Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:16:
- Kupsabiny: “You defended us oh God, from long ago. So, do not still be angry with Jerusalem and your holy mountain. Our sins and those of our ancestors made our neighbors to mock and laugh at Jerusalem and your people.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O Lord, please turn away your anger from your city and holy mountain Jerusalem, in accordance with your good works. Because of our sin and the evil work of our ancestors, the people in countries all around are ridiculing Jerusalem and your people.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “So, Lord, according to your (sing.) righteous deeds, I ask-for-mercy that you (sing.) take-away your (sing.) anger from Jerusalem, your (sing.) city and holy mountain. Because of our (excl.) sins and the sin of our (excl.) ancestors, we (excl.) and Jerusalem are put-to-shame by people around us (excl.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Lord, Jerusalem is your city, and your temple was built there on your sacred hill. Now all the people who live in nearby countries/nations despise Jerusalem and us your people because of our sins and because of the evil things that our ancestors did. But now, because you do what is righteous/just, we ask you to not be angry with Jerusalem any longer.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:17:
- Kupsabiny: “Oh God, listen to my prayers and cries. Make new again your house that had become desolate.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O our God, listen to the prayer and request from the inmost heart of your servant. Build again the devastated, destroyed temple for the sake of your name. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Now, O God, listen to my prayer and petition-for-mercy. So-that you (sing.) will-be-honored, build your (sing.) temple again that has-been-ruined and -abandoned.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “O Lord our God, listen to what I am praying and pleading for you to do. For your own sake/In order that people will know that you are very great, act kindly concerning your temple, which was destroyed by the armies of Babylonia.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:18:
- Kupsabiny: “Listen to us oh our God, and see the suffering that the city named after you is going through. We ask/beg you because you are merciful to people and not because we have done the truth.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O God, incline your ears toward us. Open your eyes and see our condition full of desolation and the city that has your name. It is not because we think that we are righteous ones that we make this entreaty, but because of your great mercy. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “O God, listen to me. Look-at our (excl.) pitiful situation and the destruction of your (sing.) city where you (sing.) acknowledge as God. We (excl.) are- not -praying to you (sing.) because we (excl.) are righteous, but because we (excl.) know that you (sing.) are very merciful.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “My God, listen to my prayer. Look at us and see our troubles, and see that this city that belongs to you has been ruined/destroyed. We are praying to you because you are merciful, not because we have done what is right/good.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:19:
- Kupsabiny: “Oh God, listen to us and forgive us. Listen to our prayers and deliver us for the sake of your name, oh God. Do not delay to do like that oh my God, because these people and this city are called by your name.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “O Lord, please listen, O Lord, please forgive sin, O Lord, listen to our request and act in accordance with it. Now, for the sake of your name, do not be slow. Your city and your people have your name.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Listen to us (excl.), God, and forgive [us]. Help us (excl.) immediately so-that you (sing.) will-be-honored, for you (sing.) are acknowledge as God in your (sing.) city and your (sing.) people.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Lord, listen to us! Lord, forgive us! Lord, this city and these people belong to you, so we plead with you to heed what we are saying and act to help us right now, for your own sake/in order that people will know that you are very great!” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:20:
- Kupsabiny: “I continued to pray to God humbling myself on account of my own sins and those of my people of Israel. While I still cried to him to have mercy on the house of God in/on his holy mountain, then Gabriel whom I had seen in the first vision came in swiftly. He came where I was when it was time for the evening sacrifice.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Confessing my sins and those of [my] Israelite brothers, [we] continued to pray to the LORD our God for his holy mountain.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I continued praying and fasting for my sins and the sins of my fellow Israelinhon. I am-begging/pleading-for-mercy to the LORD my God for his holy mountain.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I continued praying and confessing the sins that my people and I had committed, and pleading with Yahweh my God that he would restore the temple on the sacred hill in Jerusalem.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:21:
- Kupsabiny: “I continued to pray to God humbling myself on account of my own sins and those of my people of Israel. While I still cried to him to have mercy on the house of God in/on his holy mountain, then Gabriel whom I had seen in the first vision came in swiftly. He came where I was when it was time for the evening sacrifice.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “While I was praying, Gabriel, the person I had seen in my first vision, came quickly flying to me at the time of the evening sacrifice.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “And while I was-praying, Gabriel whom I saw previously in my vision quickly flew to me. That (was) the time of evening sacrifice.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “While I was praying, Gabriel, the angel/one whom I had seen in the vision previously, came flying rapidly to me, at the time in the evening when the priests offered sacrifices.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:22:
- Kupsabiny: “He said to me, ‘Daniel, I have come to help/rescue you so that you understand the meaning of what was said.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He Explained to me, "O Daniel, I have come to you to give you wisdom, and insight to understand, and help.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “He caused- me -to-understand, he said, ‘Daniel, I came here to caused- you (sing.) -to-understand about the prophecy.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “He said to me, ‘Daniel, I have come to you to enable you to understand clearly the message that God gave to Jeremiah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Daniel 9:23:
- Kupsabiny: “When you started praying, a response/answer was given. God loves you, therefore I have come to show/explain to you what he has said. So listen attentively.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “As soon as you prayed, he answered you, because you are very precious to God. So I have come to give you God’s answer. Now listen well while I cause [you] to understand the meaning of that vision.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “For God already revealed something when you (sing.) started praying, and I came here in-order to tell you (sing.) this, for God loves you (sing.). So you (sing.) listen and understand what I will-explain to you (sing.):” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “When you began to plead with God, he gave me a message to pass on to you. He loves you very much, so he has sent me to tell you what he said to me. So now pay attention/listen carefully in order that you may understand the meaning of what he revealed to Jeremiah.” (Source: Translation for Translators)