Language-specific Insights

complete verse (Leviticus 6:4)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 6:4:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a person has sinned in any way like this he must pay back for all those things and add twenty in a hundred on top of those things. The person shall pay back those things on the day he makes sacrifices for his sin to be appeased.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “he is judged guilty. The thing that he gave for deposit, the thing that he took for deposit, the thing that he stole, the thing that was taken by the deceiver having gotten caught, the lost thing being found and brought,” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “If (it) is-proven that he has-sinned, (it-is) necessary that he has-to-return what he has-stolen, or what he has-taken by cheating/deceiving, or the things which were-left (with him) or were-stored-away/[lit. has-been-caused-to-be-hidden] by him, or things that were-lost that he has-found,” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “or whatever you lied about.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 6:5)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 6:5:

  • Kupsabiny: “If a person has sinned in any way like this he must pay back for all those things and add twenty in a hundred on top of those things. The person shall pay back those things on the day he makes sacrifices for his sin to be appeased.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “or the matter of the false promise for which [he] must repay compensation by adding one part in five — he must repay the owner for all of this on the day of the guilt sacrifice.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “or whatever things which according-to his swearing he does-not-have/is-not in his-possession, but the truth (is he) has (them). He must return this to the owner not lacking anything-at-all, and he is-to- yet -add 20 percent of its value. He is-to-give this to the owner on the day he offers a sacrifice as payment for his sin.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You must not only return anything like that to its owner, but you must also pay to the owner one-fifth of its value.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 6:6)

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

  • Kupsabiny: “That person must bring to the priest a ram without blemish to make a sacrifice to God for the sin to be appeased. The person is to give a ram which fits the value/amount that has been decided.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “He must bring to the priest a ram with no defects to offer as a guilt sacrifice to the LORD. The value of the ram will be declared as its value in shekels.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “He is-to-bring to a priest one male sheep with no defects, and he is-to-offer this to the LORD as 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.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “You must also bring to the Supreme Priest a ram to be an offering to me in order that you will no longer be guilty. The ram that you bring must be one that has no defects, one that has the value that has been officially determined.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 6:7)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 6:7:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priest shall appease the sin of that person in front of God and the person shall be forgiven.’” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “In this regulation way the priest must make atonement for him before the LORD. Then he will have forgiveness.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “By-means-of this (which) the priest will-do, a person will-be-redeemed from his sin, and he will-be- forgiven by the Lord in-any-of those sins that he has-committed.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then he will offer that ram to be a sacrifice that will cause you to no longer be guilty, and you will be forgiven for the wrong things that you did.’” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 6:8)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 6:8:

  • Kupsabiny: “God said to Moses,” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “The LORD said to Moses–” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD commanded Moises to tell Aaron and his male children of these regulations/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed] concerning the burnt offering:
    This offering must be-left on the altar until (it) becomes-morning, and the fire on the altar must be-kept blazing/burning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Yahweh also said to Moses/me,” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 6:9)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 6:9:

  • Kupsabiny: “‘Tell Aaron and his sons that this is the law about sacrifices that are burned completely. The sacrifices that are burned completely must stay on the altar until daybreak and the fire must burn all that time.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Command Aaron and his sons like this, ‘This is the rule of burnt offerings — A burnt offering must stay on the altar all night and until morning. The fire on the altar must be burning. ” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The LORD commanded Moises to tell Aaron and his male children of these regulations/[lit. what-is-to-be-followed] concerning the burnt offering:
    This offering must be-left on the altar until (it) becomes-morning, and the fire on the altar must be-kept blazing/burning.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “‘Tell this to Aaron and his sons: These are the regulations concerning the offerings that will be completely burned on the altar: The offering must remain on the altar all during the night, and the fire on the altar must always be kept burning.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 6:10)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 6:10:

  • Kupsabiny: “The priest shall put on his inner clothes which are soft and put on his outer dress which is also soft. Then he shall take the ashes of/from the sacrifice that is burned completely and put it aside there by the altar.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then the priest must put on priestly linen clothes and linen undergarments, remove the ashes of the Burnt Offering sacrifice and put them to one side of the altar.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “The priest is-to-put-on his outer linen garment, as-well-as his linen under cloth which covers his genitals/sexual-organ, and he is-to-take the ashes of this offering and is-to-put (them) beside the altar.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “The next morning the priest must put on his linen under-clothes and linen outer clothes. Then he must remove the ashes of the offering from the fire and put them beside the altar.” (Source: Translation for Translators)

complete verse (Leviticus 6:11)

Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Leviticus 6:11:

  • Kupsabiny: “Then he shall change clothes and put on others and then he shall take the ashes and heap it where it is a clean place outside the camp.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
  • Newari: “Then he must take off the clothes that he had put on, put on other clothes and take the ashes outside the camp to a clean place.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
  • Hiligaynon: “Afterwards, he is-to-change his clothes and he is-to-bring the ashes outside the camp, to a place which is-considered clean.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
  • English: “Then he must take off those clothes and put on other clothes, and take the ashes outside the camp, to a place that is acceptable to me.” (Source: Translation for Translators)