone who boasts.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and honor God, the king who rules in heaven. All of his actions are just and right. And he is able to cause to become humble those who are proud, like I was.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 5:1:

• Kupsabiny: “One day, king Belshazzar organized a big feast. He invited one thousand noble guests to come and celebrate and they all drank wine.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “King Belshazzar put on a great feast for a thousand of his officials. He drank wine with them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “When Belshezar was the king of Babilonia, he held a great banquet for a thousand noble men. While they were-drinking wine, Belshazar ordered-to-bring-in the gold and silver drinking-cups that his father Nebuchadnezzar had- taken from the temple of God in Jerusalem. He ordered- these -to-be-taken so-that his noble guests, his wives, and his other slave-wives could-drink-from-it. So when the drinking-cups were-brought-in to him, they drank-from it.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Several years later, Belshazzar became the king of Babylon. One day he invited 1,000 of his officers to a big feast, and he drank a lot of wine with them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)