Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:14:

• Kupsabiny: “You guarded/looked out for people where the roads divided so you could catch those who were fleeing and gave (them) over to their enemies in those days when they were in hardship.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “You should not wait at the cross-roads
  to catch and kill those who escaped.
  You should not have handed over to their enemies,
  those who were left in their time of disaster.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Wish you (plur.) did- not -stand where- the roads -had-crossed to kill the ones-who have-escaped from Jerusalem. And wish you (plur.) did- not -hand- them -over to the enemies at the time of their difficulty.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “You should not have stood at crossroads
  to catch those who were trying to escape.
  You should not have captured them and put them into the hands of their enemies
  when they were experiencing those disasters.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:15:

• Kupsabiny: “The day when God will judge all the nations/communities is near. It will be done to you like you did to others, your deeds will return to you alone (you alone will be held responsible).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “‘The day of the LORD is coming soon
  for all nations.
  As you have done, it will be done to you.
  The work you have done will fall back on your own head.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘Wish you (plur.) did- not -do that to Jerusalem because the time (is) now close/near that I will-judge all the nations. And if what you (plur.) have-done to others, that (is) also will-be-done to you (plur.). If whatever your (plur.) treatment to others (is), that-is also what will-be the pay-back to you (plur.).” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “‘There will soon be the time when I, Yahweh, will judge and punish all the nations.
  And you people of Edom will experience the same disasters that you caused others to experience.
  The same evil things that you have done to others will happen to you.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:16:

• Kupsabiny: “My people were punished on my holy mountain. But other neighboring communities will also meet with punishment and get lost like they are not in a country another/any day.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “As you drank on my holy mountain,
  in like manner will all the nations drink continually.
  They will be drinking from the cup of punishment
  And will disappear from history.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “As my people were-been-punished at my holy mountain, all the nations will- also -be-punished continually. I will- surely -punish them (what-is)-exact-(for-them) until they will-vanish/disappear.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “My people in Jerusalem have been punished
  because I was very angry with them.
  It is as though they drank a cup of very bitter liquid on Zion, my sacred hill.
  But I will punish all the other nations even more severely,
  and cause them to disappear completely.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:17:

• Kupsabiny: “And the people who escape they will go to the mountain of Zion. That mountain shall be holy and the descendants of Jacob shall get their country that God gave to them.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “But on Mount Zion there will be deliverance,
  it will be a holy place.
  The descendants of Jacob will receive possession of their property.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘But there (are) Israelinhon who will-remain in Mount Zion, and this place will-become holy again. And the descendants of Jacob will-possess again the lands which they previously owned.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “But some people in Jerusalem will escape,
  and Jerusalem will become a very holy/sacred place.
  Then the descendants of Jacob will conquer and possess again the land that truly belongs to them.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:18:

• Kupsabiny: “The house of Jacob will become fire and that of Joseph will become a flame. They will destroy the house of Esau like when fire destroys maize stalks that are dried up. No descendant of Esau will return (home). It is I God who has said (this).” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The descendants of Jacob and Joseph will be like a blazing fire,
  the descendants of Esau will be like stubble.
  And they will be put into it and burnt up.
  Not one of Esau’s descendants will survive.’
  The LORD himself has spoken.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The descendants of Jacob and of Jose will-be like fire that will-destroy the descendants of Esau, like the burning of the straw. And no one will-be-left among the descendants of Esau. This will- surely -happen, for I, the LORD, (am) the-(one) saying this.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The descendants of Jacob and his son Joseph will be like a fire,
  and the people of Edom will be like stubble that will be completely burned in that fire.
  Not one person will remain alive.
  That will surely happen because I, Yahweh, have said it.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:19:

• Kupsabiny: “Then, the mountain of Esau shall belong to my people from Negev and the land of the Philistines shall belong to my people who live in the ridges. The land of Ephraim and that of Samaria shall be yours. The land of Gilead shall belong to Benjamin.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The people living in the Negev will occupy
  the mountains of Esau,
  And the people of the lowland shall possess
  the country of the Philistines.
  the city of Samaria, and the rest of the territory of Ephraim.
  Benjamin shall possess Gilead.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “‘The Israelinhon who come-from-Negev will-put-under-(their)-jurisdiction the Mount of Esau. And the Israelinhon who live in hills/[lit. small-mountains] in the west will-put-under-(their)-jurisdiction the land of the Filistinhon. The Israelinhon will-put-under-(their)-jurisdiction the land of Efraim and Samaria. And the descendants of Benjamin will-put-under-(their)-jurisdiction Galaad.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The Israeli people who live in the southern desert are the ones who will capture Edom.
  And those who live in the western foothills will capture the Phoenicia region and the areas of Ephraim and Samaria.
  And people of the tribe of Benjamin will conquer the Gilead region.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:20:

• Kupsabiny: “The land of Phoenicia until Zarephath shall belong to the warriors of Israel who were taken and made to live in another country. The cities of Negev shall belong to the people of Jerusalem who were taken/captured and brought to Sepharad.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “The deportees from Israel shall return
  and possess the land of Caanan as far as Zarephath,
  The deportees from Jerusalem who are in Sepharad
  will possess the towns of the Negev.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “Many Israelinhon who came-from captivity will-put-under-(their)-jurisdiction the land of the Canaanhon until Zarefat. And those from-Jerusalem who came-from captivity in Sefarad will-put-under-(their)-jurisdiction the towns of Negev.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “Those who were exiled in/forced to go to Babylon will return to their land
  and capture the Phoenicia region as far north as Zarephath on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
  People of Jerusalem who were captured and taken to Sardis, the capital city of the Lydia region, will capture the towns in the southern desert.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Obadiah 1:21:

• Kupsabiny: “People who save (other) people shall go to the mountain of Zion to rule the hills of Esau, and then rulership shall belong to God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
• Newari: “Then Deliverers will come up to Mount Zion and from there will govern the mountains of Esau.
  And The kingdom will be the LORD’s.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
• Hiligaynon: “The deliverers of Israel will-go-up to Mount Zion, to rule-over the people who live in the Mountain of Esau. And I, the LORD, will-be the-one-who will-rule.’” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
• English: “The army of Jerusalem will attack Edom and conquer it,
  and Yahweh will be their king.” (Source: Translation for Translators)