Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Daniel 9:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “We all brought shame on/to ourselves oh God, including the kings, leaders and elders, because of the sin we have done.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O LORD, because our kings, rulers and ancestors have sinned by going against you, we are covered in shame.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) are shameful, Lord, even our (excl.) kings, leaders/[lit. heads], and ancestors, because we (excl.) have-sinned against you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Lord, we and our kings and our other rulers and our other ancestors have done very shameful things and have sinned against you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 9:9)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “Though we have strayed away/drifted from you oh God, you are merciful and you forgive people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Without heeding your word we have become rebels. Even though it is like that, you, the LORD our God are one who has mercy and who pardons [us].” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “But you (sing.) are still merciful and forgiving even though we (excl.) had disobeyed you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Although we have rebelled against you, you act mercifully toward us and you are willing/ready to forgive us.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 9:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “We did not accept/want to obey your commandments that you gave to us through your servants the prophets.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O LORD, our God, we have not obeyed your commands, and [we] have also not obeyed the law given by your servants the prophets.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “We (excl.) have- not -obeyed you (sing.) because we (excl.) did- not -follow the commands that you (sing.) gave us (excl.) through your (sing.) servants the prophets.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh our God, when you gave your laws to your prophets who served you, and they told us to conduct our lives according to those laws, we did not listen to/heed you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 9:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “All the Israelites refused to listen to your words/instructions. Therefore that is what has made us be affected by the curse which is written in the books of your servant Moses.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Without obeying your commands, all Israel has broken your law and has turned away from you.
    "So the curse and judgment written in the law of Moses the servant of God has fallen upon us. For we have sinned, not listening to your words.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “All Israelinhon disobeyed your (sing.) commands; they do- not -like to obey what you (sing.) said. And because of our (excl.) sinfulness, the curse has-come to us (excl.) which was-written in the Law of Moises your (sing.) servant.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “All of us Israeli people have disobeyed your laws, and we have turned away from obeying what you said. We have sinned against you. As a result, you have caused us to experience the terrible things that your servant Moses said/wrote would happen to us if we sinned against you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 9:12)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:12:

  • Kupsabiny: “You fulfilled the thing you said that you would do to us and our rulers when you sent to us the calamity to be defeated. You did to Jerusalem what has never happened to any other city on earth!” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “By bringing disaster to our place, you have fulfilled the word [you] proclaimed concerning us and our rulers. To this point, nowhere [else] in the world has such disaster come like the disaster that has come to Jerusalem.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) have-fulfilled what you (sing.) had-said against us (excl.) and to our (excl.) leaders/[lit. heads] that you (sing.) will-punish us (excl.) extremely. So nothing at-all like what happened in Jerusalem has-happened here in the world.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You warned us and our rulers that you would punish Jerusalem severely by causing a great disaster there, a disaster that would be worse than any disaster that any other city had ever experienced, and you have done what you said that you would do.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 9:13)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:13:

  • Kupsabiny: “You punished us fully according to what is written in the books of Moses. Though it is like that oh God, our minds are still hard so that we do not accept to turn away from evil and come to you and observe/follow the truth in order to make you happy.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD our God has not stopped loving us. Thus, all these disasters have fallen upon us just as has been written in the law of Moses. Even so, we have refused to seek mercy from the LORD our God by turning from our sins and following your truth.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This punishment came to us (excl.) according to what was-written in the Law of Moises. But Lord our (excl.) God, even this was what-happened to us (excl.) we (excl.) still did- not -try to make- you (sing.) -happy by turning-away from our (excl.) sins and paying-attention to your (sing.) truth.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You punished us just like Moses wrote that you would do. But, Yahweh our God, we still have not tried, by turning away from our sinning and by heeding your truth, to persuade you to act mercifully toward us.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 9:14)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:14:

  • Kupsabiny: “Therefore/So oh God, you have not delayed to punish us because you always say (the) truth. But we did/do not listen to you.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Since it is like that, you have brought disaster upon us. O LORD God, you have done everything right. Still, we did not listen to your words.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “You (sing.) were ready to punish us (excl.); and you (sing.) did already for you (sing.) are right in all you (sing.) do. But still we (excl.) did- not -obey you (sing.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “So, because we did not obey you, you prepared to punish us, and then you did punish us, because you always do what is righteous/just/fair.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Daniel 9:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “Oh God, you showed the greatness of your authority when you brought the whole stomach/nation of Israel out from Egypt. No one has ever forgotten those wonderful deeds/miracles. God, we have wronged you and committed sin.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “O Lord, our God, by bringing your people out of the land of Egypt with a strong hand, you made a name for yourself, even as it is today. We have sinned; we have done evil work. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “‘O Lord our (excl.) God, you (sing.) have-shown your (sing.) power by your (sing.)freeing your (sing.) people from Egipto, and because of this you (sing.) became famous until now. We are-admitting that we (excl.) have-sinned and done evil.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “O Lord our God, you brought your people out of Egypt by your great power , and by doing that you have caused people from that time until the present time to know that you are great even though we have sinned and done wicked things.” (Source: Translation for Translators)