Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:6:
- Kupsabiny: “All your things will be taken from you together with (a/the) hidden wealth, oh, descendants of Esau.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “But as for Esau all his wealth will be looted and carried off!
All his hidden wealth will be looted and carried off!” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They will-look-for and take-away the wealth of you (plur.) who (are) the descendants of Esau.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Everything that is valuable will be taken away.
Your enemies will find and take away even the valuable things that you have hidden.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:7:
- Kupsabiny: “All the people you had made alliances with will turn against you and will they set up a snare/trap that you do not know (it). They will deceive you and then they will fight you and chase you away to get up from your land.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “From those of your allied country you will be chased to the borders of your own country.
Your friends will deceive and oppress you.
Those who eat your bread will set a trap for you
However, you know nothing about it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Your (plur.) allied nations will-deceive you (plur.). They people who friended with you (plur.) will-attack you (plur.), and they drive- you (plur.) -out of your (plur.) place. They who ate with you (plur.) will-set-up a trap/snare among you (plur.) which you (plur.) will- not -notice.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “All your allies/nations who promised to help you will turn against you,
and they will force you to leave your country/land.
Those with whom you have peace now will trick/deceive you and defeat you.
Those who eat meals with you now are planning to trap you,
and then they will say to you, ‘You are not as clever as you thought you were!’” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:8:
- Kupsabiny: “God is saying, ‘In that day, I will punish Edom, I will destroy every person who has experience/understanding and the one who is wise.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “On that day the LORD says,
"I will destroy all the wise men among the people of Edom.
I will destroy all the people who know many things in their mountains.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “I, the LORD, say that at the time that I will-now -punish you (plur.), I will-destroy your (plur.) wise men. The wisdom in Edom which is-called Mountain of Esau will-vanish.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “I, Yahweh, declare that at the time that I destroy Edom,
I will punish the men who live in those cliffs who thought that they were wise.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:9:
- Kupsabiny: “The young warriors of Teman will be terrified and every soldier in Edom will be killed.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “All the brave soldiers living in Teman will be greatly afraid,
And all the inhabitants of the mount of Esau
will be killed off.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Your (plur.) soldiers who (are) in the city of Teman will-tremble with fear, therefore you (plur.) all who live in the Mountain of Esau will-die.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “The soldiers from Teman town will become terrified;
all you people who are descendants of Esau will be wiped out/killed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:10:
- Kupsabiny: “Fear will take hold of you and you will be destroyed forever on account of the cruelty that you did to your brother Jacob.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “Because you have killed your brother Jacob violently,
you will not be able to show your face out of shame,
You will be destroyed forever.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “‘Because of the violence that you (plur.) did to the descendants of Jacob, your (plur.) blood-relatives, you (plur.) will-be-put-to-shame and be-destroyed forever/[lit. until whenever].” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You acted cruel in a cruel way toward your relatives who are descendants of Jacob, the twin brother of your ancestor Esau.
So now you will be disgraced forever; you will be completely destroyed.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:11:
- Kupsabiny: “You refused him on that day when enemies pulled down their gates so they could run off with their wealth. You were like those foreigners that entered the gates to go inside so they could come and distribute the things of Jerusalem through casting of lots.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “The day you stood apart when
his enemies snatched and carted off his property,
The day having entered the gate
and the lot was cast over Jerusalem
you too, where like one of them.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “You (plur.) just did- not -pay-any-attention those time when Jerusalem was-attacked/[lit. entered] by those from-other nations. You (plur.) just let- them -took-away the properties of Jerusalem and divided (them) by casting-lots. You (plur.) (are) just like them who (are) enemies of Israel.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “Foreigners entered the gates of Jerusalem
and cast lots/threw small stones that were marked to decide what valuable things they would take away;
but you were as bad as those foreigners,
because you just stood there and did not help the Israelis.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:12:
- Kupsabiny: “It was not fitting/right for you to be happy on that day when your relatives received hardships in Judah. You should not have been happy when they were in trouble. And you should not have laughed at them when they were getting punishment.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You should not gloat over your younger brother
in times of adversity.
You should not have been happy on the day
the descendants of Judah perished.
You should not have boasted
in times of their misery.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Wish you (plur.) did- not -rejoice at the time of calamity of the people of Juda, your (plur.) blood-relatives. Wish you (plur.) did- not -rejoice at the time of their destruction. And wish you (plur.) did- not -boast at the time of their difficulty.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “You should not have gloated/been happy about the disaster that the Israelis were experiencing.
You should not have been happy when their towns were ruined.
You should not have made fun of them when they were suffering.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:13:
- Kupsabiny: “And you ought not to have entered the city of my people and have plundered their things on that day when they were in trouble. You should not have rejoiced on account of the disaster that they met with.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “You should not have gone into the gates of their city
when my people were in trouble.
You should not have gloat
when they were in trouble,
You should not have seized their wealth
when they were in trouble.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “Wish you (plur.) did- not -enter into the city of my people at the time of their destruction, and took their properties. And wish you (plur.) did- not -rejoice at the time of their suffering.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- English: “They are my people,
so you should not have entered their city gates when they were experiencing those disasters
and you should not have laughed at them.
And you should not have taken away their valuable possessions.” (Source: Translation for Translators)