Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 5:15)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 5:15:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘If a person does not give the gifts that must be offered as belonging to God, that person has sinned even if he did not intend to. Then he must bring a ram without blemish which is taken to God to have his sin appeased. The ram must be fitting to how silvers (money) are paid in the Tent of God.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If anyone sins without realizing regarding the LORD’s holy things, he must sacrifice a ram without defect from the flock at the LORD’s place as a penalty. The value of the ram will be declared in shekels of the sanctuary. It is a guilt offering.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If a person has-disobeyed/trespassed the command of the LORD because he was- not -able-to-give the thing which (is) supposed-to-be for the LORD, even-though he did- not -intend-to, (it is) necessary that he offers a male sheep with no defects as a payment for his sin. Or he will-pay (it) with silver the value of the sheep according to the weight of the silver on the scale of the priests. This is an offering as a payment for sin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘When you sin, without intending to, by not giving to Yahweh the things that you are required to give to him, you must pay a penalty by bringing to Yahweh a ram that has no defects. You must determine how much silver it is worth, by using the official standard in the temple. It will be an offering to cause you to no longer be guilty.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 5:16)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 5:16:

  • Kupsabiny: “The person pays the things it was needed to take/offer to God and adds to that twenty in a hundred of those he should have paid. He is to give those things to the priest so he can take the ram that the person brought for his sin and make sacrifices which appease the sin of that person. Then that person will be forgiven.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If anyone makes a mistake in the way he must bring an offering to the LORD, he must pay compensation for it in this way. He must increase the value by one-fifth. He must bring it all and the ram as a guilt offering to the priest. The priest will make atonement for them by offering a ram as guilt offering for his sin, then he will have forgiveness.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He must pay for what he did- not -give to the LORD, and he is- yet -to-add 20 percent of its value. Then he is-to-give this all to the priest who will-be-the-one to-offer the sheep for him to-be-redeemed from his sin and the LORD will-forgive him.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “But you must also make restitution for what you failed to give to Yahweh, adding one-fifth of its value. You must give that to the priest. He will offer the ram as a sacrifice for the sin that you have committed, and cause you to no longer be guilty; and you will be forgiven.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 5:17)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 5:17:

  • Kupsabiny: “A person who goes astray from the commandment/law of God will be guilty/punished even if he had not intended to.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If someone sins unintentionally by doing something that the LORD has said you must not to do, he will be judged guilty. And he must bear the penalty for it.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If a person has-disobeyed a command of the LORD which he was- not -aware-of, he has-sinned and he is-responsible/[lit. -to-answer] to the LORD.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “If you sin by doing something that is forbidden by any of Yahweh’s commands, even if you do not know that you have disobeyed one of my commands, you are guilty and must pay a penalty to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 5:18)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 5:18:

  • Kupsabiny: “That person must bring a ram without blemish to where the priest is as a sacrifice for the sin to be appeased. That person gives a ram which fits with how his sin was. The priest will appease the sin of that person and he shall be forgiven.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He must bring a ram without defect from the flock to the priest as a guilt offering. The ram’s value will be declared in shekels. The priest will make atonement for his guilt for the sin they did without realizing it. And he will have forgiveness.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If he now knows that he has-sinned, he must bring to the priest a male sheep with no defects, which he will-offer as a payment for his sin. Or he will-pay with silver the value of the sheep according to the weight of the silver on the scale of the priests. By-means-of this (which) the priest will-do, a person will-be-redeemed from his sin that has-been-done/committed that is- not -intentional and he will-be-forgiven by the LORD” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “When you realize what you have done, you must bring a ram to the Supreme Priest to be an offering in order that you will no longer be guilty. You must bring one that has no defects. He will offer the ram to be a sacrifice to me, and as a result you will no longer be guilty for the sin that you have committed, and you will be forgiven.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 5:19)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 5:19:

  • Kupsabiny: “These are the sacrifices by which a sin is appeased. those sacrifices must be made because that person has truly sinned against God.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “This is a guilt offering. Such a person is certainly judged guilty before the LORD."” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If he now knows that he has-sinned, he must bring to the priest a male sheep with no defects, which he will-offer as a payment for his sin. Or he will-pay with silver the value of the sheep according to the weight of the silver on the scale of the priests. By-means-of this (which) the priest will-do, a person will-be-redeemed from his sin that has-been-done/committed that is- not -intentional and he will-be-forgiven by the LORD” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “It is an offering to cause you to no longer be guilty for sinning against me.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 6:1)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 6:1:

  • Kupsabiny: “God said to Moses,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD gave the following regulations to Moses –” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “This is what the LORD said to Moises” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh also said to Moses/me,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 6:2)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 6:2:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘These are things that if a person does them shows that he has sinned: If he denies/lies about things which he was given to take care of, or if he robs someone of his things or persecutes/abuses another person,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “If someone gets caught stealing by not returning something deposited, not returning something put with him for safe keeping [lit.: security], or deceiving [his] neighbors” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “concerning a person who has-disobeyed the want(s) of the LORD by cheating/deceiving his fellowmen about something which has-been-entrusted/[lit. were-stored-away (by him)] or has-been-left to him, or stealing these things, or by-extortion,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘If any one of you you sins against me by deceiving someone—if you refuse to return what someone has lent you, or if you steal something of his, or if you find something and claim that you do not have it,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 6:3)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 6:3:

  • Kupsabiny: “if he has found something belonging to someone and mislaid/lost it, if he has sworn about what was a lie or sinned in any other way.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “or if he found something that was lost and lied about it, sinned against the LORD by making false promises” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “or lying about something that was-lost which so-he-says he did- not -see, or swearing falsely/[lit. not true] that he not having-done any of these sins.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “you are guilty. You must return to its owner what you have stolen or what someone has lent you and you have not returned, or what you found that someone else had lost,” (Source: Translation for Translators)